Cal goes undefeated in the bye week, but let’s take a look around the conference and see what the start of conference play looked like.
Stanford 38, Oregon 31
This is really an all-time loss for Oregon, with multiple crazy plays all needing to go in Stanford’s direction just to get to overtime. And I want to talk about one of those plays specifically. Many people have criticized Mario Cristobal and the Ducks for their late game management that allowed Stanford to score, and I think the mini-controversy does a good job of illustrating a wildly frustrating aspect of college coaching.