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PFF Review: Cal v. Minnesota Football 2025

Breaking down an incredibly encouraging performance from the entire passing offense, plus a quick preview of San Diego State

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Nick Kranz
Sep 19, 2025
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Honestly, the more and more I watch replays, look at scouting grades, and just generally consider the Minnesota game, the more I’m surprised that Cal wasn’t more productive on offense.

Like, intellectually, I understand. Minnesota is a good defense and you’re not going to win every play. A couple drives were derailed by sacks, others penalties, a few others on mildly inaccurate throws or a dropped pass.

But by and large Cal’s passing offense spent 60 minutes getting chunk after chunk after chunk until finally the whole Minnesota defense gave way. Let’s take a look at the numbers:

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