Cal visits the stadium formerly known as Heinz Game Thread

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In reply to calumnus • 2:10p, 10/12/24
calumnus said:
Mendoza is on fire throwing downfield so stop doing that go back to wasting downs to get third and long and the sack
19-22 with a bad drop by Hunter. Fantastic performance so far. You'd think we'd trust him to throw downfield and pressure the D at the end of the half. Nah . . .
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2:10p, 10/12/24
We are just so damn inefficient!!
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In reply to Wang24 • 2:10p, 10/12/24
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undisciplined half….. such a shame because this is an easy W… Eli Holstein has littlery 55 yards Passing and we have been dominating the clock 20:35-9:35


This is our third "should easily win this" game in a row, and we're looking at 0-3.
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2:10p, 10/12/24
"Hang in there Bears". Trying. Really trying.
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In reply to Grrrrah76 • 2:13p, 10/12/24
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Poor Oline play is killing offense


No. The coaches are. Mendoza was on fire throwing down field. We were moving the ball. Instead we repeat the 4th quarter playcalling of tge Miami game, but this time down two scores instead of up two scores.
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2:13p, 10/12/24
If you're going to run a fake pass on a conversion, why not put in your 4th string QB instead, their D is not going to know who he is and he will convert that easy pitch.
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In reply to blungld • 2:14p, 10/12/24
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I just can't make sense of being at the 30 with one minute left and letting it tick down to 20 seconds. He has always screwed up clock management and STILL not learned how to do better???

Clock mgmt wasn't the issue on that last drive, couldn't move the ball.
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2:16p, 10/12/24
Let me save you all from watching the post game interview.

Wilcox: it's on us as coaches. We have to get better.

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In reply to DaveT • 2:16p, 10/12/24
DaveT said:
calumnus said:
Mendoza is on fire throwing downfield so stop doing that go back to wasting downs to get third and long and the sack
19-22 with a bad drop by Hunter. Fantastic performance so far. You'd think we'd trust him to throw downfield and pressure the D at the end of the half. Nah . . .


Wilcox was worried we were going to score too fast, so he started trying to burn clock, waste downs…..
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2:17p, 10/12/24
"It's disappointing to all of us, but I told our guys it's how you respond to these tough losses."
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In reply to Econ141 • 2:17p, 10/12/24
It's all getting so old
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2:18p, 10/12/24
Unless you fire Knowlton, what's the point of firing Wilcox. Knowlton would probably hire Bloesch.
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In reply to Cal88 • 2:19p, 10/12/24
Cal88 said:
blungld said:
I just can't make sense of being at the 30 with one minute left and letting it tick down to 20 seconds. He has always screwed up clock management and STILL not learned how to do better???

Clock mgmt wasn't the issue on that last drive, couldn't move the ball.


We were moving the ball with Mendoza throwing down field. Wilcox/Bloesch appeared to want to be trying to score and not give Pitt the ball back with time left, so we got conservative with the run up the middle for nothing, blown up screen pas on second and and long…

Spavital is not a great OC, but he knew what Mendoza was good at: throwing downfield.
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2:20p, 10/12/24
If all Wilcox says, "it's on us coaches, we've got to do better" again, can we fire him for cause? After all, it's the same lame answer week after week.
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2:20p, 10/12/24
Wasn't planning on even watching today as I can't take anymore of Wilcox but went pretty hard last night and too tired to get off the coach.

Man that first half was absolutely quintessential Wilcox. Horrible decision after horrible decision. Just giving up on multiple series.

If Fernando wasn't such a stud, this game would already be over.
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In reply to blungld • 2:22p, 10/12/24
blungld said:
I just can't make sense of being at the 30 with one minute left and letting it tick down to 20 seconds. He has always screwed up clock management and STILL not learned how to do better???


How do we take a sack on that 3rd down? Not even a shot at 3 more points.
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In reply to bearsandgiants • 2:22p, 10/12/24
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Wang24 said:
undisciplined half….. such a shame because this is an easy W… Eli Holstein has littlery 55 yards Passing and we have been dominating the clock 20:35-9:35


This is our third "should easily win this" game in a row, and we're looking at 0-3.


We are playing on the East Coast against an undefeated ranked team and this is considered a "should easily win" game. Gotta love phans.
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2:23p, 10/12/24
Its halftime, I feel Cal can still win. The team has not been playing great, but there is room for improvement. They HAVE to do a better job of taking advantage of the opportunities though. That means no more:

1. Drops on TD passes.
2. Pre-snap penalties
3. Bad clock management decisions.
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In reply to oski003 • 2:24p, 10/12/24


This is clearly a game we should win. Pitt is not a good team. They haven't played anyone worth a damn.
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In reply to calumnus • 2:24p, 10/12/24
calumnus said:
DaveT said:
calumnus said:
Mendoza is on fire throwing downfield so stop doing that go back to wasting downs to get third and long and the sack
19-22 with a bad drop by Hunter. Fantastic performance so far. You'd think we'd trust him to throw downfield and pressure the D at the end of the half. Nah . . .


Wilcox was worried we were going to score too fast, so he started trying to burn clock, waste downs…..
100%.. He is WAY more concerned with using time then scoring.
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In reply to oski003 • 2:25p, 10/12/24
oski003 said:
bearsandgiants said:
Wang24 said:
undisciplined half….. such a shame because this is an easy W… Eli Holstein has littlery 55 yards Passing and we have been dominating the clock 20:35-9:35


This is our third "should easily win this" game in a row, and we're looking at 0-3.


We are playing on the East Coast against an undefeated ranked team and this is considered a "should easily win" game. Gotta love phans.
He's saying we are ahead outplaying them, ahead statistically and still losing. Yet again.
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In reply to cal93 • 2:25p, 10/12/24
cal93 said:
Unless you fire Knowlton, what's the point of firing Wilcox. Knowlton would probably hire Bloesch.
Haha. Highly probable.
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In reply to DaveT • 2:26p, 10/12/24
DaveT said:
calumnus said:
Mendoza is on fire throwing downfield so stop doing that go back to wasting downs to get third and long and the sack
19-22 with a bad drop by Hunter. Fantastic performance so far. You'd think we'd trust him to throw downfield and pressure the D at the end of the half. Nah . . .


First down play action deep sideline route is a poor percentage play, the CB is not looking at play action, he is defending Hunter going long and has the sideline to help him, but we almost hit in anyway. However, if we instead ran the TE deep up the middle off that play action on first, he would be wide open for an EASY completion and another first down or more.
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2:28p, 10/12/24
"Cal with a strange sequence to finish the first half."
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2:28p, 10/12/24
Penalty for a change
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2:28p, 10/12/24
Moar penalties
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2:29p, 10/12/24
Run Run Pass Punt
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In reply to GoOskie • 2:29p, 10/12/24
GoOskie said:
cal93 said:
Unless you fire Knowlton, what's the point of firing Wilcox. Knowlton would probably hire Bloesch.
Haha. Highly probable.


Of course you fire Knowlton first.
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In reply to falseintellect • 2:30p, 10/12/24
falseintellect said:
Run Run Pass Punt
Bailed out by the refs
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2:30p, 10/12/24
Pretty much nothing is working for the Cal offense.
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2:31p, 10/12/24
No blocking
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2:31p, 10/12/24
Because our screen plays are OBVIOUS
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2:31p, 10/12/24
How was that not pass interference?
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