Tedford either needs to figure out how to make his offense work again, or move on.

Yes, I am already conceding a loss to Stanford. There is no way in hell that Cal will win with that offense. Stanford is very predictably going to load the box and dare Mansion to throw. The kid might be good next year, but right now he is locking down on his primary receiver and has ZERO ability to check down on secondary receivers. Did anyone besides me notice that Cal’s receivers were just smothered everytime Mansion tried to stretch the field with a downfield throw? Vereen will put up a heroic effort and will probably squeeze out another 100-yard game, but it won’t be enough.

The difference in the game will be the offensive lines, and Stanford’s is vastly superior. The Stanford biggies will provide enough protection for Luck to pick apart the Cal secondary. If you want a blueprint for Saturday’s game, just look for what Oregon State did to Cal last year at Memorial. I’m thinking 31-14 Cardinal. I will be delighted, no delirious, if I am wrong.

I think one of the reasons we were successful vs. Oregon is that we had already seen an option attack twice this season, and by this 3rd game, we had gotten the hang of defensing the option and the assignment defense required to slow down/stop the option. Taking nothing away form the D, they did a terrific job, but this week is a completely different story. Using last game as a predictor of how the defense will play against the Cardinal is specious.

If we can hold the #1 offense in the nation to 15 points and one offensive TD, then we can beat a team that struggled against the same Arizona State team we demolished 50-17.

Go Bears!!