I hit my daily limit during the game...so here are my thoughts
We didn't deserve to win, we just had too many turnovers. Jahvid's fumble, Forsett's fumble, the INT, etc. you can't expect to win a game by doing that. And Riley has to find a way to get DeSean the ball. If he's not a factor we're clearly not as good of a team. But for the most part we shot ourselves in the foot, and couldn't stop Bernard.
Riley doesn't deserve all the blame, he played well. Outside of 1-2 plays, he was GREAT and Cal's future is intact. As a redshirt freshman, it's hard to go out there and ON YOUR FIRST START being in a position to come from behind and lead your team to victory, and he did a damn good job. You can't blame him for the loss even though that last play was boneheaded fasho...
Is this loss disappointing? Hell to the yeah. But honestly, I'm still optimistic. A bunch of other teams have lost already and we're still in the driver's seat for a Rose Bowl which is our season's goal. I think we still got a great shot if we can run the table, and who knows, we could be at #2 again at the end of the year and given the fact there's no real clear-cut team that's #1 right now anything can still happen. We just lost the chance to really control our own destiny and we could still be screwed by the BC$
We blew a huge opportunity but this doesn't end our season. I expect us to drop to the 7-10 range (any further more would be robbery since USC didn't drop that far when they lost to Stanford).
Team49ers/CalBears/Warriors
XVI . XIX . XXIII . XXIV . XXIX
UCSD Football Win Total: 0