California managed to get the win as well, beating Washington State 34-28. That may be better for the bears as the country still looks at them without very much respect and that can change very quickly with a great road win this weekend.
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But none of that registered. The hope here is that once he does, he will communicate it to the older ones among us who can’t figure out how to properly turn on a computer.
“When you get coffee or something in the morning maybe those people are a little nicer to you, ” Dykes said.
The process of expelling every particle of energy from his body against the Cougars offense leaves no available bandwidth for sense memory.
“We’re really close”, he said. It was the third 100-yard receiving game of his career and the eighth time he has caught two or more touchdown passes in a game.
Nick Kranz: GRRR I HATE UTAH, OUR BITTER RIVALS FOR NIGH ON FOUR YEARS! He ranks 11th in the conference in rushing yards in just three games, and leads the nation in ESPN’s QBR statistic. Dykes brought in longtime Tommy Tuberville cohort Art Kaufman as DC before the 2014 season; that unit, severely constrained by injuries and inexperience, edged up to reach 107th out of 128 teams.
So the locals got no Goff time this week.
Polynesian players have provided the backbone of Utah’s surge in the Pac-12. “But we’ve got to go prove that”. “That’s our focus, because a exhausted player’s no good”. As much as I’d like Utah to be ranked as high as possible when the bears play them, I don’t understand why the Utes moved up in the rankings this week from #10 to #5 after they had a bye week last week. There’s been more interest in the program from recruits recently. “They don’t have to focus on what to do anymore”.
To win this game, the bears will have to rely on their defense yet again because the defense has actually looked more consistent then the offense through 5 games this year. Sacks and tackles for loss are both way up. They’re all big, all important. Sturdier competition is on the way, and fast. For a Bears program two years removed from a 1-11 debacle, the grand stage underscores its return to national relevance.
The first is that after last year’s abysmal showing, any flicker of life on defense constitutes progress. That was the second time this year Cal had shutout a team in the 4th quarter.
Jason O. Watson/Getty Images Stefan McClure takes down quarterback Luke Falk of the Washington State Cougars.
“I was anxious for someone to step forward, and Travis has done that this year”, Whittingham said. A Dykes collaborator since 2010, Franklin has never before had the same quarterback to work on for three consecutive years in this system. A favorite name among the National Football League draft set, Goff’s ability is framed largely in the context of potential on Sundays, while his exploits on Saturdays are whittled down to easily shareable snippets. Franklin swears Goff is taller than he was as a sophomore. In five games, Goff has passed for 1,630 yards, 15 touchdowns and 4 interceptions. The Bears have allowed just four this fall.
“Momentum yes, similar feel, sort of, but we’re still really early”, Whittingham said. “When you put the ball in your quarterback’s hands as many times as we do, and you trust him, it certainly makes it easier to sleep at night”. Boller threw 64 touchdown passes from 1999 to 2002. Meanwhile for Utah, they can prove that they’re here to stay, and compete with UCLA, USC, and Arizona State for the Pac-12 South.
“I mean, we were dead”, Franklin says. “It’s just a chance for us to be together and bond”.
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After the trip to Utah comes a visit to No. 20 UCLA, a home game against No. 17 USC and a trip to perennial power Oregon. However, this is a different Cal team because the defense is finally carrying a few of the weight. The Bears, who lost to Texas Tech in the ensuing Holiday Bowl that year, still haven’t made the Rose Bowl since 1959. In the micro, there’s Dykes’s very real concern that with what could be the season’s biggest game just days away, he hasn’t seen a complete performance out of his team yet. “After that, I don’t even know who we’re playing”. Get ready for a Goff sit-down on “The View”. The line has given up 12 sacks so far this year, eight in the last two games. This is California’s moment before the moment, and that can be scary, but there’s a grim egalitarianism to what it’s about to attempt. Called the “Bear Raid” offense, Cal’s offensive philosophy is an up tempo, quick strike offense.
