Or put another way, he's figured out how to lose in new and ever more confounding ways. In Wilcox years past, even when we couldn't score, there was always a prayer for an upset, and there were some great upsets... Now we just get mopped by anyone competent. And let's not hang our hat on a Big Game victory -- it will be a limp Cal program headed to Palo Alto to face a Stanford team that is starting to believe.
I think somehow the powers that be had the impression that we could suck at football, so long as we win the Big Game. And, yes, I would not bet money on that game, this year.
Yeah, but a constipated offense, with a great defense, still loses games.
Besides, Wilcox tends to lose rockfights.
Or put another way, he's figured out how to lose in new and ever more confounding ways. In Wilcox years past, even when we couldn't score, there was always a prayer for an upset, and there were some great upsets... Now we just get mopped by anyone competent. And let's not hang our hat on a Big Game victory -- it will be a limp Cal program headed to Palo Alto to face a Stanford team that is starting to believe.
I think somehow the powers that be had the impression that we could suck at football, so long as we win the Big Game. And, yes, I would not bet money on that game, this year.