Insta-Recap & Rate the Game: Bears drop a stinker to Wazzu, 6-21
That was not fun.
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Insta-Recap
1st Half
The Bears went down early in the first quarter 6-14. Including a muffed snap on an extra point and blocking a punt by Wazzu, that would be recovered and rushed for the 1st down. The offense looked uninspired and the defense couldn't tackle on first contact. Nate Rutchena in his first snaps as a Cal player picked off de Laura to set up the Bears on the Wazzu 30. Bears would be unable to do anything with it and after 2 sacks, throw an interception on 4th and 14. de Laura would go deep on the following drive to be picked off by Daniel Scott, his third interception this season. Bears would punt but a 4th down stop would give them one more shot before the end of the half. Bears would sputter to a punt after converting to get one 1st down. Wazzu would run out the clock to go into the half with a 6-14 lead
2nd Half
Ummmmm about that….
I actually left during the 2nd quarter. Too hot and I could tell the game was going to be a disaster at that point. Wilcox can say "It's on me" all he wants but the fact is the season is in freefall mode and year 5 is a painful indictment of his coaching skills. I hope the administration does the right thing with regard to a new hire unless Wilcox wins 4 more games, then the jury will be out til next season.
That was a painful viewing experience. Hardly any pressure on their QB which means we made him look like an All-American. As I was watching their defense, they definitely reminded me of us 2-3 years ago when the 'Root was working his magic with a bunch of underachievers and the defense was constantly harassing the opposing QB and we could tackle in space and create turnovers. The only silver lining in today's embarrassing mess was that if Wazzu can create a defense like that in the middle of God-forsaken nowhere, then there is no reason that we can't find coaches who can do the same thing in Berkeley. Finally, I would like to propose an exorcism at Memorial as soon as possible to rid our program of all the bad ju-ju that has been following us around since last year. That may actually prove to be impossible since we haven't had any real good ju-ju since 1959. Football Gods, pray for us.