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Kal…had four incoming transfers for the OL, three of which were all-conference players. Cal then proceeded to have a very poor OL this year. Sometimes it doesn't work out.

I didn’t watch enough of Cal this year to judge their OL play, but despite having the same record as last year, the team seems much improved. 

Of their six losses, only the last game of the season was a blowout.  The rest were by one score, and they lost four games by a total of 9 points combined. 

I would have been thrilled to have that season.

Well, the Kal fans are not at all thrilled. They expected much more from the running game. Ott may still have been a bit hurt, but mostly there were no holes. Mendoza also got sacked a lot. The fans were expecting improvement across the board and they didn't get it. Many of the Kal close losses were caused by their inability to hold onto the ball and burn clock when they had the lead. Lots of 3 and outs in Q4 can do that to you. Kal had a relatively good defense but it could only do so much.

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Kal…had four incoming transfers for the OL, three of which were all-conference players. Cal then proceeded to have a very poor OL this year. Sometimes it doesn't work out.

I didn’t watch enough of Cal this year to judge their OL play, but despite having the same record as last year, the team seems much improved. 

Of their six losses, only the last game of the season was a blowout.  The rest were by one score, and they lost four games by a total of 9 points combined. 

I would have been thrilled to have that season.

Well, the Kal fans are not at all thrilled. They expected much more from the running game. Ott may still have been a bit hurt, but mostly there were no holes. Mendoza also got sacked a lot. The fans were expecting improvement across the board and they didn't get it. Many of the Kal close losses were caused by their inability to hold onto the ball and burn clock when they had the lead. Lots of 3 and outs in Q4 can do that to you. Kal had a relatively good defense but it could only do so much.