We had a total of 16 yards in the 3rd quarter.

Need to get Larison swing passes on space.

What happened to 5 yard plays to the outside? Bubble screens and such

I expected to lose but what the heck happened in the second half

Not a football expert but really disliking the halfback handoffs out of shotgun up the middle.
a) hasn't worked all game
b) didn't work particularly well when Plough was here last time
c) primary goal of this game is for LL to walk away healthy

This is where I'm at. I wasn't deluding myself into thinking a win was realistic, but this 2nd half is looking non-functional.

We had these stretches in 2018 and 19 too where we went away from the quick passing game and just kinda stalled. I understand needing to keep the defense on their toes and that we're not expecting Hastings to throw bombs every other play, but the short/mid passing game was working

Teddy is their best linebacker. Dude is everywhere. We had a gem..

That's like 3 or 4 bats at the line for Cal

Another stare down the receiver and a another pick...

Hasting seems to be throwing off his back foot all second half.

Keys to beating the Ags: QB pressures. Everything else falls apart

I'm not going to read too much into this game in terms of QB play, but I can't say that I'm overly enthused.

I think with some more coordination of pass protection and playing FCS opponents instead of FBS will be a good change. I do wonder why there were no swing passes to Lan. He did not get many chances in the open field.

David Meyer is having a game.

We have a mobile QB who was highly coveted who apparently is no. 3 or lower on the depth chart.

So much for an undefeated season.

Yes, but you certainly don’t throw a freshman into the fire. His time will come.

I was hoping we could score more than 13 points against Cal…

2019: 13-27
2022: 13-34
2024: 13-31

Zero points in the 2nd half.

Both Ott and LL had less carries than anticipated.

Well, it wasn't a total loss.

My hope for this game was simply that it looked like a football game, and mostly it did.

Davis’ offense seemed less varied than in years past. They don’t have the blocking to run in running situations against Cal and they don’t feature fly sweeps anymore, so most runs are between the tackles, which they couldn’t block. Missing also were the screens they used to run.

Kickers had a bad day, after bringing in kickers to make the position competitive, the worst kicking i can recall.

Random Stats
Ags outgained Cal, 304 to 281 (3 picks)

MH - 24 of 48, 0 TDs, 3 INTs
LL - 17 / 62

Hutton - 7 rec / 68 yds
Dobbins - true Frosh - 3 catches, 28 yds
Josh Gale - 1 rec

Defense
Buchanan (Cal) - 9 tackles, led the team

Connor, Porter - 13, 1 sack
Meyer - 12 tackles
Connor, Rex - 12 tackles
Bains - 8 tackles

50% completions with 3 picks is a rough stat line, but let's see how it looks against FCS competition. Defense played admirably all things considered.

Much better than the OSU opener last season for sure. What impressed me most was the defense. I think that bodes well for FCS play.

Cal's QB zipped a few passes in the 2nd half.

Passes to tight ends, 8 completions,12 attempts, 25 yards total.
Only one pass completed to Larison in six tries, for 11 yards.
Weren’t able to get a passing game going beyond the wide receivers.

I hated to see Jadyn Ott get injured. I hope he heals up quick. The Bears will certainly need him when they start playing the big dogs in the ACC.

I have to say....Cal's offense is in trouble. Their offense definitely didn't win that game, and against an FCS team it should.

Great day for football. Some fun moments in the first half!