By George Devine, Sr.

The annual intramural football game between the Los Angeles and Berkeley campuses of the University of California will take place this year at the latter location, after both divisions of UC fell to their opponents over the weekend. The Bears went down, 31-7, to the Huskies of Washington, after a series of sacks and turnovers. The Bruins lost to Oregon, 42-30, in somewhat less ignominious fashion. Both branches of the State’s enormous university had home field advantage. Both teams are now 4-2 overall. Cal is 2-2, in the middle of the North conference; UCLA is 1-2, ahead of only Colorado.

In diagnosing the syndrome of Saturday, close observers suggest that Cal QB Jared Goff has become easier to read as time has gone on, and that — perhaps with some overconfidence — the offensive line has not protected him as well as they have in previous games. In addition, the Bear defense was less than aggressive in its stalking of the Dawgs. The absences of Brennan Scarlett and Michael Lowe were not helpful, and their return is awaited.Cal will have to beef up the secondary to stop Jordan Payton, who caught two touchdowns late in the game against the Ducks. These factors will need to change against UCLA, as well as an increased emphasis on the running game to balance the offense.

Saturday’s game is at 12:30 p.m. Other dates in the season are:

Friday, October 24 vs. Oregon at 7 p.m. (at Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara)

Saturday, November 1 at Oregon State, TBA

Thursday, November 13 at USC, 6 p.m.

Saturday, November 22, BIG GAME vs. Stanford, TBA

Saturday, November 29, BYU, TBA