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The bad refereeing was not just one disastrously bad call. Two of them alone led to an 11 point swing. The pick six call took four points off the board and the fumble-that-wasn't by Ifanse led to an early Auburn touchdown. And there were plenty of other questionable calls and no-calls throughout the game.

I'm not going to tell you how much longer you "allow it to go on" because you won't even say what "it" is or what the context is. You don't know what the new administration is going to be like, and how that will influence what resources the football team has. You don't know what fundraising is going to be like to make up for the gap between us and other ACC teams. You don't know if there's going to be another random global crisis that Berkeley handles differently than other cities. So go ahead and lay out your criteria if you want.

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Let me set the bar pitifully low and say “it” is a .500 or better conference record once in seven years. Everything you said after that was a continuation of the excuses, so I tuned out.

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So what's your plan when he doesn't reach that this year and isn't terminated?

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TBD. I dug deep into my bag of delusion this off-season, convinced myself this year would be different with spav, and renewed my tickets. If we regress from a record standpoint and nothing changes, I’m probably done. My emotional investment in this is hanging on by a thread.

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I, for one, am out on Wilcox after last night. Nice stand-up guy that understands the Cal machine and all that, but it’s always the same shit and I am just tired of the endless excuses. Sure, the refs missed the TD and some other calls, which totally sucks…but it happens, and we still had plenty of chances…like clockwork under JW and his 3 different OC’s, Cal continuously fails to make the plays necessary to win football games. It’s really that simple. We had no business losing last night…none.

Given Wilcox’s preferred style/pace of play, PK should have been an absolute priority from day 1…unfortunately for the poor kid, Luckhurst’s performance these past 2 weeks has been unacceptable… it’s just that there’s always some reason why we cough up games that we should, and honestly have to, win.

I’m still going to Seattle with the crew and I’ll root for the kids, but my days of investing in this football program, emotionally and financially, are done. I’ll focus my support for Madsen and the crew…BTW, I literally ran into Fardaws at the game, and the dude is an absolute monster. Just huge…I’m so pumped for Cal hoops.

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