I think the headline from the SMU - BYU game is SMU's quarterback has been benched in favor of the backup. Jennings looks a lot better, but Preston Stone was receiving a bunch of accolades prior to the season.

SMU's kicker is player of the game so far.

This SMU team is terrible. Probably should have lost in Week 1 as 4 TD favorites vs. Nevada as well.

westcoast101 said:

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This SMU team is terrible. Probably should have lost in Week 1 as 4 TD favorites vs. Nevada as well.

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Agreed. There is a lot of ball to play between now and Thanksgiving, but I'd like Cal's chances. Playing @SMU should not be considered a probably loss.

Tbh preseason I was chalking that one up as one of our easiest wins. I never saw the SMU hype and I still don't

Bearly Clad said:

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Tbh preseason I was chalking that one up as one of our easiest wins. I never saw the SMU hype and I still don't

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Oh, I agree. I thought it would take SMU a few years to the size and depth to compete along the lines in a power conference year in and year out. That said a lot of the pundits predicted them as the darkhorse for the conference based on their returning talent and the supposed great QB play of Preston Stone. Both now look suspect. Based on the early returns, they probably finish in the bottom 3rd of the conference.

Catching a little of the Pitt - Cincinnati game, and the quarterback of Pitt is not looking strong. So far, the lineup of QBs Cal will face in the ACC doesn't seem nearly as threatening as last year (of course 3 top ten picks is hard to top).

Florida State - DJU - looks to have regressed
Miami - Cam Ward - Played him the last few years, can be prone to inconsistency
Pitt - QB is missing receivers on 5 yard routes
NCST - Grayson McCall - Struggled against an FCS team
Wake Forest - Haven't seen him play yet
Syracuse - Kyle McCord - Looks better than last year at OSU
Stanford - Ashton Daniels - struggles at passing
SMU - Pulled their starting QB and couldn't score a TD yesterday

Of course its still early, and players and teams improve and decline as the season goes on.

Yeah Pitt is not looking very good. Cal can beat them.

Their uniform combo looks exactly like Cal's combo today!

Cal is of course still a massive question mark right now, but this schedule is so manageable. If we can beat Auburn and FSU, it will be a great season. If we can beat just one of them, it will be a good season. If we lose to both, the season can still be salvaged, but is likely to be just another typical Wilcox middling season.

Likes Cal's chances for what?

I can't believe there is no interesting primetime game tonight. I guess I'll just watch a movie.

And the best game of the day is looking like is going to be a Texas rout.

And the second best game of the day is looking like a rout unless a miracle happens.

I mostly root for chaos and it's been a good half for it so far:

- PSU-Happy Valley gave up 300 yards in the first half to Bowling Green and are down 4

- K-State is down 7 to Tulane with the Green Wave driving to (possibly) end the first half

- OK St. looks inept against Arkansas down 2 TDs at the end of the half

- Syracuse up on Ga Tech at halftime by a TD

I wish UM-Ann Arbor would beat UT-Austin and Sarkisian but that's looking like a massive stretch because the Wolverines look terrible

Pitt might be worse than SMU. Another very winnable game for us.

31-14 syracuse over GT. is syrcause more of a problem then we thought? Or FSU may just be really really bad

ACC results so far have me realizing how little I know about the ACC.
Do they devour each other the way the Pac-12 would every year?

Syracuse up on Georgia Tech tells me nothing about how we will fair against either Syracuse or FSU.
All seem simultaneously winnable, as well as lose-able. Pittsburg seems like a W.
Granted, I have no real clue yet about Cal's identity as a team on either side of the ball.

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ACC results so far have me realizing how little I know about the ACC.
Do they devour each other the way the Pac-12 would every year?

Syracuse up on Georgia Tech tells me nothing about how we will fair against either Syracuse or FSU.
All seem simultaneously winnable, as well as lose-able. Pittsburg seems like a W.
Granted, I have no real clue yet about Cal's identity as a team on either side of the ball.

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Agreed. It just may be a cesspool of average to above average teams beating up on each other

The ACC seems like the pac-12 of yester years from 2017 to 2022 without those dominant programs and lots of parity, except the bluebloods like FSU and Clemson have taken a step back.

I think last year's pac 12 is the strongest I have seen the conference maybe in the last 20 years. Thats why I still have hope that even sucking in the ACC could mean a 8 or 9 win season.

This is much needed to revitalize our program. Need to be the big fish in the small pond until we can win over the bay area market and re-engage our alumni

Credit where it's due for Pitt. Heck of a comeback at Cincinnati.

I wasn't expecting that Pitt comeback. I didn't watch the 2nd half until the last minute.

TedfordTheGreat said:

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The ACC seems like the pac-12 of yester years from 2017 to 2022 without those dominant programs and lots of parity, except the bluebloods like FSU and Clemson have taken a step back.

I think last year's pac 12 is the strongest I have seen the conference maybe in the last 20 years. Thats why I still have hope that even sucking in the ACC could mean a 8 or 9 win season.

This is much needed to revitalize our program. Need to be the big fish in the small pond until we can win over the bay area market and re-engage our alumni

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agreed. as to the winning over the bay area market...Cal really needs to invite local football teams to come to games for free. I'm talking pee-wee football to highschool. invest in the future fans of the game. reach out to local boys n girls clubs, ymca, as well as urban youth programs.

we have a giant vacuum of professional sports in the East Bay, and the few remaining pro teams are too expensive or too inconvenient to attend. we need to fill that vacuum, but something tells me even with our new chancellor Cal will not understand this and let this opportunity get away.

Not super familiar with Duke so I was wondering why their helmets had "Blee Devils" on them. Didn't realize it was "BleeD Blue" with the Duke D as the d in bleed.

BarcaBear said:

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TedfordTheGreat said:

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The ACC seems like the pac-12 of yester years from 2017 to 2022 without those dominant programs and lots of parity, except the bluebloods like FSU and Clemson have taken a step back.

I think last year's pac 12 is the strongest I have seen the conference maybe in the last 20 years. Thats why I still have hope that even sucking in the ACC could mean a 8 or 9 win season.

This is much needed to revitalize our program. Need to be the big fish in the small pond until we can win over the bay area market and re-engage our alumni

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agreed. as to the winning over the bay area market...Cal really needs to invite local football teams to come to games for free. I'm talking pee-wee football to highschool. invest in the future fans of the game. reach out to local boys n girls clubs, ymca, as well as urban youth programs.

we have a giant vacuum of professional sports in the East Bay, and the few remaining pro teams are too expensive or too inconvenient to attend. we need to fill that vacuum, but something tells me even with our new chancellor Cal will not understand this and let this opportunity get away.

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agreed, and it doesn't even need to be the entire bay area. They could easily start with just the east bay. Plenty of people there that are super local to try to appeal to.

Coach Prime's Colorado is running into a Nebraska brick wall. His son looks terrible at QB as well. He just keeps running backwards when pressured.

Can't believe Notre Dame lost.

chazzed said:

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Can't believe Notre Dame lost.

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They can't believe it either.

Nebraska is beating Colorado 28 to 0 at the half.

chazzed said:

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Nebraska is beating Colorado 28 to 0 at the half.

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Coach Prime is All Hat, No Cattle

I've never seen a coach get his level of attention without ever winning anything of substance

NC State has no speed and no offense

golden sloth said:

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chazzed said:

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Nebraska is beating Colorado 28 to 0 at the half.

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Coach Prime is All Hat, No Cattle

I've never seen a coach get his level of attention without ever winning anything of substance

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Big hat, no cattle.
Better.

Sark is pretty cool walking into Alabama and Michigan in successive years kicking ass

Anarchistbear said:

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Sark is pretty cool walking into Alabama and Michigan in successive years kicking ass

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Very remarkable how good of a job he is doing in Austin

Watching SDSU vrs Oregon State. I don't want to jinx it but I like our chances versus both.

I just realized that Oregon State is playing at San Diego State!

I just tuned in, start of 4th Qtr. OSU had just a 7-0 lead, but a long drive after SDSU fumbled at the goal line and OSU just scored another TD. SDSU really messed that up.

Off topic Boise State is liggting up the *****gon Quacks.

Wow that was not a TD. That Oregon guy dropped it before the goal line! Bad call.

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Wow that was not a TD. That Oregon guy dropped it before the goal line! Bad call.

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Cannot believe that was 'confirmed' by the replay official. His front foot was not across the goal line when the ball was released and his arm is shorter than his leg, and also was not even extended.