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Aug 7, 2021Liked by Rob Hwang

what's garbers been like in terms of anticipation and trust? you say he's made better throws today, but is he not seeing open guys down the field? (obviously this is tough to tell live and without film, but did anything pop out to you like that?)

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Something worth noting from Musgrave's presser is Moore handling all of the key responsibilities of a modern RB: running, catching, and 3rd down pass pro. The last one is a skill that is utterly lacking in the college ranks.

From the vids with Driscoll/Cindric it looks like the former is solidifying at C. I am curious who wll get the LG job : Cindric or Collman.

I am curious if Wilcox steals from the Giants the NASCAR package since we have so many fast and big pass rushers we could line up Goode/Deng/Patu/Croteaux/Jernigan with McKenzie taking up the nose.

https://giantswire.usatoday.com/2016/08/10/new-york-giants-debuted-new-nascar-pass-rush-package-and-i-cant-wait-to-see-it-in-action/

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Aug 7, 2021Liked by Rob Hwang

anything flash yet with monroe young? a lot of talk in the offseason about the jump he made, but i'm not sure if the packages they've been installing involve his skills yet

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I see why I created a storm here. I was thinking and I think wrote between but probably typo’d it and it corrected to behind.

MY BAD YALL. ONE WORD MAKES THE WORLD OF A DIFFERENCE. EVERYONE LEVEL YOUR DEFCON LEVEL. ITS A TIME OF PEACE.

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Aug 8, 2021Liked by Rob Hwang

It's interesting to me that there are a few people on this thread that don't have much confidence in Chase Garbers and many think our ill fated season last year was his fault. Tell me though, how many games did we have our full offensive and defensive line available to play (or even a majority of the starters on both lines available to play)? How many games were 'lost' because of disastrous special teams play in routine situations. I look to the body of work from the year that Garbers won the Redbox bowl. He did not lose a game that year where he played more than a half. His ceiling is high if he stays healthy. Does Milner appear to have a bigger arm. Certainly. Is Milner an excellent athlete? Yes. Can he take the starting job from Chase? Perhaps, but it won't happen quickly unless Garbers absolutely flounders, and if he plays like he did two years ago, I don't see that happening. The coaches are high on Chase for a reason. Coaches are smart and don't like to look like fools. They would be hedging their bets if there was any doubt about Chase, and they aren't. I am looking forward to this season to see the incremental progress the team has made. CAL is not going to recruit like big SEC teams and go to big time program and perennial winner overnight. But Wilcox is building a program. Every year we get marginally better recruits, we get marginally bigger and stronger in the weight room, we get longer and faster, and we get great coaches who can teach. And, never to be forgotten, we get really smart and disciplined kids. I have enjoyed watching our incremental improvements every year since Wilcox has arrived, with the exception of last year as a pandemic year. I see more improvement this year, which should lead to more improvement next year. Wilcox is doing what no coach has ever done successfully at CAL; he's building a 'program'. Even Tedford lost his way chasing top recruits until ultimately the inmates ran the asylum. Wilcox has a great handle on the system and his coaches have a great grasp of their talent. It's going to be a fun year knocking off teams the talking heads said we could not beat.

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I leave for a few hours and I come back to a storm and the comment section is on fire. What did I do wrong this time?

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This, "He also did take some unnecessary risks that he still completed due to his ridiculous arm strength and talent. He has the most zip out of the QBs and had a great play squeezing the ball to the sidelines to find TE Keleki Latu for a huge gain.", what most Cal fans have been waiting to hear for some time. A QB that has the ability and willingness to throw into tight windows.

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how are the tight ends looking? is tonges getting more physical with his coverage? and i'll take any terry news any day

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