DoubtfulBear said:

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Cal88 said:

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DoubtfulBear said:

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Cal88 said:

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UCLA lost to ASU (pretty badly so), which we beat. They did beat USC, so it's a wash among the teams we both played.

If we played Colorado, Arizona and SDSU instead of Washington, Oregon and Auburn, we're probably 7-4 instead of 5-6.

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Where are you getting confidence that we can beat Arizona this year when we barely squeezed out a win against ASU?

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In my calculation above, we win 2 out of these three (CU, UA, SDSU). so if we had UCLA's schedule that translates to 7-4 instead of 5-6.

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Colorado is better than what their record shows. They lost single score games against USC, Stanford, Oregon State, and Arizona. They could've easily been 8-3 or better if the ball bounced the right one on a couple possessions and especially if Travis Hunter didn't get injured against CSU.

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silly talk.

DoubtfulBear said:

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Cal88 said:

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DoubtfulBear said:

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Cal88 said:

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UCLA lost to ASU (pretty badly so), which we beat. They did beat USC, so it's a wash among the teams we both played.

If we played Colorado, Arizona and SDSU instead of Washington, Oregon and Auburn, we're probably 7-4 instead of 5-6.

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Where are you getting confidence that we can beat Arizona this year when we barely squeezed out a win against ASU?

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In my calculation above, we win 2 out of these three (CU, UA, SDSU). so if we had UCLA's schedule that translates to 7-4 instead of 5-6.

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Colorado is better than what their record shows. They lost single score games against USC, Stanford, Oregon State, and Arizona. They could've easily been 8-3 or better if the ball bounced the right one on a couple possessions and especially if Travis Hunter didn't get injured against CSU.

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The same argument could be made for various Cal games over the Wilcox tenure. And even a couple of games this year. Colorado is not good. Good teams find a way to win games, bad teams make excuses.

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Joegeo said:

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UCLA will be a tough challenge as they might be a top 3 defense in the conference. Spav needs to scheme open some TD because I don't think Cal has the talent to just go up and down the field on offense solely on talent.

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Stanford has the worst defense in the country, we cannot spend too much time patting ourselves on the back for scoring 27 against a team that gave up 62 the previous week.

UCLA is #6 in the country in fewest yards per play, #8 in fewest points per drive. All while facing some of the best offenses in the country.

We cannot drive and score playing straight up. We cannot waste 1st down running Ott into the pile for 2 yards. We will need a lot of misdirection. Throwing off play action in running situations.

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You make some good points, but we essentially scored 34.

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True, so we essentially scored 34 against a team that gives up 36 on average. A team that gave up 62 the week before. And three of our "TDs" were after their best defensive player was ejected.

Anyway, I think we all agree, It will take better scheming from Spavital to beat UCLA than it took to beat Stanford.

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Sinclair grades out as the 6th worst linebacker in the country.

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And yet, he is Stanford's best player on defense.

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Just because you say so doesn't make it true.

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True. He is only their second leading tackler, but was leading the team in tackles when he was ejected.

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I thought Andre Carter and Deltha Oneal were the best defensive players on the Cal 1999 Team. According to your standards, they were middle of the pack, due to lack of tackles.

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I don't disagree. 1st Carter dominated in sacks and tackles for a loss and Deltha dominated with pick sixes. There is no one like that on Stanford's team, but if you think someone else is better I won't disagree. Sinclair was their leading tackler at the point he got ejected. That is all. I will defer to your opinion of who you think their best defensive player is.

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Bailey and Bernadel

After the Big Game I cheers'd Spav and the offense for great ball control and clock management late in the game to end the game.

This week, I have to cheers again!

Up 30 - 7 with 11:26 on the clock and they proceeded to possess the ball until 3:42 when they converted a field goal. Holding the ball for 7-1/2 minutes while still getting points IS winning football and effectively killed the game!

Congrats to Spav, the Oline, Bloesch, Ott, and Williams-Thomas!

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He runs a hurry-up hi-tempo offense, yet Cal received the ball with 6:52, and killed the entirety of the clock.

Cal was never able to do that successfully with dykes, but adapting your play style to the in-game circumstance is winning football.

Kudos to the OC to coach the offense to slow the game down and still be effective. Kudos to the oline for grinding forward. Kudos to Ott for making it all happen.

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Spav's offense is only tempo after 1st downs. It's different than Franklin/Dykes that went so fast that they changed the rules to allow substitution time.

But yeah, I'm a big fan of Spav. and Bloesch is doing well too, it seems. Those were good hires about 5 years too late. I also love the way Spav. places trust in Mendoza even after INTs. He lets the kid throw in big situations. And he is creative in other situations. He is certainly not predictable or conservative. And he mixes pass and run really well.

DoubtfulBear said:

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Cal88 said:

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Cal88 said:

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UCLA lost to ASU (pretty badly so), which we beat. They did beat USC, so it's a wash among the teams we both played.

If we played Colorado, Arizona and SDSU instead of Washington, Oregon and Auburn, we're probably 7-4 instead of 5-6.

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Where are you getting confidence that we can beat Arizona this year when we barely squeezed out a win against ASU?

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In my calculation above, we win 2 out of these three (CU, UA, SDSU). so if we had UCLA's schedule that translates to 7-4 instead of 5-6.

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Colorado is better than what their record shows. They lost single score games against USC, Stanford, Oregon State, and Arizona. They could've easily been 8-3 or better if the ball bounced the right one on a couple possessions and especially if Travis Hunter didn't get injured against CSU.

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You can't give them credit for losing against Stanford when they should've never put themselves in a position to lose by one score in the first place. All-time epic collapse which showed the kind of team they really were.

Oregon State was winning 23-5 starting the 4th quarter and up until 1:42 left in the 4th quarter it was a 2 score lead.

I think maybe you could say that they almost came back against USC and that they played Arizona close but that's it.