So many bad things happening in 2020. Why should Cal football be any different. The New Year cannot come quickly enough.

Yes you are. You contribute nothing to this board but whining negativity.

And you hate everything Cal. Why do you bother? Just go away. You will feel better and this board will be a better place for your absence.

Why keep calling timeouts. Its so stupid. Pointless!!

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So correction, that was more of a big on big, checked the replay. Looked like a db on the blitz, thought it was the edge guy lol.

More forgivable. That's how the ball bounces some times.

With the same awful coaching staff, why would expect 2021 to be any better?

Worst play calls in ever

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Close, but not close enough. Gave a winnable game away to a bad opponent.

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just seems like Cal never plays OSU well. Or Cal just saves its lesser performances for OSU

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It's the 2007 game again, in a slightly different way.

So what does Wilcox say after the game about the state of the program? About the identity we are trying to establish? About how this is now probably a lost season and how we use it as a building block? Will any of it ring true or will it be coach-speak?

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Man, this sucks. We flubbed so many important plays in this game. Didn't coach or play with a killer mentality.

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That's why I lean spread. You're going for kill shots not ball control.

And that's the mentality you need to win as a non blue blood in a P5 conference.

Well, that sucks. Looked like we were gonna pull it off, thanks to repeated gifts by OSU.

Unrelated, but what the HECK is up with the mishmash of Cal coaches' masks? One wearing a dark blue - and blank - material mask, another coach in a LAME light blue paper mask? And Wilcox in a grey scarf? I don't think I saw a SINGLE "Cal" mask.

Why on EARTH are all the coaches NOT wearing MATCHING "Cal" script navy blue masks?

Bush league and terrible presentation for UC's flagship school.

How hard would THAT have been to set up for the season?

And looking at Oregon State? All coaches & staff in matching OSU masks, looking professional.

Pretty sad. Perhaps this is merely a reflection of how things are done at Cal Athletics.

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Troll On You Bears said:

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Man, this sucks. We flubbed so many important plays in this game. Didn't coach or play with a killer mentality.

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That's why I lean spread. You're going for kill shots not ball control.

And that's the mentality you need to win as a non blue blood in a P5 conference.

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Yeah that makes sense. I thought Musgrave was gonna bring pro style with some college flair but I guess that's not the case. It certainly doesn't seem to be a plug-and-play scheme - it's hard to see how you can win game after game in a slugfest style with mediocre depth exacerbated by pandemic absences. That said without a couple bad penalties on Remigio returns we would have probably won going away - what say you to that?

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Well, that sucks. Looked like we were gonna pull it off, thanks to repeated gifts by OSU.

Unrelated, but what the HECK is up with the mishmash of Cal coaches' masks? One wearing a dark blue - and blank - material mask, another coach in a LAME light blue paper mask? And Wilcox in a grey scarf? I don't think I saw a SINGLE "Cal" mask.

Why on EARTH are all the coaches NOT wearing MATCHING "Cal" script navy blue masks?

Bush league and terrible presentation for UC's flagship school.

How hard would THAT have been to set up for the season?

And looking at Oregon State? All coaches & staff in matching OSU masks, looking professional.

Pretty sad. Perhaps this is merely a reflection of how things are done at Cal Athletics.

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I hope this is satire.

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Golden One said:

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With the same awful coaching staff, why would expect 2021 to be any better?

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No COVID depletion of team. Good answer?

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That's pure B.S.

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I guess we are out of the national title picture

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LOL

I don't want excuses. I want wins. Unacceptable to lose to a clown college with no fans in attendance.

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Wilcox fulfilling his previous coaching behaviors. Looks the part, talks the part, has some flashes, yet has bounced around due to never quite being able to be the total package.

Absolute terrible offense game planning. Musgrave is a disaster higher in every way, shape and form. Special-teams play equally as poor. Defense has regressed.

I know to a certain extent COVID has not made it a fair playing field but you can just tell from the cohesiveness of the team that there are some major flaws.

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Yeah. This coaching staff is just not competitive in the Pac-12. When you can't even beat Oregon State, that says it all.

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killa22 said:

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Troll On You Bears said:

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Man, this sucks. We flubbed so many important plays in this game. Didn't coach or play with a killer mentality.

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That's why I lean spread. You're going for kill shots not ball control.

And that's the mentality you need to win as a non blue blood in a P5 conference.

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Yeah that makes sense. I thought Musgrave was gonna bring pro style with some college flair but I guess that's not the case. It certainly doesn't seem to be a plug-and-play scheme - it's hard to see how you can win game after game in a slugfest style with mediocre depth exacerbated by pandemic absences. That said without a couple bad penalties on Remigio returns we would have probably won going away - what say you to that?

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That's true but the perfectionist in me would always aim for having a bad ass offense to match a plus defense.

This was better than game 1, especially considering the injuries, but it's still not maximizing our skill guys (an opinion, granted, but founded in some reality)

Troll On You Bears said:

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So what does Wilcox say after the game about the state of the program? About the identity we are trying to establish? About how this is now probably a lost season and how we use it as a building block? Will any of it ring true or will it be coach-speak?

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It'll be the usual coach-speak. At this point, it doesn't appear Wilcox has a clue.

The only way we retain the AXE is if COVID forces a cancellation of the Big Game on Friday.

A winless season should keep bigger programs away from Wilcox for a while!

killa22 said:

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Troll On You Bears said:

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killa22 said:

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Troll On You Bears said:

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Man, this sucks. We flubbed so many important plays in this game. Didn't coach or play with a killer mentality.

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That's why I lean spread. You're going for kill shots not ball control.

And that's the mentality you need to win as a non blue blood in a P5 conference.

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Yeah that makes sense. I thought Musgrave was gonna bring pro style with some college flair but I guess that's not the case. It certainly doesn't seem to be a plug-and-play scheme - it's hard to see how you can win game after game in a slugfest style with mediocre depth exacerbated by pandemic absences. That said without a couple bad penalties on Remigio returns we would have probably won going away - what say you to that?

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That's true but the perfectionist in me would always aim for having a bad ass offense to match a plus defense.

This was better than game 1, especially considering the injuries, but it's still not maximizing our skill guys (an opinion, granted, but founded in some reality)

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Hard to say this game was much better than game 1. Yes, we kept the game close, but this was a very mediocre opponent. UCLA is a good team, as evidenced by their 38-35 loss to Oregon today.

killa22 said:

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Troll On You Bears said:

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killa22 said:

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Troll On You Bears said:

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Man, this sucks. We flubbed so many important plays in this game. Didn't coach or play with a killer mentality.

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That's why I lean spread. You're going for kill shots not ball control.

And that's the mentality you need to win as a non blue blood in a P5 conference.

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Yeah that makes sense. I thought Musgrave was gonna bring pro style with some college flair but I guess that's not the case. It certainly doesn't seem to be a plug-and-play scheme - it's hard to see how you can win game after game in a slugfest style with mediocre depth exacerbated by pandemic absences. That said without a couple bad penalties on Remigio returns we would have probably won going away - what say you to that?

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That's true but the perfectionist in me would always aim for having a bad ass offense to match a plus defense.

This was better than game 1, especially considering the injuries, but it's still not maximizing our skill guys (an opinion, granted, but founded in some reality)

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Yeah I guess at least early in the season (and pending development of the offense as they get some experience with it) I'm tending to agree with you. "Pro-style" does tend to evoke that smash-mouth, principled football that Wilcox seems to exude and sounds so attractive on paper, but it seems that the game has passed that strategy by in some regards such that smash-mouth attitude needs to be paired with a modern approach to offense. We'll see what happens. Appreciate your valuable insights on the boards.

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A winless season should keep bigger programs away from Wilcox for a while!

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Which is not good news for our program.

Golden One said:

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killa22 said:

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Troll On You Bears said:

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killa22 said:

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Troll On You Bears said:

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Man, this sucks. We flubbed so many important plays in this game. Didn't coach or play with a killer mentality.

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That's why I lean spread. You're going for kill shots not ball control.

And that's the mentality you need to win as a non blue blood in a P5 conference.

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Yeah that makes sense. I thought Musgrave was gonna bring pro style with some college flair but I guess that's not the case. It certainly doesn't seem to be a plug-and-play scheme - it's hard to see how you can win game after game in a slugfest style with mediocre depth exacerbated by pandemic absences. That said without a couple bad penalties on Remigio returns we would have probably won going away - what say you to that?

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That's true but the perfectionist in me would always aim for having a bad ass offense to match a plus defense.

This was better than game 1, especially considering the injuries, but it's still not maximizing our skill guys (an opinion, granted, but founded in some reality)

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Hard to say this game was much better than game 1. Yes, we kept the game close, but this was a very mediocre opponent. UCLA is a good team, as evidenced by their 38-35 loss to Oregon today.

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We did play much better than last week, at least.

Strykur said:

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Golden One said:

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killa22 said:

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Troll On You Bears said:

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killa22 said:

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Troll On You Bears said:

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Man, this sucks. We flubbed so many important plays in this game. Didn't coach or play with a killer mentality.

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That's why I lean spread. You're going for kill shots not ball control.

And that's the mentality you need to win as a non blue blood in a P5 conference.

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Yeah that makes sense. I thought Musgrave was gonna bring pro style with some college flair but I guess that's not the case. It certainly doesn't seem to be a plug-and-play scheme - it's hard to see how you can win game after game in a slugfest style with mediocre depth exacerbated by pandemic absences. That said without a couple bad penalties on Remigio returns we would have probably won going away - what say you to that?

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That's true but the perfectionist in me would always aim for having a bad ass offense to match a plus defense.

This was better than game 1, especially considering the injuries, but it's still not maximizing our skill guys (an opinion, granted, but founded in some reality)

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Hard to say this game was much better than game 1. Yes, we kept the game close, but this was a very mediocre opponent. UCLA is a good team, as evidenced by their 38-35 loss to Oregon today.

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We did play much better than last week, at least.

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Yes, but it was against a much inferior opponent than UCLA..

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Strykur said:

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Golden One said:

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killa22 said:

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Troll On You Bears said:

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killa22 said:

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Troll On You Bears said:

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Man, this sucks. We flubbed so many important plays in this game. Didn't coach or play with a killer mentality.

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That's why I lean spread. You're going for kill shots not ball control.

And that's the mentality you need to win as a non blue blood in a P5 conference.

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Yeah that makes sense. I thought Musgrave was gonna bring pro style with some college flair but I guess that's not the case. It certainly doesn't seem to be a plug-and-play scheme - it's hard to see how you can win game after game in a slugfest style with mediocre depth exacerbated by pandemic absences. That said without a couple bad penalties on Remigio returns we would have probably won going away - what say you to that?

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That's true but the perfectionist in me would always aim for having a bad ass offense to match a plus defense.

This was better than game 1, especially considering the injuries, but it's still not maximizing our skill guys (an opinion, granted, but founded in some reality)

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Hard to say this game was much better than game 1. Yes, we kept the game close, but this was a very mediocre opponent. UCLA is a good team, as evidenced by their 38-35 loss to Oregon today.

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We did play much better than last week, at least.

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Yes, but it was against a much inferior opponent than UCLA..

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Well next week we're playing another crap team, so who knows how that will go.

Nope. Branding is important. Professional appearance is important. Why can't Cal take care of the basics? I take pride seeing the Cal script everywhere. On the field. On our players. On my Cal gear. Why on earth would we fail to take advantage of the opportunity to make our staff look good?

If you look sloppy, you probably are. Cal's play and record are (oops!) proving my point for me.

The decision not to take the chip shot FG at 4th & goal at the 2 down 14-10 looks really bad in hindsight. Take those points, and Cal likely is in position to kick a game winning FG in the last drive.

Strykur said:

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Strykur said:

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Golden One said:

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killa22 said:

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Troll On You Bears said:

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killa22 said:

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Troll On You Bears said:

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Man, this sucks. We flubbed so many important plays in this game. Didn't coach or play with a killer mentality.

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That's why I lean spread. You're going for kill shots not ball control.

And that's the mentality you need to win as a non blue blood in a P5 conference.

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Yeah that makes sense. I thought Musgrave was gonna bring pro style with some college flair but I guess that's not the case. It certainly doesn't seem to be a plug-and-play scheme - it's hard to see how you can win game after game in a slugfest style with mediocre depth exacerbated by pandemic absences. That said without a couple bad penalties on Remigio returns we would have probably won going away - what say you to that?

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That's true but the perfectionist in me would always aim for having a bad ass offense to match a plus defense.

This was better than game 1, especially considering the injuries, but it's still not maximizing our skill guys (an opinion, granted, but founded in some reality)

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Hard to say this game was much better than game 1. Yes, we kept the game close, but this was a very mediocre opponent. UCLA is a good team, as evidenced by their 38-35 loss to Oregon today.

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We did play much better than last week, at least.

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Yes, but it was against a much inferior opponent than UCLA..

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Well next week we're playing another crap team, so who knows how that will go.

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Today's game gives us a pretty good indication.

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The decision not to take the chip shot FG at 4th & goal at the 2 down 14-10 looks really bad in hindsight. Take those points, and Cal likely is in position to kick a game winning FG in the last drive.

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Yep. That was another very poor decision by Wilcox.

SpartanBear20 said:

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The decision not to take the chip shot FG at 4th & goal at the 2 down 14-10 looks really bad in hindsight. Take those points, and Cal likely is in position to kick a game winning FG in the last drive.

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I feel like analytics say go for the TD so close in. But the INT and touchback was really bad. The reason analytics say go for the TD is that if one fails, the other team is usually pinned at the 1 yard line.

It's been a terribly disappointing season, without a doubt.

Nevertheless, in the first game we played with a defensive line that had not practiced in 2 weeks (which necessarily impaired the o-line's performance).

Today we played without 4 of our 5 guys on our o-line, and their back-ups missed practice reps, in addition to our first string running back.

Nevertheless, Garbers was much better this week and the o-line held their own for most of the game.