Webb may look a little rusty in the first quarter but should settle in nicely and throw for more than 225 yards and 2-3 touchdowns. The opening line is Cal by 20.
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The UCLA Football team should not take that much stock into this game as they will see a completely different team in November.
Cal coach Sonny Dykes said it was a good starting point for the season. The 6-foot-1, 215-pound quarterback has shown the ability to lead an offense, but has struggled with turnovers throwing 18 touchdowns to 22 interceptions over the past three years.
Cal Bears players practice during a training session at a field in Sydney Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. Having said that, I think that my opinions on football are always right and the rest of you have no business discussing with me. “He (Rolovich) will get Hawaii going”. However, Cal’s offense is still likely to find a good number of passing plays, and Hawaii does not sport particularly good run or pass defenses.
It is hard to believe that College Football season is already back, meaning that the NFL, already in the Preseason, will be playing games for real soon enough.
The two teams have been in Australia all week in preparation for the game with Hawaii flying home only to turn around and at MI in the Wolverines’ season opener at the Big House next Saturday. The graduate transfer from Texas Tech completed 38 of 54 passes for 441 yards.
The Pac-12 team’s eight wins a year ago in the third season with Dykes as head coach was the school’s most victories since 2009. It definitely helps to have the same core group as last year but don’t expect Hawaii to be a contender in the Mountain West this year.
But the chances that it’ll come out of that stretch with an upset are not insignificant, even though a specific game is hard to pinpoint. Faced with more hard matchups with San Diego State, Texas and Utah in the coming weeks, Cal must take advantage of playing a relative cupcake in Hawaii.
Cal’s seven-win turnaround on the field over the last two seasons from a 1-11 record in 2013 to an 8-5 mark in 2015 is tied for the second best in school history behind only the eight-win improvement from a 2-10 mark in 1946 to a 10-1 record in 1948. Joined by Brian Smith (offensive coordinator/RB), Craig Stuzmann (QB) and Abe Elimimian (secondary), UH boasts four former players on its full-time coaching staff Only three other schools – BYU (9), Air Force (7), and Boise State (5) – have more alumni on their staff.
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NOTES: Two former California players- National Football League running back Marshawn Lynch and punter David Lonie -were Cal honorary captains for the game.
