Hell to the yes. Wake Forest is 4-4 this year, better than Cal. WF Head coach Dave Clawson is heads and shoulders above ANYTHING that Wilcox has ever done. His record over the last three years is 23-12. Wilcox is 12-20 over the same period. Pittsburg coach Pat Narduzzi is struggling this year with a 2-6 record, but has a 23-13 record over the last three years. He has had only one losing season at Pitt in the last 9 years. On paper, these head coaches are far better leaders and game planners than Wilcox. Sadly, I think they lead their teams to wins over the Bears.
I am looking up and down at Wake Forest's schedule this year, and I believe Cal would have lost to the same teams Wake Forest went down to, namely Clemson, Florida State, Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech. So it comes down to who is the better head coach, and WF head coach Dave Clawson wins hands down. He has taken his teams to bowl games in six of the last 7 seasons. Wilcox is the owner of an 18-36 conference record, with most of that dubious achievement coming when the conference was in a historic down period. And, LOL, I am still waiting for Wilcox to "demolish" a schedule....any schedule.
You are literally pointing to a 4-4 record where they beat Elon, Old Dominion, Vanderbilt, and Pitt as more impressive. Cal would never have OOC THAT weak, and our OOC record is still pretty damn good.
Also, our record is artificially skewed by having to play USC/UCLA/UO/UW every year in what's essentially 3.5 guaranteed losses for any team that sticks in the mediocre range. That's like if Wake Forest had to play Clemson/FSU/ND...oh wait, the ACC doesn't even have 4 teams. We fucked ourselves by sticking to "tradition" when everyone else cares more about wins. In a 12 game schedule, we basically gave ourselves an 8 win *ceiling* until we get our collective shit together.
I'm not on the Wilcox train anymore, but I 100% think the move to the ACC is going to lead to an easier schedule for us since there will only be 8 conference games and our annual matchups are Furd and SMU.
I am buying your stock today, sir. But we still have the Wilcox problem to deal with. Cal should be 5-3 instead of 3-5 due to games thrown away to Auburn and USC. I go back a long ways with Cal fandom and still remember Bruce Snyder's incredible 91 season where his team won a bunch of close games (Arizona, UCLA and Oregon) that could have gone either way. Snyder, who I like even better than Tedford, instilled an incredible belief in those kids. Wilcox is missing that element and probably will never have it. His last real quality win was the Lightning Bowl in Seattle in 2019, and it took some freak occurrences to make that happen.
You're already penciling in losses to bottom feeders Wake and Pittsburgh?
Hell to the yes. Wake Forest is 4-4 this year, better than Cal. WF Head coach Dave Clawson is heads and shoulders above ANYTHING that Wilcox has ever done. His record over the last three years is 23-12. Wilcox is 12-20 over the same period. Pittsburg coach Pat Narduzzi is struggling this year with a 2-6 record, but has a 23-13 record over the last three years. He has had only one losing season at Pitt in the last 9 years. On paper, these head coaches are far better leaders and game planners than Wilcox. Sadly, I think they lead their teams to wins over the Bears.
WF got 4 wins beating 2 free wins, Vandy, and Pitt. We would have demolished their schedule.
I am looking up and down at Wake Forest's schedule this year, and I believe Cal would have lost to the same teams Wake Forest went down to, namely Clemson, Florida State, Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech. So it comes down to who is the better head coach, and WF head coach Dave Clawson wins hands down. He has taken his teams to bowl games in six of the last 7 seasons. Wilcox is the owner of an 18-36 conference record, with most of that dubious achievement coming when the conference was in a historic down period. And, LOL, I am still waiting for Wilcox to "demolish" a schedule....any schedule.
You are literally pointing to a 4-4 record where they beat Elon, Old Dominion, Vanderbilt, and Pitt as more impressive. Cal would never have OOC THAT weak, and our OOC record is still pretty damn good.
Also, our record is artificially skewed by having to play USC/UCLA/UO/UW every year in what's essentially 3.5 guaranteed losses for any team that sticks in the mediocre range. That's like if Wake Forest had to play Clemson/FSU/ND...oh wait, the ACC doesn't even have 4 teams. We fucked ourselves by sticking to "tradition" when everyone else cares more about wins. In a 12 game schedule, we basically gave ourselves an 8 win *ceiling* until we get our collective shit together.
I'm not on the Wilcox train anymore, but I 100% think the move to the ACC is going to lead to an easier schedule for us since there will only be 8 conference games and our annual matchups are Furd and SMU.
I am buying your stock today, sir. But we still have the Wilcox problem to deal with. Cal should be 5-3 instead of 3-5 due to games thrown away to Auburn and USC. I go back a long ways with Cal fandom and still remember Bruce Snyder's incredible 91 season where his team won a bunch of close games (Arizona, UCLA and Oregon) that could have gone either way. Snyder, who I like even better than Tedford, instilled an incredible belief in those kids. Wilcox is missing that element and probably will never have it. His last real quality win was the Lightning Bowl in Seattle in 2019, and it took some freak occurrences to make that happen.