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It is going to be interesting switching back to 4 non-conference games. I wonder how many old Pac-12 schools will fill that extra slot every year.

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2027 is gonna be a realllll test with Florida also on the docket.

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I think that in order to make this work there is going to have to be a shift in the mindset of administrations, particularly at SMU, Stanford, and Cal regarding pranks, defacements, and otherwise mildly destructive activities. SMU should come up and try to defile the C. We should do something similar to them. I think we have to view the need to suddenly establish a rivalry almost like some WWE fight promotion. Antagonism so the sake of antagonism.

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Maybe our rally committee could ask them to paint their mustang blue and gold, while our rally committee paints the Block C SMU colors. Think if the gas C and tindcc C saved. đŸ˜‰

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I'm sure that by 2026 (the first year we play Clemson) they'll be back in the top 5......

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đŸ˜‚ Or rebuilding with their new coach.

RIP Dabopolis

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At least we get to keep the most important tradition, Stanfurd is still odd.

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Pitt is the sleeper trip. Better city to visit than any of our departing pac-12 destinations, sans Seattle. Outstanding town that will test your liver for sure. Better if we get to catch em there during baseball season and you get to visit PNC, which might be my favorite of the post-Camden ballparks.

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agree on all points made.

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I’m so down for a Pitt roadie.

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Oct 31, 2023·edited Oct 31, 2023

Cal fans: While a lot of you are sad to see the old rivalries go, some of our home games look interesting. Playing Miami and FSU (even UNC) in football will certainly put us on a lot of east coast sports beats. Personally, I am looking forward to a new start for Cal Football and watching U$C and FUCLA get their just rewards for blowing up the Pac-12. Have fun in Ann Arbor in November and December.

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Basketball is gonna be lit. Meh for football.

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Ugh. Guess we need to find reasons to hate SMU….

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And Wake Forest. Fuck those guys.

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what the fuck is this

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2025 with a grizzled veteran Mendoza is looking like 10 wins! Been living in the Boston area for ~2 decades now praying for the day they'd come here and spank BC. All in for 2025!

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Have Wilcox take over the Defensive play calling and let Spav have a free rein over the Offense (if he doesn’t already). Fire Sirmon and use the money to hire a Special Teams Coach and better line Coaches. Then watch us get 7+ wins every year and finally build something special in Berkeley again.

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Oct 31, 2023·edited Oct 31, 2023

Let ChatGPT or Watson be the head coach

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I like our line coaches, both OL and DL.

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We can do better. We always lose the games in the trenches.

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We need better recruiting on OL; Bloesch has done a great job with some of the more talented linemen

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More depth, yes, hear, hear. Rotate them more.

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I tell yah, upon seeing it on the screen, the reality came home to roost in my ol Pac x,y, or z habituated brain and got me irritated and pissy about it.

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Who Cares? I'll be dead before Cal gets to another bowl game. Last Rose Bowl was '59. I was a freshman. Went to some bowl, name unknown, a couple of years back at Levi's. It was against Illinois. We won.

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Possibly in same boat, for that matter every one could be any time and sure as taxes will be. So, how bout ashes taken to said bowl.

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Oct 31, 2023·edited Nov 1, 2023

Redbox Bowl, aka "the granddaddy of the all". Also when hope sprang eternal.....

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Oct 31, 2023·edited Oct 31, 2023

Nope, Wilcox should be able to go 7-5 next season with this schedule and the amount of returning players.

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I wonder how many will return. Hard to predict.

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I doubt we'll have mass defections and Wilcox isn't gonna push a bunch of guys out unless they've seriously underperformed.

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This is a very Wilcox friendly schedule. He should have no problem getting to 6-6 and securing another extension.

The ACC is going to be great for Wilcox and his continued employment at Cal.

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Disagree. Likely losses to Florida State, North Carolina State, Miami, Stanford, Wake Forest, Auburn, Pitt and SMU. That's 4-8 by my calculations. SMU is good this year and will probably be better next year. Stanford is already rapidly improving. This year's game will be a toss-up, but Taylor is going to dominate in future years as long as Wilcox is the head coach. Sorry, but the view never changes if you are not the lead dog in the pack. Wilcox is that half Husky, half well-coiffed Poodle with a limp leg and trailing from behind.

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You're already penciling in losses to bottom feeders Wake and Pittsburgh?

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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.

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WF got 4 wins beating 2 free wins, Vandy, and Pitt. We would have demolished their schedule.

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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.

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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.

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Along with Florida State, don't forget that Cal is also playing Auburn in Alabama next year as well. This is awesome for alumni in the southeast who never get to attend a Cal game, and guarantees Cal gets more exposure on the east coast.

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