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Cal v. UNLV college football first quarter
Cal v. UNLV college football second quarter and halftime
Cal v. UNLV college football third quarter
Cal v. UNLV college football fourth quarter and final stats
This program is an embarrassment to our beloved alma mater. You have players and coaches running on the field and hugging after barely surviving this game. UNLV is a perpetual FBS doormat in an vastly inferior conference. We’re a founding football member of the PAC 12 and arguably the worlds best public university. This is the best team we can field? Pathetic.
Wilcox, Players, Athletic Administration: look in the mirror, raise yourself to the level of excellence required to properly represent CAL.
500%. How does Wilcox look himself in the mirror knowing this is the level of play after 5-6yrs as head coach? There is zero accountability for this team. None whatsoever. This is lack of discipline, work ethic and training that they still can't consistently close out a game against extremely weak teams after 5 seasons...we don't have solid fundamentals and this is all on the coaches.
The same nonsense again??? Cal plays down to level of competition and practically loses to another shitty team. Every year of wilcox tenure..There's something deeply flawed with the mgmt and Cal ADs....they accept and tolerate such incredible mediocrity. There's no expectation or goal of excellence..and sadly they seem to have no shame.
On the blitzes at the end: "good job by the defensive staff getting the protection they wanted and then Daniel has been a playmaker for us for a while and he made plays, and that's what we expect from a leader. It was a big deal".
Defensive effort: "pretty solid overall. We could have rushed the quarterback better in the first half but they have good players like white and Brumfield, they put up 45 in the first half of their opener. Late in the game we had good pressures and big stops".
I get wanting to limit Ott’s touches and not wanting to run him into the ground, but I’ll never understand why he wasn’t on the field in THAT situation…especially when your not worried about pass pro and one 1st down wins it…
Well, the defense was good apart from the one run bust. The offense...needs a lot of work. I'm not a fan of the give-up-and-punt playcalling at the end either.
My feeling is that Ott cannot be over used as a true freshman. The problem is that Moore has regressed and Brooks apparently offers little as well. At this point I'd go with Stredick Hayes and Street.
Lucky. Should not have been this close. Disappointed in offense play calling. Line needs help. Gale D bailed them out. Either way it is a win. Go Bears. F the Irish next week.
Ott is going to transfer from Cal after the end of the year at this rate with how they refuse to highlight him as our most efficient asset on offense. We are way too stubbon about starting experience over talent. Our offensive play calling is comatose. The last two years, I gave Musgrave a lot of leeway for going through a COVID year and then hoping he was saving the playbook for the important games later in the season. By now, we know that his playbook will not change over the year and we're screwed.
You know what a lot of the best teams in the nation do? When they have a true freshman who's absolutely electric, they get him the ball. They don't sideline him while his elders waste away drives on 3-and-outs because they can't make anything happen and nearly lose the game.
We should be treating Ott like Stanfurd put on the Christian McCaffrey show.
This program is an embarrassment to our beloved alma mater. You have players and coaches running on the field and hugging after barely surviving this game. UNLV is a perpetual FBS doormat in an vastly inferior conference. We’re a founding football member of the PAC 12 and arguably the worlds best public university. This is the best team we can field? Pathetic.
Wilcox, Players, Athletic Administration: look in the mirror, raise yourself to the level of excellence required to properly represent CAL.
500%. How does Wilcox look himself in the mirror knowing this is the level of play after 5-6yrs as head coach? There is zero accountability for this team. None whatsoever. This is lack of discipline, work ethic and training that they still can't consistently close out a game against extremely weak teams after 5 seasons...we don't have solid fundamentals and this is all on the coaches.
The same nonsense again??? Cal plays down to level of competition and practically loses to another shitty team. Every year of wilcox tenure..There's something deeply flawed with the mgmt and Cal ADs....they accept and tolerate such incredible mediocrity. There's no expectation or goal of excellence..and sadly they seem to have no shame.
The Bears break my heart even when they win sometimes.
that was pathetic
On the blitzes at the end: "good job by the defensive staff getting the protection they wanted and then Daniel has been a playmaker for us for a while and he made plays, and that's what we expect from a leader. It was a big deal".
Defensive effort: "pretty solid overall. We could have rushed the quarterback better in the first half but they have good players like white and Brumfield, they put up 45 in the first half of their opener. Late in the game we had good pressures and big stops".
Wilcox on red zone efficiency: "real good the first two drives, not good enough the rest of the way".
Post game press coming up in a bit. Going to try and get some quotes for y'all.
Ask “why not Ott”
Yup.
I guess I just can't understand how the offense never seems to be able to play a complete game.
I’d actually settle for just a complete half and go up from there…
At this point this is just what Wilcox era teams are, expecting anything different is “shame on me” territory.
From a game script perspective perhaps.
But from a personnel standpoint, it’s egregiously poor. DeCarlos Brooks over Ott on final 3 plays is incompetence.
At least they didn't play Moore
I get wanting to limit Ott’s touches and not wanting to run him into the ground, but I’ll never understand why he wasn’t on the field in THAT situation…especially when your not worried about pass pro and one 1st down wins it…
Baffling.
Next up for the unbeaten Bears, winless Notre Dame. Who had that matchup with records going into the season?
The friend I was going to stay with in South Bend is threatening to rescind the offer to stay. The Irish are grumpy about next week already!
We got room in our house ;-)
How can the offense look so good in the first half, and so bad in the second?
Well, the defense was good apart from the one run bust. The offense...needs a lot of work. I'm not a fan of the give-up-and-punt playcalling at the end either.
Musgrave, or Aristotle Thompson, should be fired for not having Ott in on the final series.
Baffling. A deserve-to-lose call.
My feeling is that Ott cannot be over used as a true freshman. The problem is that Moore has regressed and Brooks apparently offers little as well. At this point I'd go with Stredick Hayes and Street.
Angus should be fired for our OL over these last two games.
When a win feels like a loss.
Order of firing:
1. Angus
2. Musgrave
3. Wilcox
I’m putting Aristotle on the list if he made the call to sit Ott on final 3 runs.
We scored 3 points in second half? Smdh
Versus a bad Mountain West team…the days of Snyder and Tedford are soooo long gone…
I should really work on my cardio before the season...
Our last offensive drive was abhorrent. I am livid. Also, we're really missing Mettauer and Brett Johnson on our two lines.
Fittingly, Cal gets a last seconds interception to close out their blowout (by Cal-Wilcox standards) 20-14 win over UNLV!
Hey we finally won a close one. Just need 4 more of those this year to go our way.
Will do anything for a good OL
I need advil after this game. Live tweets were not easy with some of these plays lol.
Lucky. Should not have been this close. Disappointed in offense play calling. Line needs help. Gale D bailed them out. Either way it is a win. Go Bears. F the Irish next week.
Glad.
Bill Musgrave should not be paid for the rest of the season. His contract should be split between all the defensive players
Defense wins championships, amirite?
Cool. 2-0.
I've already forgotten this game.
Bears are going to get worked by an angry Irish next week. Ugh
ND's offense is pretty crap, although their D gave Ohio State problems. It's going to be the usual where the first team to 20 wins.
Nah, each game is a new one.
int on last play. we barely survived. D held up in the end
Int was meaningless, clock was zeroes.
Yeah I was just answering the question a few comments down on what happened.
Ok next week is going to suck. But I’ll take the win and we’ll see.
Oy!
did we survive?
yup
A win is a win alpha!!!
Survival!!!
They don’t even show the important part of the replay. The foot we know is in, does the ball move after?
Free timeout for LV
Yep, one foot IMO.
that is a completion, methinks
This is the day for me to stop sniffing glue.
In anticipation, I’ve already pulled the cord on my main chute on way down to earth.
Right, time to fire Musgrave.
Angus too
That time was 8 months ago.
Is wilcox braindead?
This game is on the coaches. Foolish foolery.
Ott is going to transfer from Cal after the end of the year at this rate with how they refuse to highlight him as our most efficient asset on offense. We are way too stubbon about starting experience over talent. Our offensive play calling is comatose. The last two years, I gave Musgrave a lot of leeway for going through a COVID year and then hoping he was saving the playbook for the important games later in the season. By now, we know that his playbook will not change over the year and we're screwed.
You know what a lot of the best teams in the nation do? When they have a true freshman who's absolutely electric, they get him the ball. They don't sideline him while his elders waste away drives on 3-and-outs because they can't make anything happen and nearly lose the game.
We should be treating Ott like Stanfurd put on the Christian McCaffrey show.
Didn’t coach up the OL, didn’t play out, some terrible offensive calls.
You gotta take a safety here right? Bleed as much time, don’t risk a block, etc…
F this team
Punting fro our end zo e
What the fuck was that?
We deserve to lose.
head scratching offense.
We’ll they didn’t throw but not inspiring run plays
cowardly playcalling. offense can save so much time in college with the first down stoppages.
Straight up surrender ball.
I am a Musgrave believer but that play calling plus not having your best player on the field is a fireable offense.
Wait, you are a Musgrave believer? Why?