1-4 last week for 23-23 for the year. 0-1 for my lock of the week for 1-5 for the year: https://cal.forums.rivals.com/threads/lets-pick-the-pac-12-games-week-6.31475/

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Cal by 14.5 over Colorado - This has all the classic signs of a wilcox turd game. Coming off a bye (wilcox does poorly off byes), road game against an inferior opponent, and fired opposing coach. That being said colorado is so terrible maybe this doesn't matter? I guess Colorado covers.

UW by 16 against Arizona - UW's d is not good. Seems like an Arizona cover to me, though UW probably scores 50.

ND by 16.5 over the Furd - Line looks about right, but I'm going ND.

Utah by 4.5 over USC - Too many points for a coin flip. USC covers.

Oregon State by 3 over WSU - WSU is just better.



Non conference lock of the week: Minnesota by 6.5 over Illinois - I like Illinois.

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NFM

Wilcox, Angus and Musgrave

Enough said

Good breakdown of the matchup with Colorado by Jesse.

I'm telling you, Jaydn Ott should have a HUGEEEEE game Saturday. I'll be surprised if he doesn't get 200 again.

Where will the Bears be on TV in so cal like from Santa Barbars to Orange County. Thanks

You are a .500 coach, and comparing Wilcox to you was not fair.

...for losing out on Wilcox.

You’re responsible for hiring your staff. Time to take responsibility.

This is the most embarrassing loss in recent Cal history.The Cal administration has no pride in the product they put on the field and it shows.

They've played a brutal schedule. Not sure we would have won more than 2 of their first 6 games. Maybe 1.

TCU - 5-0
Air Force - 4-2
Minnesota - 4-1
UCLA - 6-0
Arizona - 3-3

Total: 22-6 with 5 power 5 teams.

They haven't played an offense anywhere close to as bad as ours:

TCU #2 in the country
UCLA #6
Minnesota #23
Arizona #24
Air Force #25

They do suck on offense though

Colorado #121

I would not expect they'd just roll over for us especially with a new coach. This is a typical game for wilcox to crap the bed. a 3-4 td victory as many have predicted would be a good sign for the future. Personally I think this game is close for 3 quarters at least

Haven't seen a thread yet for our official predictions for the game this Saturday at Colorado.

Put your picks here...and hopefully the updated standings will come out soon.

Let's spice things up coming off the bye week.

Separate contest -- three-month subscription extension and $25 Amazon gift card to whoever guesses Jaydn Ott's combined rushing/receiving yardage total vs. Colorado the closest. This isn't the Price Is Right -- you can be over or under it.

I'll start it off -- 212

I've been working this week on a full refresh on recruiting intel and will be able to reset the database by the end of the evening (before I go to bed, whenever that is).

It's very similar to what I've noted previously -- most of the 2023 HS class is probably set while there will be a big emphasis on the transfer portal. But there are still a few 2023 targets.

So I'll get that situated for you this evening.

All of this is probably known by some of you, but there were a couple of interesting nuggets I picked up. Calhoun, Wilkins, and Johnson were all confirmed to have ACL injuries. Wilkins will be back by spring, and the other two, predictably, will hopefully be back for the fall. I saw Wilkins walking around without a brace and he seemed to be moving normally.

They have Gary Tyrrell's trombone on display in the football offices! I took a picture of it, but I'm not sure how to upload it from my phone. I will look into it.

Nothing else too earth-shattering comes to mind. I was led by a current football player who I don't want to name publicly, but he was a very impressive young man. I'm always impressed by the intelligence and character of our student-athletes.

Here's the this week's roundup of Cal commits and how they performed last week. A couple of the top guys in the class, Nyziah Hunter and Ben Marshall, did not have games but most of the rest of the group was in action. I already posted the video of what defensive line commit Tiu Afalava did in front of Justin Wilcox and Andrew Browning down south, but another Bears pledge had another strong performance a little closer to home. Sailasa Vadrawale has been impressive this season for Rancho Cotate, and he has hit a new level in recent weeks. He shined again last week with a couple more touchdowns and six tackles. You can see some clips from the game below and get all the updates at the link above.

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Hard not to love Marshawn Lynch.


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Roderick Robinson just dropped fUCLA and committed to UGA....

Hey all, we're back to our regularly scheduled programming following the bye week.

Here's today's media schedule:

1130 am - Wilcox
1200 pm - P. Sirmon
1215 pm - Musgrave

I went through all the interviews yesterday and put together a full package of all the significant notes:

-Jack Plummer full-go ahead of prime matchup vs. awful Colorado defense
-Bears facing a Buffs team in their first game with an interim head coach and coordinators
-The focus areas from the bye week after the coaches self-scouted the first five games
-Femi Oladejo's position change and the situation at ILB
-Other injury notes

Sorry - DELETED. Already in earlier thread.

The Oct. 22 game vs. Washington will kick off at 7:30 p.m. PT on ESPN.