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The fear some here are showing of Wilcox and Cal is a little sad. Why not embrace him making Cal a legit contender? Can only help Stanford to have another team to knock off Oregon, Washington, and Washington State.  And don't you want the Big Game to actually be big for once, in terns of settling a division champion?

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I would rather have Cal be good than WSU, UW, or Oregon. While I don't think that is going to be a long-term trend, Wilcox or otherwise, I prefer it for the reason you mention.

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IMO, we didn't need any more legit contenders. We already shoot ourselves in the foot with the toughest schedule in the country on a yearly basis. Next year, we'll likely face the most difficult schedule in the history of college football with out-of-conference games against Notre Dame, UCF and Notre Dame. Those teams are currently ranked #3, #8 and #20, respectively. Combined with 9 conference games, I can't imagine any team has ever navigated a gauntlet like that.

OK, let Cal be good and WSU be bad. I am fine with that. Oregon can be bad too and it won't bother me a bit.
As far as next year goes, yes, it could be pretty hard. However, the year to year variation in NCAA football teams is pretty big. Who knows what we will really see from Notre Dame next year. Attrition due to graduation and going Pro early could really hurt them.

[Goose]

The fear some here are showing of Wilcox and Cal is a little sad. Why not embrace him making Cal a legit contender? Can only help Stanford to have another team to knock off Oregon, Washington, and Washington State.  And don't you want the Big Game to actually be big for once, in terns of settling a division champion?

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I would rather have Cal be good than WSU, UW, or Oregon. While I don't think that is going to be a long-term trend, Wilcox or otherwise, I prefer it for the reason you mention.

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IMO, we didn't need any more legit contenders. We already shoot ourselves in the foot with the toughest schedule in the country on a yearly basis. Next year, we'll likely face the most difficult schedule in the history of college football with out-of-conference games against Notre Dame, UCF and Notre Dame. Those teams are currently ranked #3, #8 and #20, respectively. Combined with 9 conference games, I can't imagine any team has ever navigated a gauntlet like that.

OK, let Cal be good and WSU be bad. I am fine with that. Oregon can be bad too and it won't bother me a bit.
As far as next year goes, yes, it could be pretty hard. However, the year to year variation in NCAA football teams is pretty big. Who knows what we will really see from Notre Dame next year. Attrition due to graduation and going Pro early could really hurt them.