[bearblast]

Top 5?

[chunkybear]

Big IF. We would definitely be in the headlines.

[FingeroftheBear]

[Masau80]

Originally Posted by bearblast

Top 5?

Depends on if USC is still ranked in the Top 5. OSU won't be and is over-rated, and we'd have to put up big offensive and defensive numbers against Nevada and S. Utah to get the recognition. I think the crowd at the top will be the SEC schools early.

[Davidson]

what about 40 and 0, what would we be ranked then?

[Golden One]

Nice to dream, but the best we can realistically hope for is to be 2-2 after 4 games. Now if Maynard has morphed into the second coming of Peyton Manning or Aaron Rodgers over the off-season, maybe we have a fighting chance against Ohio State, but I still don't see us beating USC.

[SacCityBear]

Originally Posted by Golden One

Nice to dream, but the best we can realistically hope for is to be 2-2 after 4 games. Now if Maynard has morphed into the second coming of Peyton Manning or Aaron Rodgers over the off-season, maybe we have a fighting chance against Ohio State, but I still don't see us beating USC.

Ohio State isn't good. If Cal loses, it will because the team once again choked on the road.

[Masau80]

Originally Posted by Golden One

Nice to dream, but the best we can realistically hope for is to be 2-2 after 4 games. Now if Maynard has morphed into the second coming of Peyton Manning or Aaron Rodgers over the off-season, maybe we have a fighting chance against Ohio State, but I still don't see us beating USC.

Coming off a win at OSU, USC will seem very beatable to the team - confidence is a great equalizer, as is USC having to live up to all their hype. They have to be perfect just to meet expectations - and Lane Kiffen is FAR from perfect!

[socaliganbear]

Slightly more realistic question, what would we be ranked after a hard fought loss at USC with a 3-1 record? I'm think 21ish.

[Blueblood]

"More..more.....great stuff Masau80....yeah, I'm with ya.....
Cal will beat ...Ohio State in Columbus in front of over 100,000 buck
eye fans...yes, yes....sure....then beat u$c...yes of course! AHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!"

[KoreAmBear]

But we historically suck after we start 5-0.

[Masau80]

Originally Posted by Blueblood

"More..more.....great stuff Masau80....yeah, I'm with ya.....
Cal will beat ...Ohio State in Columbus in front of over 100,000 buck
eye fans...yes, yes....sure....then beat u$c...yes of course! AHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!"

Last time I looked, OSU wasn't beating people like they use to... the hypothetical was really about beating USC, and what that would take. I remember Navy coming within a botched 2-point conversion of beating OSU at home a couple years ago when OSU had the great tattooed Raiders QB at the helm.

[heartofthebear]

The AP will want to have the best promotion possible in televising Cal vs. $C and ranking help promote games. So Cal will be ranked going into the $C game if both are undefeated. Cal might be ranked at 2-1 if their only loss is to Nevada because, regardless of OSU's record, they have always been very hard to beat in Columbus, especially for a team travelling from 3 time zones away. And so the media will see it as a significant win for Cal.

I think it is a little harsh to presume anything negative about Cal's 2012 team just because they end up losing that game.

[stanfurdbites]

These what if posts are ridiculously stupid. What's the point of them? What if we started 3-1? Or 2-2? Or 1-3? Or 0-4? How many threads will negabears takeover in their drumbeat for Tedford's job?

[dinan3]

news from closed spring practices.

Cal needs to show up on the field on game day and to do that, coaches need to coach. That's how I feel about it......