Weekly Writer Predictions: Cal vs. North Carolina State Wolfpack

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Welcome to our weekly predictions post from our writers. You’ll see what they expect the score to be and any wacky or rational predictions they expect to see in each game!

Christopher_h

Scoreline: Cal wins 17-10

Once again, I believe Cal is the better team. However, I have lost faith that Cal has the ability to win convincingly this year. No matter how good or bad the opponent, Cal always has the ability to lose a close one.

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Callie Wake

Scoreline: Cal wins 42-31

I suspect I will be repeating what everyone else is saying but for posterity: This is a must win for the Bears. A win here would be huge in stopping Cal's back slide, while a loss would likely lead to some very difficult questions for the administration. The Bears have proven they can ball with some of the top teams in the country right now, but they haven't proven they can stop shooting themselves in the foot in the big moments. That said, I expect the Bears defense to have a great game and come up with some big plays to keep the Wolf Pack off the board as much as possible.

Cade Uluave finishes the game with 10 tackles, 1 TFL
Nohl Williams picks up his 7th interception
Fernando Mendoza throws for 350 yards

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Rob Hwang

Scoreline: Cal wins 48-17

Get right game for us. Also, it was around this time two years ago we blasted Zona offensively. I feel another one of those in my bones.

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TD_24

Scoreline: Cal wins 24-14

NC State has been one of the biggest disappointments this season in the ACC. Nevertheless, I expect a grind it out game against a solid defense. I do expect the Cal defense to have CJ Bailey in a blender

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Piotr T Le

Scoreline: Cal wins 21-14

Bailey and co face the best defense they will face for a while and struggle to move the ball around. Conversely, the Cal offense will take its time to find its footing. One of the scores will be a Cal pick-6/fumble-6.

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Berkelium97

Scoreline: Cal wins 27-10

I expect it to be the usual combination of a defensive lockdown (outside of giving up a long early TD drive, as they always do) and some sprinkles of offensive success coupled with another 30-minute stretch of being utterly unable to move the ball downfield. Fortunately, NC State is not a good team so Cal can probably win this one despite the Bears' deep, glaring flaws.

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