What do you think were the biggest factors in Cal's loss to Oregon State? What coaching decisions and strategies do you believe were suboptimal?
HydroTech: The biggest factors in Cal's loss was the coaching staff's failure to realize that: (1) Cal needed to run the ball earlier and more; and (2) that Cal needed to commit its safeties to stopping the run rather than defending against a practically non-existent OSU pass threat. As for the latter, Cal didn't start committing its safeties to stopping the run until the fourth quarter. Of course, once Cal started doing this, the Cal Defense started seeing more success in limiting OSU runs.