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Cal is a traditional football team again. Beware expectations.

When Sonny Dykes installed the Bear Raid, it was this neat, shiny present that would bring back excitement and fans into Memorial Stadium. Momentum for the program was on a steady decline through the late Tedford era. Dykes would put points on the board and give Cal back on the offense they needed to turn fans back on to the interest. The Bears would start scoring and bringing back the winning tradition to Memorial.

Turns out it did neither of those things. Ticket sales declined the moment Jared Goff left campus. And Cal did not start winning again—the Bears only won 10 games in the Pac-12 in four seasons under Dykes.