I agree. The special teams miscues have reached an almost comical level....even the made FG by Longhetto required a great grab by Sheahan on a wide snap.
For various reasons, most notably a continued lack of elite players IMO, these Cal teams under Wilcox lack the ability to make explosive plays on both sides of the ball, and of course,…
I agree. The special teams miscues have reached an almost comical level....even the made FG by Longhetto required a great grab by Sheahan on a wide snap.
For various reasons, most notably a continued lack of elite players IMO, these Cal teams under Wilcox lack the ability to make explosive plays on both sides of the ball, and of course, on special teams. We Cal fans have wrote for years that that means every game will be a dogfight, turning on single plays, with a very slim margin for error...those mistakes are unfortunately enough to cost the team wins...
Missing out on even a lower-tier bowl game in year 5 is unacceptable.
Just too many mistakes to enable a close, hard-fought victory. Of course if Longhetto had made the field goal with 2 seconds left we'd all be celebrating today.
I agree. The special teams miscues have reached an almost comical level....even the made FG by Longhetto required a great grab by Sheahan on a wide snap.
For various reasons, most notably a continued lack of elite players IMO, these Cal teams under Wilcox lack the ability to make explosive plays on both sides of the ball, and of course, on special teams. We Cal fans have wrote for years that that means every game will be a dogfight, turning on single plays, with a very slim margin for error...those mistakes are unfortunately enough to cost the team wins...
Missing out on even a lower-tier bowl game in year 5 is unacceptable.
Just too many mistakes to enable a close, hard-fought victory. Of course if Longhetto had made the field goal with 2 seconds left we'd all be celebrating today.
That's the point, tho golden.....there were a lot of plays that if Cal makes, we'd be celebrating.
They DON'T make those plays tho...
I believe it was a 55 yard attempt. The aim was true, it was just short. I think his longest to date has been 51 or 52 yards.
He is Shorthetto