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A good record, especially at home, is going to rebuild our attendance and help with local recruiting.

We have a very nice home slate this year, with Auburn, Miami and Furd drawing good crowds, this could be a pretty exciting season and a good step forward for the program.

By contrast, the '25 home schedule is Minnesota, Duke, UNC, SMU, UVA and UNLV, if the team is not exciting, attendances will be anemic.

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Auburn is a road game.

Home games this year are:
UC Davis
San Diego St
Miami
NC State
Oregon St
Syracuse
Furd

Cal88 said:

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A good record, especially at home, is going to rebuild our attendance and help with local recruiting.

We have a very nice home slate this year, with Auburn, Miami and Furd drawing good crowds, this could be a pretty exciting season and a good step forward for the program.

By contrast, the '25 home schedule is Minnesota, Duke, UNC, SMU, UVA and UNLV, if the team is not exciting, attendances will be anemic.

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Auburn is a road game actually, but I expect the NC state could draw a halfway decent crowd if we are doing well at that point.

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Cal88 said:

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A good record, especially at home, is going to rebuild our attendance and help with local recruiting.

We have a very nice home slate this year, with Auburn, Miami and Furd drawing good crowds, this could be a pretty exciting season and a good step forward for the program.

By contrast, the '25 home schedule is Minnesota, Duke, UNC, SMU, UVA and UNLV, if the team is not exciting, attendances will be anemic.

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Auburn is a road game actually, but I expect the NC state could draw a halfway decent crowd if we are doing well at that point.

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We will likely be 2-2 when Miami comes to town. First ACC home game, "The U" so maybe a decent crowd?

"Doing well" when NC State comes to town would mean beating Miami and/or Pitt on the road. Of course, if we beat Auburn or Florida State on the road reserve your seat on the bandwagon!

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We will likely be 2-2 when Miami comes to town.

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If you believe meteorologists' long range forecasts we'll be lucky to play one let alone both of those deep south games on time.

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We will likely be 2-2 when Miami comes to town.

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If you believe meteorologists' long range forecasts we'll be lucky to play one let alone both of those deep south games on time.

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If the game at Auburn can't be played when scheduled, it probably won't be played. The teams don't have matching off weeks this season.

If the game at FSU can't be played when scheduled, the only way it could be played at all is if FSU's game at SMU is postponed from September 28 to October 12, and then Cal-FSU could be played September 28. October 12th is scheduled as an off week for both FSU and SMU, and September 28th is scheduled as an off week for the Bears.

Cal88 said:

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A good record, especially at home, is going to rebuild our attendance and help with local recruiting.

We have a very nice home slate this year, with Auburn, Miami and Furd drawing good crowds, this could be a pretty exciting season and a good step forward for the program.

By contrast, the '25 home schedule is Minnesota, Duke, UNC, SMU, UVA and UNLV, if the team is not exciting, attendances will be anemic.

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Yes, six home games against beatable teams plus Big Game at Stanford. Road games at SDSU, Oregon State, Virginia Tech, Louisville and Boston College.

The 2025 season schedule is a cake walk. Only tough game really ppears to be Louisville on the road. I think many of us are going to look back on that 2025 season as having been our best chance ever to go undefeated and make the playoffs. The rest will be praising Wilcox for having gone 8-4 with 4 "close losses"

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Cal88 said:

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A good record, especially at home, is going to rebuild our attendance and help with local recruiting.

We have a very nice home slate this year, with Auburn, Miami and Furd drawing good crowds, this could be a pretty exciting season and a good step forward for the program.

By contrast, the '25 home schedule is Minnesota, Duke, UNC, SMU, UVA and UNLV, if the team is not exciting, attendances will be anemic.

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Yes, six home games against beatable teams plus Big Game at Stanford. Road games at SDSU, Oregon State, Virginia Tech, Louisville and Boston College.

The 2025 season schedule is a cake walk. Only tough game really ppears to be Louisville on the road. I think many of us are going to look back on that 2025 season as having been our best chance ever to go undefeated and make the playoffs. The rest will be praising Wilcox for having gone 8-4 with 4 "close losses"

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I tend to think at Virginia Tech will be a challenging game. They have a great home atmosphere, and are building right now.

Also, if Cal goes undefeated (which I'm not optimistic on) they would still have to play in the ACC title game. I dont think 10-3 with losses at Louisville and Vtech and the championship game without any good wins will be good enough to land one of the few non-Big Ten / SEC spots in the playoffs.

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The 2025 season schedule is a cake walk. Only tough game really ppears to be Louisville on the road. I think many of us are going to look back on that 2025 season as having been our best chance ever to go undefeated and make the playoffs.

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So long as Wilcox is our head coach, there are no cake walks.

golden sloth said:

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calumnus said:

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Cal88 said:

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A good record, especially at home, is going to rebuild our attendance and help with local recruiting.

We have a very nice home slate this year, with Auburn, Miami and Furd drawing good crowds, this could be a pretty exciting season and a good step forward for the program.

By contrast, the '25 home schedule is Minnesota, Duke, UNC, SMU, UVA and UNLV, if the team is not exciting, attendances will be anemic.

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Yes, six home games against beatable teams plus Big Game at Stanford. Road games at SDSU, Oregon State, Virginia Tech, Louisville and Boston College.

The 2025 season schedule is a cake walk. Only tough game really ppears to be Louisville on the road. I think many of us are going to look back on that 2025 season as having been our best chance ever to go undefeated and make the playoffs. The rest will be praising Wilcox for having gone 8-4 with 4 "close losses"

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I tend to think at Virginia Tech will be a challenging game. They have a great home atmosphere, and are building right now.

Also, if Cal goes undefeated (which I'm not optimistic on) they would still have to play in the ACC title game. I dont think 10-3 with losses at Louisville and Vtech and the championship game without any good wins will be good enough to land one of the few non-Big Ten / SEC spots in the playoffs.

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Maybe my hypothetical is too subtle. I am saying that with a good coach we easily beat Virginia Tech. With a good coach we would have had a chance to go undefeated in 2025. I absolutely do not think Wilcox will go undefeated in 2025, but I do think with that schedule he has a good chance to get 8 or even 9 wins with a team about as good as his better teams. And most here will celebrate that. It will be lost that we underperformed as a program and missed a huge opportunity. Wilcox may even get an extension. Then drop back down to .500 (with three OOC patsies) with tougher schedules.

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golden sloth said:

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calumnus said:

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Cal88 said:

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A good record, especially at home, is going to rebuild our attendance and help with local recruiting.

We have a very nice home slate this year, with Auburn, Miami and Furd drawing good crowds, this could be a pretty exciting season and a good step forward for the program.

By contrast, the '25 home schedule is Minnesota, Duke, UNC, SMU, UVA and UNLV, if the team is not exciting, attendances will be anemic.

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Yes, six home games against beatable teams plus Big Game at Stanford. Road games at SDSU, Oregon State, Virginia Tech, Louisville and Boston College.

The 2025 season schedule is a cake walk. Only tough game really ppears to be Louisville on the road. I think many of us are going to look back on that 2025 season as having been our best chance ever to go undefeated and make the playoffs. The rest will be praising Wilcox for having gone 8-4 with 4 "close losses"

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I tend to think at Virginia Tech will be a challenging game. They have a great home atmosphere, and are building right now.

Also, if Cal goes undefeated (which I'm not optimistic on) they would still have to play in the ACC title game. I dont think 10-3 with losses at Louisville and Vtech and the championship game without any good wins will be good enough to land one of the few non-Big Ten / SEC spots in the playoffs.

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Maybe my hypothetical is too subtle. I am saying that with a good coach we easily beat Virginia Tech. With a good coach we would have had a chance to go undefeated in 2025. I absolutely do not think Wilcox will go undefeated in 2025, but I do think with that schedule he has a good chance to get 8 or even 9 wins with a team about as good as his better teams. And most here will celebrate that. It will be lost that we underperformed as a program and missed a huge opportunity. Wilcox may even get an extension. Then drop back down to .500 (with three OOC patsies) with tougher schedules.

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A decent coach would take Cal, who hasn't won the Rose Bowl since 1937, to the National Championship Game next year because our schedule is now not as hard as it used to be. Got it. Screw it, let's pay the buyout and shell out some dough then! It is just that easy!

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calumnus said:

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golden sloth said:

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calumnus said:

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Cal88 said:

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A good record, especially at home, is going to rebuild our attendance and help with local recruiting.

We have a very nice home slate this year, with Auburn, Miami and Furd drawing good crowds, this could be a pretty exciting season and a good step forward for the program.

By contrast, the '25 home schedule is Minnesota, Duke, UNC, SMU, UVA and UNLV, if the team is not exciting, attendances will be anemic.

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Yes, six home games against beatable teams plus Big Game at Stanford. Road games at SDSU, Oregon State, Virginia Tech, Louisville and Boston College.

The 2025 season schedule is a cake walk. Only tough game really ppears to be Louisville on the road. I think many of us are going to look back on that 2025 season as having been our best chance ever to go undefeated and make the playoffs. The rest will be praising Wilcox for having gone 8-4 with 4 "close losses"

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I tend to think at Virginia Tech will be a challenging game. They have a great home atmosphere, and are building right now.

Also, if Cal goes undefeated (which I'm not optimistic on) they would still have to play in the ACC title game. I dont think 10-3 with losses at Louisville and Vtech and the championship game without any good wins will be good enough to land one of the few non-Big Ten / SEC spots in the playoffs.

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Maybe my hypothetical is too subtle. I am saying that with a good coach we easily beat Virginia Tech. With a good coach we would have had a chance to go undefeated in 2025. I absolutely do not think Wilcox will go undefeated in 2025, but I do think with that schedule he has a good chance to get 8 or even 9 wins with a team about as good as his better teams. And most here will celebrate that. It will be lost that we underperformed as a program and missed a huge opportunity. Wilcox may even get an extension. Then drop back down to .500 (with three OOC patsies) with tougher schedules.

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A decent coach would take Cal, who hasn't won the Rose Bowl since 1937, to the National Championship Game next year because our schedule is now not as hard as it used to be. Got it. Screw it, let's pay the buyout and she'll out some dough then! It is just that easy!

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I didn't say "National Championship Game" I said "undefeated and playoffs."

And the point is, the ACC has a lot more weak teams than the PAC-12 did, and next year we get mostly them and miss the powers, so your tired trudging up of Cal's history to denigrate Cal and defend Wilcox does not address the point.

We are talking about Virginia Tech as the second most difficult game on the 2025 schedule? According to Sagarin there were 8 Pac-12 schools ranked higher than Virginia Tech last year. That is the point. They were only a little better than Cal, the 9th best team in the PAC-12 last year.

It is an incredibly easy schedule next year, likely it will grade out as the weakest in Cal history since at least before 1937 and will be the weakest for awhile. It will be a huge missed opportunity if we go 8-4.

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oski003 said:

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calumnus said:

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golden sloth said:

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calumnus said:

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Cal88 said:

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A good record, especially at home, is going to rebuild our attendance and help with local recruiting.

We have a very nice home slate this year, with Auburn, Miami and Furd drawing good crowds, this could be a pretty exciting season and a good step forward for the program.

By contrast, the '25 home schedule is Minnesota, Duke, UNC, SMU, UVA and UNLV, if the team is not exciting, attendances will be anemic.

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Yes, six home games against beatable teams plus Big Game at Stanford. Road games at SDSU, Oregon State, Virginia Tech, Louisville and Boston College.

The 2025 season schedule is a cake walk. Only tough game really ppears to be Louisville on the road. I think many of us are going to look back on that 2025 season as having been our best chance ever to go undefeated and make the playoffs. The rest will be praising Wilcox for having gone 8-4 with 4 "close losses"

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I tend to think at Virginia Tech will be a challenging game. They have a great home atmosphere, and are building right now.

Also, if Cal goes undefeated (which I'm not optimistic on) they would still have to play in the ACC title game. I dont think 10-3 with losses at Louisville and Vtech and the championship game without any good wins will be good enough to land one of the few non-Big Ten / SEC spots in the playoffs.

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Maybe my hypothetical is too subtle. I am saying that with a good coach we easily beat Virginia Tech. With a good coach we would have had a chance to go undefeated in 2025. I absolutely do not think Wilcox will go undefeated in 2025, but I do think with that schedule he has a good chance to get 8 or even 9 wins with a team about as good as his better teams. And most here will celebrate that. It will be lost that we underperformed as a program and missed a huge opportunity. Wilcox may even get an extension. Then drop back down to .500 (with three OOC patsies) with tougher schedules.

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A decent coach would take Cal, who hasn't won the Rose Bowl since 1937, to the National Championship Game next year because our schedule is now not as hard as it used to be. Got it. Screw it, let's pay the buyout and she'll out some dough then! It is just that easy!

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I didn't say "National Championship Game" I said "undefeated and playoffs."

And the point is, the ACC has a lot more weak teams than the PAC-12 did, and next year we get mostly them and miss the powers, so your tired trudging up of Cal's history to denigrate Cal and defend Wilcox does not address the point.

We are talking about Virginia Tech as the second most difficult game on the 2025 schedule? According to Sagarin there were 8 Pac-12 schools ranked higher than Virginia Tech last year. That is the point. They were only a little better than Cal, the 9th best team in the PAC-12 last year.

It is an incredibly easy schedule next year, likely it will grade out as the weakest in Cal history since at least before 1937 and will be the weakest for awhile. It will be a huge missed opportunity if we go 8-4.

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Got it, we would go undefeated and playoffs next year, if only we had a decent coach! Hot diggity damn! Fire Wilcox now. Calumnus can get us a coach that will get us finishing in the top 12 in 2025 because our schedule is not as hard as it used to be! Fire him now and give calumnus 5 million a year to get a coach! Do it!!!!

I tend to agree that the schedules in the next two years will be weaker than what Cal has been facing in the Pac. That said, I'm also wary of trying to project the quality of teams two years out. It wouldn't be shocking to see UNC or VaTech (for example) improve significantly by then.

Undefeated is a tall order in any conference. It only takes one week of weirdness to wreck that plan.

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I tend to agree that the schedules in the next two years will be weaker than what Cal has been facing in the Pac. That said, I'm also wary of trying to project the quality of teams two years out. It wouldn't be shocking to see UNC or VaTech (for example) improve significantly by then.

Undefeated is a tall order in any conference. It only takes one week of weirdness to wreck that plan.

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Yes this exactly, and especially in the portal era. Take a team like UNC for example. We beat them twice at really their lowest point. They have missed a bowl like twice in the last 15 years. How many times have we missed a bowl in that time frame. Foolish to think they will be a gimme. Especially with another realignment likely to happen we aren't the only ones incentivized to make hay right now, but the VA techs of the world have a stronger track record of doing whatever is necessary to right the ship in football, unlike Cal.

I'm also optimistic about our next couple of years but we have no idea what will happen between now and then.

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I tend to agree that the schedules in the next two years will be weaker than what Cal has been facing in the Pac. That said, I'm also wary of trying to project the quality of teams two years out. It wouldn't be shocking to see UNC or VaTech (for example) improve significantly by then.

Undefeated is a tall order in any conference. It only takes one week of weirdness to wreck that plan.

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Yes this exactly, and especially in the portal era. Take a team like UNC for example. We beat them twice at really their lowest point. They have missed a bowl like twice in the last 15 years. How many times have we missed a bowl in that time frame. Foolish to think they will be a gimme. Especially with another realignment likely to happen we aren't the only ones incentivized to make hay right now, but the VA techs of the world have a stronger track record of doing whatever is necessary to right the ship in football, unlike Cal.

I'm also optimistic about our next couple of years but we have no idea what will happen between now and then.

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Very true. I also think all the logistical changes we need to make to join an entirely new conference is a distraction that may be underappreciated. Tons of unknowns and Wilcox hasn't done well in more stable times.

It's a good thing that you have to pay to read this board. A thread like this one is providing WAY too much bulletin board material for the rest of the ACC.

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It's a good thing that you have to pay to read this board. A thread like this one is providing WAY too much bulletin board material for the rest of the ACC.

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This is the free board

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It's a good thing that you have to pay to read this board. A thread like this one is providing WAY too much bulletin board material for the rest of the ACC.

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This is the free board

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Yeah, but the knowledge posted here is priceless.

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I don't think anyone is wrong to say that the Cal administration has historically been hostile to football (or at best, indifferent). Aside from maybe a few pockets of support here and there, it has been.

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Love that Cal has a chancellor that is a Cal football (and probably basketball) fan. He attended the 1982 The Play football game.

Love that (I believe) the students will, starting this season. sit on the west side of the stadium.

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I don't think anyone is wrong to say that the Cal administration has historically been hostile to football (or at best, indifferent). Aside from maybe a few pockets of support here and there, it has been.

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Love that Cal has a chancellor that is a Cal football (and probably basketball) fan. He attended the 1982 The Play football game.

Love that (I believe) the students will, starting this season. sit on the west side of the stadium.

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Ahhh, no.

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I tend to agree that the schedules in the next two years will be weaker than what Cal has been facing in the Pac. That said, I'm also wary of trying to project the quality of teams two years out. It wouldn't be shocking to see UNC or VaTech (for example) improve significantly by then.

Undefeated is a tall order in any conference. It only takes one week of weirdness to wreck that plan.

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True, though Florida State was undefeated in the ACC last year and Sonny Dykes and TCU was undefeated in the Big-12 the year before. Neither were great teams. Compare to how tough it was for teams to go undefeated in the PAC-12.

It is true that we don't know how tough teams will be next year. I made it clear that I was basing my opinion on last year's result. Right now our toughest game in 2025 looks like Louisville and our second toughest is Virginia Tech, who would have been the 8th best team in the PAC-12 last year. Then we have 10 opponents who based on what we know now should be easier than that.

And no, I absolutely am not predicting we will go undefeated. Even the guy attacking me for my low opinion of Wilcox thinks we will lose 4.

Teams tend to play up or down towards the level of competition. This Cal program is capable of going 5-7 / 6-6... doesn't matter who we're playing. My hope for this fall is 8-4, then we use that to keep progressing. This might be aspirational.

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I don't think anyone is wrong to say that the Cal administration has historically been hostile to football (or at best, indifferent). Aside from maybe a few pockets of support here and there, it has been.

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Love that Cal has a chancellor that is a Cal football (and probably basketball) fan. He attended the 1982 The Play football game.

Love that (I believe) the students will, starting this season. sit on the west side of the stadium.

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Pretty sure the student section is staying where it is. The team will be moving to the west sideline.

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Teams tend to play up or down towards the level of competition. This Cal program is capable of going 5-7 / 6-6... doesn't matter who we're playing. My hope for this fall is 8-4, then we use that to keep progressing. This might be aspirational.

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If we can win 8 this year (Bloesch is a keeper, we have a QB, Mendoza or otherwise, we have a pass rush) then I really think 10 will be a reasonable prediction in 2025, given the schedule, and with continued improvement who knows?

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Big C said:

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Teams tend to play up or down towards the level of competition. This Cal program is capable of going 5-7 / 6-6... doesn't matter who we're playing. My hope for this fall is 8-4, then we use that to keep progressing. This might be aspirational.

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If we can win 8 this year (Bloesch is a keeper, we have a QB, Mendoza or otherwise, we have a pass rush) then I really think 10 will be a reasonable prediction in 2025, given the schedule, and with continued improvement who knows?

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We can win 10 now

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Big C said:

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Teams tend to play up or down towards the level of competition. This Cal program is capable of going 5-7 / 6-6... doesn't matter who we're playing. My hope for this fall is 8-4, then we use that to keep progressing. This might be aspirational.

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If we can win 8 this year (Bloesch is a keeper, we have a QB, Mendoza or otherwise, we have a pass rush) then I really think 10 will be a reasonable prediction in 2025, given the schedule, and with continued improvement who knows?

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10 wins in '25 would be a stretch goal, provided everything goes right - no key injuries, solid coaching, a bit of luck in some close games etc. But going undefeated is just not that realistic. And if we break the piggybank and get a new coach next year, it would take some time for the new system to be installed, which would affect the outcome of early season games.

All in all it's a pretty exciting time to be a Cal fan again, with positive early season speculation and "exotic" eastern venues and matchups looming ahead.

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I don't think anyone is wrong to say that the Cal administration has historically been hostile to football (or at best, indifferent). Aside from maybe a few pockets of support here and there, it has been.

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Love that Cal has a chancellor that is a Cal football (and probably basketball) fan. He attended the 1982 The Play football game.

Love that (I believe) the students will, starting this season. sit on the west side of the stadium.

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Pretty sure the student section is staying where it is. The team will be moving to the west sideline.

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What about the band? I have heard that they might move somewhere.

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It's a good thing that you have to pay to read this board. A thread like this one is providing WAY too much bulletin board material for the rest of the ACC.

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This is the free board

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Oops. Oh yeah. I lost track of which board I was on. My point remains though. Some of us are very cocky about our perceived superiority to most of the other ACC teams.

BI needs an I'm embarrassed emoji.

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Teams tend to play up or down towards the level of competition. This Cal program is capable of going 5-7 / 6-6... doesn't matter who we're playing. My hope for this fall is 8-4, then we use that to keep progressing. This might be aspirational.

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If we can win 8 this year (Bloesch is a keeper, we have a QB, Mendoza or otherwise, we have a pass rush) then I really think 10 will be a reasonable prediction in 2025, given the schedule, and with continued improvement who knows?

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10 wins in '25 would be a stretch goal, provided everything goes right - no key injuries, solid coaching, a bit of luck in some close games etc. But going undefeated is just not that realistic. And if we break the piggybank and get a new coach next year, it would take some time for the new system to be installed, which would affect the outcome of early season games.

All in all it's a pretty exciting time to be a Cal fan again, with positive early season speculation and "exotic" eastern venues and matchups looming ahead.

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I am waiting to see Bloesch's offense/playcalling and Mendoza's (or some other QB's) development before I jump on the bandwagon. I think Wilcox's record with OC's and the fact he did this one without even a search, then the horrible offense in the bowl, warrants some caution. That and significant improvement in one of the nation's worst pass defenses. So I'm in "Show me" mode.

8 wins would mean those questions are answered in a positive fashion. My point about 2025 is, as we view it today, it is Very easy and worth two more wins than 2024, all things being equal. But they won't be. If we get 8 or more wins in 2024 we will generate some buzz, our Portal additions will get a boost. We will have an experienced QB returning… 2025 is a HUGE opportunity. Hopefully we seize it.

Other than the money, I'm really looking forward to the ACC.

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Teams tend to play up or down towards the level of competition. This Cal program is capable of going 5-7 / 6-6... doesn't matter who we're playing. My hope for this fall is 8-4, then we use that to keep progressing. This might be aspirational.

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If we can win 8 this year (Bloesch is a keeper, we have a QB, Mendoza or otherwise, we have a pass rush) then I really think 10 will be a reasonable prediction in 2025, given the schedule, and with continued improvement who knows?

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10 wins in '25 would be a stretch goal, provided everything goes right - no key injuries, solid coaching, a bit of luck in some close games etc. But going undefeated is just not that realistic. And if we break the piggybank and get a new coach next year, it would take some time for the new system to be installed, which would affect the outcome of early season games.

All in all it's a pretty exciting time to be a Cal fan again, with positive early season speculation and "exotic" eastern venues and matchups looming ahead.

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I am waiting to see Bloesch's offense/playcalling and Mendoza's (or some other QB's) development before I jump on the bandwagon. I think Wilcox's record with OC's and the fact he did this one without even a search, then the horrible offense in the bowl, warrants some caution. That and significant improvement in one of the nation's worst pass defenses. So I'm in "Show me" mode.

8 wins would mean those questions are answered in a positive fashion. My point about 2025 is, as we view it today, it is Very easy and worth two more wins than 2024, all things being equal. But they won't be. If we get 8 or more wins in 2024 we will generate some buzz, our Portal additions will get a boost. We will have an experienced QB returning… 2025 is a HUGE opportunity. Hopefully we seize it.

Other than the money, I'm really looking forward to the ACC.

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Yes the money is going to be a big problem. So we win 10 in 2025 and guess what happens? All of a sudden the coaching staff is poached, players leave and we all start over again. We need an admin in place to plan for success as much as for failure.

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Other than the money, I'm really looking forward to the ACC.

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Given the lousy options in front of us, it's really not bad: a conference that is still treated as a "major" conference (in terms of media payouts and exposure) but is not as tough in football as the one we were in.