[Goose]

Like Stanford, Wake Forest and Elon (duh) did not receive any votes. I know this is a silly exercise, but going strictly by the coaches' poll the most likely path to four wins for Stanford would be WF (away), Elon (home), Hawaii (home) and Cal (away).

I don't think Cal is going to let Stanford win the game this year. Tosh Lupoi has lots of expectations heaped upon him that Tavita does not.  Sagapolutele is considered to be the real thing. I can't see a situation where Cal will quit like they did last year. Lupoi is a good enough motivator to make that not happen, especially in year one. Cal may not win by much, but IMO it is more probable than not that they will (sadly).

I wonder if the Friday game at home vs NC State might be a "trap" game for the Wolfpack? Kickoff is 10:30 pm Eastern so the game will end between 1:30 and 2 am body-clock time.

To get to 4 wins I think that will need to happen.

[Goose]

Like Stanford, Wake Forest and Elon (duh) did not receive any votes. I know this is a silly exercise, but going strictly by the coaches' poll the most likely path to four wins for Stanford would be WF (away), Elon (home), Hawaii (home) and Cal (away).

I don't think Cal is going to let Stanford win the game this year. Tosh Lupoi has lots of expectations heaped upon him that Tavita does not.  Sagapolutele is considered to be the real thing. I can't see a situation where Cal will quit like they did last year. Lupoi is a good enough motivator to make that not happen, especially in year one. Cal may not win by much, but IMO it is more probable than not that they will (sadly).

I wonder if the Friday game at home vs NC State might be a "trap" game for the Wolfpack? Kickoff is 10:30 pm Eastern so the game will end between 1:30 and 2 am body-clock time.

To get to 4 wins I think that will need to happen.