Week 9 is here! That means Washington’s opponent, Cal, has played more than enough games for me to definitively say they are not good on offense. Despite the presence of OC Beau Baldwin, whose Eastern Washington teams used to torch Washington, the Golden Bears have only cracked 24 points two times this year: against Idaho State and Oregon State.
Overall, there are metrics that really favor this Cal offense: 10th in rushing efficiency and 18th in opportunity rate (% of carries where 4 yards are available that get those 4 yards), to name two. But, turnovers, untimely mistakes, and a real lack of explosiveness have cost this offense from getting into the end zone more.