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Despite a lack of four star recruits the Bears go 7-5 with the Axe back in Berkeley. Isn’t it time to give Wilcox some credit? Probably not from you Bear haters.

I have been telling this board to beware of Wilcox for a couple years. Leach, Wilcox, and Jonathan Smith all doing more with less. Oregon and Washington doing more with more.  That leaves Stanford at the bottom of the Pac-12 North standings.

Cal would have likely gone 9-3 had Garbers stayed healthy, and they possibly could have taken down Oregon to go 10-2.  It wasn't that far from happening.

I’m not sure that a 7-5 season from Petersen qualifies as doing more with more, and while Oregon has had a step function improvement in recruiting, two losses probably has left a lot of duck fans disappointed. Given that Herbert came back, I’m fairly certain that many fans were hoping to make the playoffs. Cristobal is an outstanding recruiter as back to back top classes in the PAC-12 attest. It’s still TBD if he is a great coach.

To me the biggest upside surprise this year was OSU.  Unfortunately, they just missed a bowl, but they took a few teams by surprise.

I agree with others that Cal has also outperformed this year.

BC

[BostonCard]

Despite a lack of four star recruits the Bears go 7-5 with the Axe back in Berkeley. Isn’t it time to give Wilcox some credit? Probably not from you Bear haters.

I have been telling this board to beware of Wilcox for a couple years. Leach, Wilcox, and Jonathan Smith all doing more with less. Oregon and Washington doing more with more.  That leaves Stanford at the bottom of the Pac-12 North standings.

Cal would have likely gone 9-3 had Garbers stayed healthy, and they possibly could have taken down Oregon to go 10-2.  It wasn't that far from happening.

I’m not sure that a 7-5 season from Petersen qualifies as doing more with more, and while Oregon has had a step function improvement in recruiting, two losses probably has left a lot of duck fans disappointed. Given that Herbert came back, I’m fairly certain that many fans were hoping to make the playoffs. Cristobal is an outstanding recruiter as back to back top classes in the PAC-12 attest. It’s still TBD if he is a great coach.

To me the biggest upside surprise this year was OSU.  Unfortunately, they just missed a bowl, but they took a few teams by surprise.

I agree with others that Cal has also outperformed this year.

BC