So, the correction came, and we probably should have seen it coming. Probably, most of us did, even if we didn't want to acknowledge it before hand. And in a weird way, I wouldn't have it any different, because as sports fans you're always dealing with two different realities that can exist at the same time.
Reality #1? Cal is 5-1, and they'd have beaten Utah with better turnover luck or if our future NFL quarterback didn't have his worst game that particular night. This offense is inches away from breaking into the elite, the defense has turned the corner, the coaches have figured out how to scheme around our special teams deficiencies, and everybody but Stanford in the Pac-12 North is down.