<blockquote><div class="name-said">goldenbear1968;650756 said:</div><hr>This is a copy of a post I submitted last year:<br /><br />How has Cal done vs. the Top Half of the PAC-10? I took a look at the last 5 years (including this year), and this is what I found.<br /><br />* Note * In the years Cal finished in the top 5, I only included the other 4 teams that made up the Top 5.<br /><br />2006 - 3 Wins and 1 Loss<br />2007 - 1 Win and 4 Losses (Cal averaged 22 points / gave up 29 in losses)<br />2008 - 1 Win and 3 Losses (Cal averaged 17 points / gave up 31 in losses)<br />2009 - 2 Wins and 3 Losses (Cal averaged 7 points / gave up 34 in losses)<br />2010 - 0 Wins and 5 Losses (Cal averaged 11 points / gave up 31 in losses)<br /><br />For a 5 year average, Cal won 26 to 20, and Cal lost 14 - 31. (7 Wins and 16 losses overall)<br /><br />This is the reason Cal has not succeeded, and goes to average Bowl games. We beat some OCC opponents, and feast on the bottom 5 in the Pac-10. Until we can beat the good teams in the PAC-10, this is all we are going to achieve.<br /><br />Now add 2011 to the list:<br /><br />0-5 against the top 5 (Oregon, Stanford, Wash, USC, and UCLA). Average score in the losses is Cal 18 Opponent 33. Average loss is by 15 points. So in the last 6 years, Cal is 7 and 21 against the best in the conference. (.333 winning percentage) These are the facts.<br /><br />It is not about being a "negabear". We all want Cal to be successful, and I do not care who is coaching or who is playing what position. I want us to be competitive, win games against the best in conference, and go to the Rose Bowl or some other BCS bowl game. Overall winning records are nice, but when you beat nobodys, it is hard to get overly excited.<hr></blockquote><br /><br />I think we were all JT honks for the first 2-3 years. But the above statistics, along with the obvious coaching mistakes of the last few years--i.e., not realizing we needed to go for a 2 point conversion trailing by 10 with less than 2 minutes left in the '09 Poinsettia Bowl, causing us to have to burn a timeout--are what have turned many of us into critics.