Cal had a long transition coming back home.
Sonny Dykes admitted as much in his press conference this week, as Gideon Rubin of the Associated Press reports.
The Bears practiced in full pads twice and had two light practice days during their bye week, Cal coach Sonny Dykes said.
''We probably needed an open week coming off of that long trip to Australia and the travel and our guys getting rolling back academically,'' Dykes said. ''It was good to have a little bit of time to get back in the flow last week and get back and get our feet under us.