What's crazy is if you look at the stats we killed these guys every place but the scoreboard (they did outrush us but 150 of their total rushing yards came on two plays). We beat ourselves today; the effort was there but big brainfarts and stupid penalties hurt us bad. Both are on the group coach or the position coach. We have smart teachable kids.
Was mulling over my loss reaction. Very familiar with the Beaver syndrome. Aside from feeling let down, I have the lingering annoyance that's it OSU. Rarely an easy game for us and too many losses in the recent years for my taste.
OL played a great game and I think the staff has some tape now to get some new faces on a unit that hasn't performed well for 3 years. On that pass to Polk with about a 1:15 left, the OL picked up the blitz and did a great job; Garbers needed to step up into the pocket and make that pass to the wide open Polk!! Really a poor pass by Chase.
D played great save 2 plays (long runs by Jefferson) but our ILB play has had a YUGE dropoff as expected. DL did their job and deserve a lot of credit.
Special teams, welp 2 YUGE plays called back and a blocked punt whoops. That was a great play by that OSU player on the block.
All in all, not a bad performance and we have some new talent that should be getting a lot more PT, especially on the OL.
But no such thing as a moral victory and to win in the PAC12 you have to bring your A game, even against OSU.
Go Bears!!
btw, fUCLA looked pretty good against the Ducks even though they had to start their 2nd string QB. Seems like there are a lot of good young QBs in the conference this year and atm I would rate Chase at the bottom of the conference.
Cal is among the teams that were returning the most talent and yet it seems like they have regressed so much. It always feels like coaching is so underwhelming. And Wilcox can clearly coach, but it’s his position coaches and coordinators that seem to kill us every time.
Without the stupid deflection we win the game, period. Hats off to the young on-line that stepped up big time. Special teams are a huge problem though.
As for Wilcox, losing two years in a row to a rebuilding Oregon State team is concerning. Corona virus or not, outside of Oregon States RB they are not very good and playing on the road this season means they do not have home field advantage. We lost at home last season and basically lost a neutral field game to Oregon State this season.
Wilcox doesn’t have the luxury of winning his 3 OOC and has skipped straight to the middle of the season losing streak.
I guess I still feel like this whole season, all across the country, is nothing but a trivial shadow of real football. No team is as good as they appear, none as bad. Too many COVID issues. In a normal season the playing field is even enough that we are willing to say the wins and losses are on the players and coaches. But this year, is it on Wilcox that he lost 4 lineman today? On Musgrave he got half the time to train his players? On Garbers he got half the time to practice? We are not all in the same COVID boat. Some teams have played more games, and had fewer players missing, so it is comparing Apples and Oranges. So, I wish Cal had won just because, but I don't read anything into us losing because...
Well I have two takeaways, first is on defense. I miss DeRuyter calling defensive plays. Previously it seemed like DeRuyter always knew exactly what play the offense was going to call, and countered with the right blitz call and adjustments. We always had guys in the right place, and the defense played fast and aggressively.
On offense, it feels like Baldwin left his "multiple" playbook behind, and Musgrave picked it up and decided to use it. At the beginning of the game, we had 21 personnel, Dancy was repeatedly getting first downs, we locked the box and we were also winning the resulting 1-on-1 matchups with Crawford and Polk. And then....I don't even know what that was....did we even line up the same way and run the same play twice in a row? Oh, except for the red zone....heavy set, Garbers rolls right and looks for the fade in the corner. We ran that play seventeen times....we did get one touchdown though (after like three penalties) so I'm sure we'll keep seeing it over and over and over for the rest of the season.
Finished up my report card. I gave special teams a zero I think. Bad punting with line drive kicks, two stupid penalties, and a 52 yard field goal. I still think we will beat Furd though. One question I came up is how the axe will be handled if the RC is not present.
This was better than week 1 but not by much. Let's win the BIg Game next week please!
I hate this team sometimes.
What's crazy is if you look at the stats we killed these guys every place but the scoreboard (they did outrush us but 150 of their total rushing yards came on two plays). We beat ourselves today; the effort was there but big brainfarts and stupid penalties hurt us bad. Both are on the group coach or the position coach. We have smart teachable kids.
Was mulling over my loss reaction. Very familiar with the Beaver syndrome. Aside from feeling let down, I have the lingering annoyance that's it OSU. Rarely an easy game for us and too many losses in the recent years for my taste.
OL played a great game and I think the staff has some tape now to get some new faces on a unit that hasn't performed well for 3 years. On that pass to Polk with about a 1:15 left, the OL picked up the blitz and did a great job; Garbers needed to step up into the pocket and make that pass to the wide open Polk!! Really a poor pass by Chase.
D played great save 2 plays (long runs by Jefferson) but our ILB play has had a YUGE dropoff as expected. DL did their job and deserve a lot of credit.
Special teams, welp 2 YUGE plays called back and a blocked punt whoops. That was a great play by that OSU player on the block.
All in all, not a bad performance and we have some new talent that should be getting a lot more PT, especially on the OL.
But no such thing as a moral victory and to win in the PAC12 you have to bring your A game, even against OSU.
Go Bears!!
btw, fUCLA looked pretty good against the Ducks even though they had to start their 2nd string QB. Seems like there are a lot of good young QBs in the conference this year and atm I would rate Chase at the bottom of the conference.
Cal is among the teams that were returning the most talent and yet it seems like they have regressed so much. It always feels like coaching is so underwhelming. And Wilcox can clearly coach, but it’s his position coaches and coordinators that seem to kill us every time.
It hurts to see.
Without the stupid deflection we win the game, period. Hats off to the young on-line that stepped up big time. Special teams are a huge problem though.
Musgrave and Sirmon are just terrible. Sirmon is DC and ILB coach. ILB play is the worst on the team this year.
As for Wilcox, losing two years in a row to a rebuilding Oregon State team is concerning. Corona virus or not, outside of Oregon States RB they are not very good and playing on the road this season means they do not have home field advantage. We lost at home last season and basically lost a neutral field game to Oregon State this season.
Wilcox doesn’t have the luxury of winning his 3 OOC and has skipped straight to the middle of the season losing streak.
I guess I still feel like this whole season, all across the country, is nothing but a trivial shadow of real football. No team is as good as they appear, none as bad. Too many COVID issues. In a normal season the playing field is even enough that we are willing to say the wins and losses are on the players and coaches. But this year, is it on Wilcox that he lost 4 lineman today? On Musgrave he got half the time to train his players? On Garbers he got half the time to practice? We are not all in the same COVID boat. Some teams have played more games, and had fewer players missing, so it is comparing Apples and Oranges. So, I wish Cal had won just because, but I don't read anything into us losing because...
How do you say we suck in Cal bears?
We need to move on from Ragle. Our special teams have slowly regressed every year under his leadership.
normally i'd be beside myself, but i already wrote this season off and it was an entertaining game, for what its worth
Well I have two takeaways, first is on defense. I miss DeRuyter calling defensive plays. Previously it seemed like DeRuyter always knew exactly what play the offense was going to call, and countered with the right blitz call and adjustments. We always had guys in the right place, and the defense played fast and aggressively.
On offense, it feels like Baldwin left his "multiple" playbook behind, and Musgrave picked it up and decided to use it. At the beginning of the game, we had 21 personnel, Dancy was repeatedly getting first downs, we locked the box and we were also winning the resulting 1-on-1 matchups with Crawford and Polk. And then....I don't even know what that was....did we even line up the same way and run the same play twice in a row? Oh, except for the red zone....heavy set, Garbers rolls right and looks for the fade in the corner. We ran that play seventeen times....we did get one touchdown though (after like three penalties) so I'm sure we'll keep seeing it over and over and over for the rest of the season.
Finished up my report card. I gave special teams a zero I think. Bad punting with line drive kicks, two stupid penalties, and a 52 yard field goal. I still think we will beat Furd though. One question I came up is how the axe will be handled if the RC is not present.
Question: I remember reading somewhere that this year didn't count to eligibility. Is that true?