The CardBoard
Ca.l will beat Utah - Printable Version

+- The CardBoard (https://thecardboard.org/board)
+-- Forum: C-House! (https://thecardboard.org/board/forum-4.html)
+--- Forum: The CardBoard (https://thecardboard.org/board/forum-5.html)
+--- Thread: Ca.l will beat Utah (/thread-10165.html)

Pages: 1 2 3 4

Re: Ca.l will beat Utah - CornFed - 10-09-2015

Utes          45
Weenies  31

Re: Ca.l will beat Utah - Treebound - 10-09-2015

Utes at altitude:  36
Goff(aw) at altitude:  30

Re: Ca.l will beat Utah - Mick - 10-09-2015

Bonneville Salt Flats    31
Golden Gate Fields    21

Re: Ca.l will beat Utah - martyup - 10-09-2015

Do we get extra credit for this prediction?  ::)

Re: Ca.l will beat Utah - winflop - 10-09-2015

Low APR U's offense is a legit weapon but the defense is still a sieve.

Also to be considered is the fact that Low APR U hasn't had a quality win under Yikes at all.  The players on this team don't have any experience playing in a marquee matchup on national TV.  Pile on the altitude and being on the road and mix in a little bit of the Pac-12 South now there for the taking - I see a margin of victory of at least 3 scores.

Hunters 51
Hunted 31

Re: Ca.l will beat Utah - JJJ - 10-09-2015

Utah 45
Goff 42

There will be lots of scoring.

Re: Ca.l will beat Utah - Kathy - 10-09-2015

Utes 41
weenies 24


Re: Ca.l will beat Utah - PrinceLightfoot - 10-09-2015

Utes 44
59ers 31

Re: Ca.l will beat Utah - Rally - 10-09-2015

(10-09-2015, 09:54 PM)PrinceLightfoot link Wrote:Utes 44
59ers 31

Prince, your's is far and away the greatest tag line I have ever seen.

Re: Ca.l will beat Utah - PrinceLightfoot - 10-09-2015

(10-09-2015, 09:58 PM)ferrari link Wrote:Prince, your's is far and away the greatest tag line I have ever seen.

😉

Re: Ca.l will beat Utah - Leftcoast - 10-09-2015

Utah 31, Cal 24

Re: Ca.l will beat Utah - JohnR34231 - 10-10-2015

I expect the Utes to win in a fairly close game, but the way this season has gone, a Kal victory wouldn't shock me.

Re: Ca.l will beat Utah - OutsiderFan - 10-10-2015

A couple things to refute here.

1. Travis Wilson as on par with Goff due to his PER. 
Travis Wilson (and frankly, Utah in general) got to play Oregon.  If you evaluate the ducks based on this year alone, they are not a good team, and won't be able to stop any competent offense.  I don't know if you guys have been paying attention or are aware, but Oregon's pass "D" is on pace to be WORSE than Ca.l's last year.  That is really hard to do.  No team has ever been given more credit for beating a bad team than Utah over Oregon.  It's Iron Pyrite.

2. Ca.l's close win vs. WSU reflects a low performance ceiling.
The fans were all looking forward to Utah, and though the players may have been thinking about WSU, it was a trap game for Ca.l.  Football is an emotional game.  It's really tough to beat an opponent geeked up for you when you aren't super excited to be playing them.  Teams can get up emotionally for games 3-4 times a season tops.  WSU was up for Ca.l because they saw Ca.l as a real shot at a win.  Ca.l will bring that emotion to Utah tonight.  Stanford has slept on the Cougs at home before too.

3. Dyke.s is not being factored in as a big game coach enough.  The turning point for Ca.l in the WSU game was the onside kick call.  At Texas he went for it on fourth down more than once.  It paid off with a TD, and would have ended the game if not for a dropped pass.  They also sealed the UW game with a first down on 4th.  He has demonstrated adroit risk-taking and ability to come up with a fake FG, fake punt, or gadget play at the right time.

Ca.l may lose, but all the factors - Jared Goff is no doubt the biggest one, with an outsized impact - and all the stars are aligning perfectly for Ca.l to pull the upset.














Re: Ca.l will beat Utah - Stymie - 10-10-2015

Nuclear Fission Studs    94
Nuclear Fusion Duds      0


Re: Ca.l will beat Utah - Stymie - 10-10-2015

(10-10-2015, 07:21 AM)ferrari link Wrote:[quote author=Stymie link=topic=13112.msg133798#msg133798 date=1444486631]
Nuclear Fission Studs    94
Nuclear Fusion Duds      0

Which one is which? :)
[/quote]

If the Weenies were playing Leipzig it would be a closer game.......

Re: Ca.l will beat Utah - SUBuddha - 10-10-2015

I am pretty comfortable picking Utah to cover 7.5 at home.

The only competent defense Cal has faced was UW, granted they had good numbers against them, but UW had five turnovers in that game. That many turnovers puts a ton of pressure on a young defense by the end of the game they were visibly gassed.

Re: Ca.l will beat Utah - winflop - 10-10-2015

Slightly OT, but for once GameDay got something right

https://twitter.com/CollegeGameDay/status/652854355150827520

Re: Ca.l will beat Utah - JohnR34231 - 10-10-2015

In college football fan taunting, nobody pays too much attention to quite often it's the pot calling the kettle black.

Re: Ca.l will beat Utah - OutsiderFan - 10-10-2015

Hey, what do you know, two teams Cal beat that nobody thought anything about, both just knocked off #10 and #17 AP-ranked teams this weekend.  Will the Cougs now take down the Ducks to suggest how overrated Utah is?


Re: Ca.l will beat Utah - winflop - 10-10-2015

(10-10-2015, 05:34 AM)OutsiderFan link Wrote:[b]3. Dyke.s is not being factored in as a big game coach enough.

Maybe because he's 0-fer in his 59er career?