05-28-2021, 11:38 AM
Lots of "ifs" that have to fall our way to end up with what I consider a successful season of 8 wins. #1 is health because of lack of depth, both in terms of talent and experience, at a lot of positions. #1A is the defense. If we stay healthy and the defense is decent, we can get to eight, although I think more likely we will end up around 6 wins. If we have injuries like 2019, we might win 1 or 2.
K-State, the team I cheered for growing up, is looking like a middle- or lower-end-of-the-pack team in the Big 12. They are not invincible, but they will bring a lot of fans to AT&T Stadium so it will be very much a road game. Vanderbilt may be the worst team in the SEC East. Stanford can beat Cal, Oregon State and WSU. That's five wins in my perfect world.
This team showed tons of resilience in 2020. I expect the same in 2021.
K-State, the team I cheered for growing up, is looking like a middle- or lower-end-of-the-pack team in the Big 12. They are not invincible, but they will bring a lot of fans to AT&T Stadium so it will be very much a road game. Vanderbilt may be the worst team in the SEC East. Stanford can beat Cal, Oregon State and WSU. That's five wins in my perfect world.
This team showed tons of resilience in 2020. I expect the same in 2021.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)