Like anyone who read one of christopher_h's LSJU offense previews from the last couple seasons, I was extra salty about that offensive PI. They're as bad about OPI as Oregon was with holding during the Kelly/Helfrich years.
Someone else commented (sorry, cant recall who) on a previous article.. If you are to be a defensive minded football team, you'd damn better also have good special teams. It's so true, and this needs to be a major focus going forward, and it seems it will be according to coach's post game presser. Also, great write-up as usual, Nick -- thank you, sir.
Spot on write-up and and analysis. For whatever reason the team was unprepared to start the season. We faced the same problems as other teams in the Pac-12 have, but we seem to have been more adversely impacted. Like you say $3 million for a coach is significant and as a fanbase we deserve better than watching this s***show. I'm also concerned with a few other factoids such as why we have so little depth and LB and D-Line given this is Wilcox' fourth year, has the recruiting been that bad? Or attrition? Also Clark and Remigio have something like 3 catches on the season between them, so something obviously is wrong.
Wilcox is not on the hot seat and the Bears are just fine...thank you very much.
Musgrave is doing a good job, +300 yards of total offense in the first half against OSU and +200 yards rushing against the 'furd. So the scheme can & will work at Cal.
Defense held the 'furd to 300 total yards of offense. Aside from perhaps 3 plays Cal held OSU in check. Also we are seeing some great play from our DL, who will second me in nominating them as the standout unit this year? The D staff continues to develop players and will send a handful to the League this year. This is good for recruiting. Speaking of which, Browning is bringing in some talent on the DL which should provide Cal with some depth real soon.
OL continues to be the weakest link. But it appears we have some lads that can play. I would view it as a mistake if the "starters" are handed their job back once they clear quarantine. The "starters" weren't good last year and in the one game they played this year they stunk the place up. The staff will have to develop more options at QB. Garbers is being outplayed by true freshman and red shirt freshman in the conference. Some of that is attributable to a new scheme but some of his throws, four years into college, are not acceptable. Too many overthrows or thrown out of bounds.
ST's: welp in the 3rd qrtr after the blocked FG they successfully converted the extra point and thought they had the problem fixed. We now know that they did not. Ragle is paid for his recruiting chops, so it would be in Wilcox's best interest to look for an outside solution.
Let's keep this year's recruiting class intact and focus on OL & QB improvement/replacement.
Quick typo help: you meant offense in "To the extent that Stanford’s defense got anything, it was mostly Davis Mills and his receivers finding soft spaces in Cal’s zone coverages." Great job and thank you for the write-up.
Thanks Nick. Tough to read, but I suppose that goes with the Cal fandom territory. Newellbany & I were chatting about the game, and were lamenting the RAZOR thin margin for error...this is a team that cannot afford to make the mistakes they are making and still win. Sigh.
Everyone here needs to take a chill pill and just be happy this season is happening. Forget about the W-L column and just enjoy watching Cal football. Based on what we've seen from Wilcox, a lot of what we're seeing this season is an anomaly due to COVID reasons. Shit, we didn't have a full practice until our first week of play. We're seeing improvements week over week. That's enough for me. I'm pretty excited for 2021 based on what I've seen from Musgrave, he's a MASSIVE improvement over Baldwin. Look at what he's doing with almost ZERO time to install his offense.
Great write-up; it just took me 4 days before I could read ANYTHING about this game...
Two things; didn’t Nikko fumble a punt against USC two years ago which, mercifully, tumbled out of bounds? Either way, I don’t think the #1 punt returner should be expected to fumble a catchable punt as a matter of statistics, but maybe that’s why I’m not a football coach. And maybe I’m just feeling salty....
Secondly, re: the running game I was super impressed with us pitching the ball. I really felt like we were hitting holes quicker than w a handoff contributing to those long runs. Was that my imagination and is it not a new Musgrave-ism?
I'm still enthused about Wilcox, and think that better times are ahead. Regarding 2021... Are there roster reasons to have high expections? Do we have a lot of seniors on the team this year that will be difficult to replace? I know some may be granted an extra year due to covid, but if they graduate they may decline to play... I wonder how much the D misses Weaver. Speaking of the Weave, I hope he gets elevated from the Cardinals' practice squad.
Thanks Nick, great write up as usual. I think this is probably our last game of the season. I don’t see how we get permission to play another game in Berkeley so perhaps the Oregon game is moved to Eugene. This Cal team has way to much experience to go winless in Wilcoxs 4th season. Anyone giving Wilcox a pass for this season is drinking too much Kool Aid while watching Newsmax and One American News Network.
Like anyone who read one of christopher_h's LSJU offense previews from the last couple seasons, I was extra salty about that offensive PI. They're as bad about OPI as Oregon was with holding during the Kelly/Helfrich years.
Someone else commented (sorry, cant recall who) on a previous article.. If you are to be a defensive minded football team, you'd damn better also have good special teams. It's so true, and this needs to be a major focus going forward, and it seems it will be according to coach's post game presser. Also, great write-up as usual, Nick -- thank you, sir.
So Santa Clara county has banned contact sports, what are the odds that Alameda does the same this week?
Spot on write-up and and analysis. For whatever reason the team was unprepared to start the season. We faced the same problems as other teams in the Pac-12 have, but we seem to have been more adversely impacted. Like you say $3 million for a coach is significant and as a fanbase we deserve better than watching this s***show. I'm also concerned with a few other factoids such as why we have so little depth and LB and D-Line given this is Wilcox' fourth year, has the recruiting been that bad? Or attrition? Also Clark and Remigio have something like 3 catches on the season between them, so something obviously is wrong.
Wilcox is not on the hot seat and the Bears are just fine...thank you very much.
Musgrave is doing a good job, +300 yards of total offense in the first half against OSU and +200 yards rushing against the 'furd. So the scheme can & will work at Cal.
Defense held the 'furd to 300 total yards of offense. Aside from perhaps 3 plays Cal held OSU in check. Also we are seeing some great play from our DL, who will second me in nominating them as the standout unit this year? The D staff continues to develop players and will send a handful to the League this year. This is good for recruiting. Speaking of which, Browning is bringing in some talent on the DL which should provide Cal with some depth real soon.
OL continues to be the weakest link. But it appears we have some lads that can play. I would view it as a mistake if the "starters" are handed their job back once they clear quarantine. The "starters" weren't good last year and in the one game they played this year they stunk the place up. The staff will have to develop more options at QB. Garbers is being outplayed by true freshman and red shirt freshman in the conference. Some of that is attributable to a new scheme but some of his throws, four years into college, are not acceptable. Too many overthrows or thrown out of bounds.
ST's: welp in the 3rd qrtr after the blocked FG they successfully converted the extra point and thought they had the problem fixed. We now know that they did not. Ragle is paid for his recruiting chops, so it would be in Wilcox's best interest to look for an outside solution.
Let's keep this year's recruiting class intact and focus on OL & QB improvement/replacement.
Stay thirsty my friends, Go Bears!!
Quick typo help: you meant offense in "To the extent that Stanford’s defense got anything, it was mostly Davis Mills and his receivers finding soft spaces in Cal’s zone coverages." Great job and thank you for the write-up.
Thanks Nick. Tough to read, but I suppose that goes with the Cal fandom territory. Newellbany & I were chatting about the game, and were lamenting the RAZOR thin margin for error...this is a team that cannot afford to make the mistakes they are making and still win. Sigh.
This article isn’t helping the grieving process lol. But it is reassuring to see some of the stats.
Everyone here needs to take a chill pill and just be happy this season is happening. Forget about the W-L column and just enjoy watching Cal football. Based on what we've seen from Wilcox, a lot of what we're seeing this season is an anomaly due to COVID reasons. Shit, we didn't have a full practice until our first week of play. We're seeing improvements week over week. That's enough for me. I'm pretty excited for 2021 based on what I've seen from Musgrave, he's a MASSIVE improvement over Baldwin. Look at what he's doing with almost ZERO time to install his offense.
Great write-up; it just took me 4 days before I could read ANYTHING about this game...
Two things; didn’t Nikko fumble a punt against USC two years ago which, mercifully, tumbled out of bounds? Either way, I don’t think the #1 punt returner should be expected to fumble a catchable punt as a matter of statistics, but maybe that’s why I’m not a football coach. And maybe I’m just feeling salty....
Secondly, re: the running game I was super impressed with us pitching the ball. I really felt like we were hitting holes quicker than w a handoff contributing to those long runs. Was that my imagination and is it not a new Musgrave-ism?
I'm still enthused about Wilcox, and think that better times are ahead. Regarding 2021... Are there roster reasons to have high expections? Do we have a lot of seniors on the team this year that will be difficult to replace? I know some may be granted an extra year due to covid, but if they graduate they may decline to play... I wonder how much the D misses Weaver. Speaking of the Weave, I hope he gets elevated from the Cardinals' practice squad.
Thanks Nick, great write up as usual. I think this is probably our last game of the season. I don’t see how we get permission to play another game in Berkeley so perhaps the Oregon game is moved to Eugene. This Cal team has way to much experience to go winless in Wilcoxs 4th season. Anyone giving Wilcox a pass for this season is drinking too much Kool Aid while watching Newsmax and One American News Network.