Breaking down offense, defense, and special teams from Cal’s first win of the 2016 season.
Actual football to analyze! A gift both wonderful and dangerous!
On one hand, we now have 187 plays worth of evidence to try to predict how the rest of the season might play out. Evidence that’s more meaningful than endless depth chart speculation and spring/fall practice report parsing.
But week 1 can be deceptive. Last year, 3-9 South Carolina beat 11-3 North Carolina. Portland State upset a Washington State squad that would challenge for the Pac-12 North title. An historically awful Hawaii team would upset Colorado.