For the first 45 minutes of the game, Cal had essentially played mistake free football.
Three inconsequential five yard penalties. One unlucky tipped pass interception. One fumble on a sack that was immediately erased by a USC fumble on the next play. A dropped pass that was more the fault of the sun than Patrick Laird. Perhaps a few missed tackles, but that was much more about trying to tackle 5 star uber athletes than anything Cal’s defenders were doing wrong.
No, the only real mistake in those first 45 minutes was a missed 29 yard field goal.