After the head coaching change from Sonny Dykes to Justin Wilcox, it felt like almost overnight Cal went from “incredible offense, impressively garbage defense” to “amazing defense, completely forgettable offense.” Since Wilcox’s first couple years when they developed a fantastic defense but had a not-great offense, they’ve turned into a more balanced team whose backbone is still their suffocating defense.
This is the first year under Wilcox that standard doesn’t seem to be met.
Don’t get me wrong, the Bears are still a defensively-minded team and said defense will still almost certainly be one of the better in the Pac-12, but they look so far like they’ve just.