If the doldrums of the off-season can be divided into stages, we’re now in stage 2. Stage 1 is the occasionally intriguing period between the end of the season and signing day, when rosters and coaching staffs are shuffled around.
But all of that has, for the most part, settled down, and we’re now in twiddling our thumbs, waiting for spring practice, and trying to figure out how each team might perform now that we know who’s going to be doing the performing.
Courtesy of the always-insightful information provided by SBNation’s own Bill Connelly, let’s consider two measurements of how Cal football is likely to fare in 2018.