The Washington State Cougars and California Golden Bears are each in desperate need of a win as they meet on Saturday afternoon. Both teams held much higher hopes, possible Pac-12 title hopes, earlier in the season. Now, at 4-4, WSU and Cal are relegated to scrapping and crawling for those final wins to secure bowl eligibility.
Cal has, unsurprisingly, become a defensive bunch since Justin Wilcox took over as head coach. I don’t mean that they are constantly trying to defend themselves, but I kinda do—given the way the Cal offense has performed lately, Cal’s defense is on the field pretty often.