by George Devine, Sr.

After a frustrating 36-34 loss to UCLA last Saturday, Cal goes on to face Oregon in a special Friday night game (7 p,m.) at Levi’s Stadium. The weaknesses exposed against the Bruins will be no surprise for the Ducks.

Oregon, who beat Washington 42-20, did so with Marcus Mariota throwing for a pair of touchdowns and a total of 336 yards. Cal has yet to show that they have the sort of defense that can beat him….or freshman Royce Freeman who racked up four TDs and 169 yards on the ground. Cal’s D gave up 569 yards to the Bruins on Saturday, and missed so many tackles that the Bears began squibbing punts and kickoffs to compensate for this defensive flaw. There’s a lot to be worked on before Friday night in Santa Clara.

Remaining games are:

at Oregon State, Saturday, November 1, TBD

at USC, November 13, 6 p.m.

BIG GAME vs. Stanford, November 22, TBD

vs. BYU, November 29, TBD