POY: Clemson +1 at Cal

Quote Originally Posted by CalBear2009:

I have watched every Cal game this year and the O-line is not doing a good job protecting JKS. Clemson has athletes and I think this is a bad match up for Cal where JKS will be under pressure all day and the run game will have a hard time moving the ball. Keep in mind Clemson has not looked very good either and they are starting a freshman QB who has not looked good. However, I think Clemson will have success simply running the ball against Cal in the same way UCLA was able to run at will against Cal in week 1. At the end of the day, there is a mismatch in terms of athletic ability here. Also, Clemson has more continuity where as Cal has the first time HC, first time OC, and first time DC which has been showing. The offensive play calling has been fairly predictable and has not been very innovative. Last week Cal was favored -58 against Wagner and I faded them there. Wagner ended up losing by 42. The week before that, Cal was massively outgained by Syracuse (437 yards for Cuse vs 249 yards for Cal) and only won that game because Cal was able to generate 3 turnovers to get a +3 in turnover margin and still barely win the game by 3. If that game was played 10 times, Cuse would have won that game 8 or 9 times out of the 10. The week before that, UCLA was able to run on Cal at will getting 277 rushing yards and JKS was pressured all game long. Think we see a similar thing here against Clemson. This is a max play for me and will very likely be my largest play of the year.