With the Cal football game against Hawaii set to open the college football season, it seems weird to already use phrases such as “must-win game.” But that is just what the Bears are faced with Friday against the Rainbow Warriors.
According to ESPN, Cal has the fifth-hardest schedule in the country this season and, as followers of the program likely won’t be surprised to hear, it is again the back end of the schedule that is loaded. In fact, the Bears are expected to lose each of their last six games — Oregon, USC, Washington, Washington State, Stanford and UCLA.