Very fair and good analysis. The play in bold, hasn't really been talked about enough. Brookington needed to fight for that ball worst case he could have turned it into an incompletion. Best case he may have drawn interference. Much like one of the Cal. receivers did against (Gopher player)#24.
I don't know how California Berkeley's season will go, but the team I/ we saw last night was very good. Last years team has no bearing this year/ season.
Yes we didn't play our best, but that is no reason to slight the Golden Bears.
For me, mental errors can be a way of lacking discipline. Going against a fielding rule is also seen (by me) as such. Hopefully, only make a play if it's there to be had or it is true desperation time.
Mentally, the team needs to move on to Rutgers.
Good points. I think we mostly agree. I think that the team has matured to the point where we can open it up sometimes. Just guessing that the coach would prefer not to have to just yet.
If and it's a big if we can score first, this approach can and does work. You are basically forcing the opponent to press/ make mistakes. It's a form of Tressel ball. I think this is a wish because I think the team wants to keep things under wraps till BigTen play.
Will time of possession and Special Teams be the keys to the game? I am guessing that we will want to squeeze the life out of the clock and play solid conservative special teams flipping the field and cleanly fielding returns.
My guess is that the goal is to make this a grind it out slugfest...