Sup, and welcome to the first of two defensive previews going over the Bay Area.
The most important thing about Cal? This isn’t Sonny Dykes defense.
Personnel and What to Expect
The first thing with Cal’s defense is to not put too much stock in their points per game allowed stat; this is because that’s massively inflated due to what I will call a questionable-at-best decision to play Brandon McIlwain so much at quarterback, who has single-handedly gifted opponents 30 points on either pick sixes or scoop-and-score fumbles, not even mentioning the amount of non-pick-six interceptions he’s thrown that have put the Bears’ defense in a routinely difficult position.