The best games are the hardest to write about, because there’s so damned much that deserves attention. If you’re trying to recap this incredible game, what’s your lede?
You might want to start with the fact that this game was delayed nearly three hours and was seriously in danger of being postponed or perhaps even cancelled. There were a couple of occasions when official-ish people tweeted out and then quickly deleted reports that the game was going to be called, or played at 1:00 pm Sunday, but in the end it was played.
But it’s probably better to focus on the events on the field, so maybe you would choose to lead with much maligned Chase Garbers and the Cal offense, who spent a half putting up near Cheez-It Bowl numbers, then improbably rallied for 17 points and 228 yards in four 2nd half drives.