Like I said before my only concern is complete lack of D but I only saw the 1 game. NOT a deal breaker and WAY better choice than Dykes.

What type of offense does MacIntype at San Jose St. run? Is he primarily an offensive or defensive specialist? We need an offensive guy. My favorite offense is the hurry up offense Chip Kelly run. Despite the Stanford loss, I think Oregon is the best team in the country, all because of Kelly.

JF tweeted:

Darrell Hazell of kent state is interviewing today.

Excellent cv and big turn around at kent state. Tressel is a d bag hypocrite but his teams were tough, DISCIPLINED and banged the rock between the tackles to set up play action.

As has been pointed out – by many inclu JF above – don’t believe the hype. Dykes people could have easily put out the Cal rumor so he’ll get leverage in his negotiations with other schools – I’m guessing his dream job is one of the 3 remaining openings in the sec.

Have you ever looked through the Cal football game day program? There are dozens of people pictured in there who work in the football/athletic department with specialized titles. Who are all these people? These are the ones who should be on top of the classroom business of academic problems. Just hire a head coach who prepares these players to kick ass. 47% is a terrible rate, but a lot of these players stay eligible long enough to finish playing their 4 years, then drop out. They are big boys by that time and if they choose to quit, it’s their business. D1 schools with very high graduation rates – you are going to tell me that is all because of the head football coach?

Not sure Sonny Dykes is the guy we want, but Cal recognizes that they need an offensive guy, since it is more difficult to set up and run than a defense. Dykes is an offensive guy; his La Tech team just needed a better defensive coordinator.

I’m surprised that I have not read one comment of Pendergast being let go. At one time he was considered a genius along with Tedford. I always thought he was pretty good, but his defense was hurt this year by injuries and, I think, a little less talent than we used to have. I really liked Chris McCain at LB this year, a possible future pro, who unfortunately got hurt, but I don’t see the talent on the defensive line like I saw in prior years.

We used to send at least one guy to the pro’s at least every other year, but don’t see that happening in the future, especially with Tosh not around to recruit them. He really brought in some talent at that position. I’ll bet Cal’s big number of guys in the NFL is heavily weighted toward the defensive side of the ball (a possible task for Juancho)