Avinash: I'd say the most encouraging development is the defense looking like an entirely different unit than the one that caused us so much pain the last few seasons. When you have a coach who treasures defense, it's amazing to see the turnaround in team morale on that side of the football. I'm going up and down this defensive unit and am having trouble identifying a player who DIDN'T play well. This was a team effort, top to bottom.
On the other side, Cal being able to hold their own offensively with their line was huge.