PFF review: Did Cal actually outplay USC?

Cal's final game leads to PFF grades that makes one wonder what is most important when trying to win a football game.

What happens if you watch a football game, and one team wins by a reasonably decisive margin, but the scouting experts say that one team pretty comprehensively outplayed the other?

Does that say something about variability and randomness in football? Maybe it speaks to the outsized importance of big plays amidst a collection of less impactful plays? Maybe the scouts are off their rocker?

Let’s dive in: