1. Cal's had a bit of an up and down season. How would you assess their year going into Big Game? Good, bad, something else?
boomtho: Definitely up and down, and probably a little worse than people expected at the beginning of the year. Cal had a tremendously exciting (some would say TOO exciting) stretch in the middle of the season so far, when 6 games in a row came down to the last possession. In that stretch, there were some great wins (goal line stand to beat Utah at home) and some head-scratching, frustrating losses (at OSU... I was there... horrible). However, since then, Cal has been soundly outplayed by two admittedly very good teams, USC and UW. Those were probably expected losses,…
