[TreeFitty]

Could his decline be tied to a marked decline in the quality of his quarterbacks? His great season 2004 (10-2) was with Aaron Rodgers. 2006 (10-4) was good too with a not a great Nate Longshore, but they had Lynch to rely on for a running game.

Since Rodgers, Cal hasnt had any breakout QBs, and while they have had stars at other positions (RB most notably), seems that losing the classes from his first 4 years to graduation or the NFL overcomes those great individual athletes.

Seems to me that he caught lightning in a bottle with Rodgers, and he hasnt been able to reproduce the combo of a good-to-great QB plus great RB that got him earlier success.

I could be wrong though, I don't know off the top of my head about the c.a.l defense.

[TreeFitty]

Could his decline be tied to a marked decline in the quality of his quarterbacks? His great season 2004 (10-2) was with Aaron Rodgers. 2006 (10-4) was good too with a not a great Nate Longshore, but they had Lynch to rely on for a running game.

Since Rodgers, Cal hasnt had any breakout QBs, and while they have had stars at other positions (RB most notably), seems that losing the classes from his first 4 years to graduation or the NFL overcomes those great individual athletes.

Seems to me that he caught lightning in a bottle with Rodgers, and he hasnt been able to reproduce the combo of a good-to-great QB plus great RB that got him earlier success.

I could be wrong though, I don't know off the top of my head about the c.a.l defense.