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Most of the ACC homers know nothing about Cal (or the difficulty of the Pac-12 conference) and they are broadly underrating Cal (and StanfUrd) based on recent history. I have a feeling they will not be overlooking us next year after we kick they butts up and down the East Coast. Go Bears!

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Let's see how Cal performs in our first three games. They should tell us a great deal how our season will play out.

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I’ll be happy with 7-5, thrilled with 8-4, and fired up with 9-3!

Go Bears!

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Finishing in the middle should be good enough for the first year. Anything above is a great achievement. When was the last time we finished above .500 in conference play?

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I think some writers just pick teams randomly at the start of the year, since there is no actual game data. One writer had Boston College first; he or she may have just arranged them alphabetically.

Also the poll had furd dead last of 17.

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Well, there is that: Furd was picked to finish last.

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"[O]n pitchforks"?

I think we'll need torches, too.

FRESHMAN MORE TORCHES!

Thanks for the write up, Avi.

Go Bears!

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I think Cal will finish solar between fifth and seventh. Everything depends on how they get through that very difficult stretch. But I say they're ready for it.Because the pack twelve is a very strong conference and it's not like they're not used to playing very tough competition. I will go as far as to say.Most of them couldn't beat the elite teams in the old pac 12.

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Nice spin with the headline. :)

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This is a transition year for the Bears, as they acclimate to a new circumstance (insane amount of travel; new opponents, several of them ranked). But if Cal finishes .500 in conference play, that would at least be the first instance of achieving a non-losing conference record in fifteen years. I’d be okay with that. Go 6-6 or 7-5 and go to a bowl. Win the bowl game. Finish the season with a winning record. Then, things continue to trend upward for 2025 (presumably with a redshirt junior QB further honing his skills).

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Tbh I whole heartedly disagree with you. This is not a transition year I’m terms of personnel. We return 15/22 starters and have the 4th best Transfer class in the conference. And the biggest thing is, how weak the ACC is compared to the Pac 12 last year. U said several opponents ranked but nearly all of our apponents last year were ranked and this year we play 2 ranked opponents. (Miami and FSU) If we are simply as good as we were last year with literally ZERO improvement we should still go 7-5 at least just off of schedule. My prediction is 9-3 Go Bears!

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100%. This is a make or break year for the program/Wilcox and the make isn't even that high of a bar. 8 wins is probably enough to keep fans continually engaged. This is also the best I've felt about the roster under Wilcox since 2019. We have a once-a-decade RB talent, return a serviceable QB with upside (or a proven g5 star), and held steady or modestly improved every other unit.

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I like that sunshine.

Look out Florida, we got our own sunshine...

although you should dress in layers.

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Realignment reminds me of that South Park episode where the entire country is considered New Jersey.

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"What lords. What fortune-tellers. Build the monuments." My nomination for WFC quote of the week.

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I second that thought.

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A lot of opponent unknowns.

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Yeah, I fear the trap games.

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