Trumpanzee said:

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Goff:
In Jared Goff's first game as a college player for Cal on September 28, 2013, he completed 3 of 6 passes for 11 yards and was replaced by a backup quarterback, ESPN. The decision to replace him was due to his inability to grip the ball, which was slipping out of his hand.
Completion: 3 of 6 (50%)
Passing Yards: 11
Touchdowns: 0
Interceptions: 0
Game Context: Goff was making his first start on the road against Oregon.

JKS:
In his first college game on August 30, 2025, for the Cal Golden Bears against Oregon State, true freshman Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele had an outstanding performance, throwing for 234 yards and three touchdowns on 20-of-30 passing, with no interceptions. His debut was a key factor in Cal's 34-15 victory.

Key Statistics from His First Game:
Completions/Attempts: 20-of-30
Passing Yards: 234
Passing Touchdowns: 3
Interceptions: 0
Completion Percentage: 72.7% (estimated)

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Big C said:

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When are we going to stop believing everything AI says, just because it's AI?

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sycasey said:

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golden bear rep*rt (on3 / rivals)

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smh said:

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sycasey said:

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golden bear rep*rt (on3 / rivals)

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not sure whether bearinsider management discourages us sharing rival bbs links?

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Eastern Oregon Bear said:

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sycasey said:

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Early PFF grades are out and Cal's Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele has the No. 1 passing grade for QBs with at least 20 attempts in Week 1 of the CFB season 📈 pic.twitter.com/oS6lLJbvTz

— Golden Bear Report (On3 | Rivals) (@CalBearsOn3) August 31, 2025

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Not bad for his first game! Think about how JKS will do once he's comfortable and settled in.

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Pittstop said:

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Trumpanzee said:

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Goff:
In Jared Goff's first game as a college player for Cal on September 28, 2013, he completed 3 of 6 passes for 11 yards and was replaced by a backup quarterback, ESPN. The decision to replace him was due to his inability to grip the ball, which was slipping out of his hand.
Completion: 3 of 6 (50%)
Passing Yards: 11
Touchdowns: 0
Interceptions: 0
Game Context: Goff was making his first start on the road against Oregon.

JKS:
In his first college game on August 30, 2025, for the Cal Golden Bears against Oregon State, true freshman Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele had an outstanding performance, throwing for 234 yards and three touchdowns on 20-of-30 passing, with no interceptions. His debut was a key factor in Cal's 34-15 victory.

Key Statistics from His First Game:
Completions/Attempts: 20-of-30
Passing Yards: 234
Passing Touchdowns: 3
Interceptions: 0
Completion Percentage: 72.7% (estimated)

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20-30 would be 66.6%, would it not?

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bearister said:

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Big C said:

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When are we going to stop believing everything AI says, just because it's AI?

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I think you need to be decently read on the subject before you rely on it. If you are, the errors, if any, jump out at you. You should also peruse the few sources they list at the end of the Overview.

Sagapolutele looked like he had more time to throw than Goff. Goff had to get rid of the ball very quickly.

Sagapolutele looks like a great one based on that game. The odds are he won't have as good a career as Goff……and yes, he may have a much better one. He appeared to be the full package vs the Beavers.

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K1min8r said:

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evanluck said:

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It is worth noting that JKS is operating within a system that will produce less eye popping statistics but will more likely result in winning football

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Bruh. How do you figure? Harsin had like a top 1 or top 2 offense for like 3 years at Boise State, as OC his teams averaged over 40 points.

Rolovich also had a top 10 offense as an OC at Hawaii although less at Nevada.

Once these guys figure it out, I think we're gonna see a high octane offense.

Also remember, as some posters pointed out, there was very little WR separation this game. Like maybe 1 yard of separation if that for our guys. Once we get our speed guys in, watch out! With JKS accuracy and arm strength, I think we're gonna smoke some teams pretty hard.

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Pittstop said:

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bearister said:

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Big C said:

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When are we going to stop believing everything AI says, just because it's AI?

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I think you need to be decently read on the subject before you rely on it. If you are, the errors, if any, jump out at you. You should also peruse the few sources they list at the end of the Overview.

Sagapolutele looked like he had more time to throw than Goff. Goff had to get rid of the ball very quickly.

Sagapolutele looks like a great one based on that game. The odds are he won't have as good a career as Goff……and yes, he may have a much better one. He appeared to be the full package vs the Beavers.

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Only because he won't be playing in the Sonny Dykes/Tony Franklin 'nuclear drop 50 and lose 51-50 offense'.

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Big C said:

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K1min8r said:

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evanluck said:

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It is worth noting that JKS is operating within a system that will produce less eye popping statistics but will more likely result in winning football

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Bruh. How do you figure? Harsin had like a top 1 or top 2 offense for like 3 years at Boise State, as OC his teams averaged over 40 points.

Rolovich also had a top 10 offense as an OC at Hawaii although less at Nevada.

Once these guys figure it out, I think we're gonna see a high octane offense.

Also remember, as some posters pointed out, there was very little WR separation this game. Like maybe 1 yard of separation if that for our guys. Once we get our speed guys in, watch out! With JKS accuracy and arm strength, I think we're gonna smoke some teams pretty hard.

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What do you think we're waiting on with our "speed guys"? Maybe we're keeping 'em out of the scouting reports?

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calumnus said:

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evanluck said:

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I love what I saw from the offense and I don't doubt we are going to score points but Goff was in a high tempo air raid offense. He attempted 64 passes in his first game. I've heard Harsin wants to key things off power run. My point about the likely statistical differences stands

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Agreed.

Our RBs had 100 yards in 27 attempts or 3.7 YPC.
Not exactly dominant especially when Sagapolutele was killing them deep. I think it was largely a return to the Wilcox "build the lead through the air then turn turtle to try to milk it until the end" strategy we have always seen. The big difference was Oregon State is not Miami, we gave them chances to get back in it and they couldn't capitalize.

The good news is Wilcox's strategy worked, the bad news is it worked, only reinforcing Wilcox's belief that it is the "right" strategy. This is a game where we could have just blown them out, but I doubt we will see that under Wilcox unless via the running game, which so far, does not look likely. Sagapolutele will get his big numbers in games against high scoring offenses where Harsin needs to keep throwing to keep up. They will be epic, but I think given our schedule we will again have lots of low scoring close games because that is what Wilcox likes and Harsin will deliver.

Texas Southern will be an outlier.

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Pittstop said:

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calumnus said:

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evanluck said:

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I love what I saw from the offense and I don't doubt we are going to score points but Goff was in a high tempo air raid offense. He attempted 64 passes in his first game. I've heard Harsin wants to key things off power run. My point about the likely statistical differences stands

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Agreed.

Our RBs had 100 yards in 27 attempts or 3.7 YPC.
Not exactly dominant especially when Sagapolutele was killing them deep. I think it was largely a return to the Wilcox "build the lead through the air then turn turtle to try to milk it until the end" strategy we have always seen. The big difference was Oregon State is not Miami, we gave them chances to get back in it and they couldn't capitalize.

The good news is Wilcox's strategy worked, the bad news is it worked, only reinforcing Wilcox's belief that it is the "right" strategy. This is a game where we could have just blown them out, but I doubt we will see that under Wilcox unless via the running game, which so far, does not look likely. Sagapolutele will get his big numbers in games against high scoring offenses where Harsin needs to keep throwing to keep up. They will be epic, but I think given our schedule we will again have lots of low scoring close games because that is what Wilcox likes and Harsin will deliver.

Texas Southern will be an outlier.

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Cal also "had chances" to 'drop 40+' and didn't
capitalize (dropped catchable passes that would have either been TDs or 'set up' TDs deep in OSU territory).

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