I think Cal likely loses to Auburn, FuSU, NCSU and SMU. Against Miami, Cal faces an extremely talented squad, so it'll be a tough loss, barring a series of Cristobal mistakes. UCD, 'Furd and SDSU are wins. On paper a few other matchups will see Cal slightly favored (before season starts) such as maybe Syracuse and the cross-country Frida…
I think Cal likely loses to Auburn, FuSU, NCSU and SMU. Against Miami, Cal faces an extremely talented squad, so it'll be a tough loss, barring a series of Cristobal mistakes. UCD, 'Furd and SDSU are wins. On paper a few other matchups will see Cal slightly favored (before season starts) such as maybe Syracuse and the cross-country Friday night tilt vs. WF; some will be tossups such as, I think, a highly motivated Oregon State and conceivably @ Pitt. I predict Cal comes away with somewhere between five and seven wins. Ceiling eight wins, floor four. I would take the under, with six wins my best guess. I would be more optimistic if not for the two early trips to play Auburn and FSU (gonna be two hella long plane rides home if Cal gets pummelled in East Alabama and Tallahassee), and overall cumulative effect of an insane amount of travel.
I think Cal likely loses to Auburn, FuSU, NCSU and SMU. Against Miami, Cal faces an extremely talented squad, so it'll be a tough loss, barring a series of Cristobal mistakes. UCD, 'Furd and SDSU are wins. On paper a few other matchups will see Cal slightly favored (before season starts) such as maybe Syracuse and the cross-country Friday night tilt vs. WF; some will be tossups such as, I think, a highly motivated Oregon State and conceivably @ Pitt. I predict Cal comes away with somewhere between five and seven wins. Ceiling eight wins, floor four. I would take the under, with six wins my best guess. I would be more optimistic if not for the two early trips to play Auburn and FSU (gonna be two hella long plane rides home if Cal gets pummelled in East Alabama and Tallahassee), and overall cumulative effect of an insane amount of travel.
Marking down SMU as an auto loss is clown behavior. Even Auburn is not an auto loss based on last year