by Morris Phillips

photo credit bleacher report of Charlie Strong Texas U

BERKELEY–Cal is off to a great start the Golden Bears are the only undefeated team in the Pac 12 North which is comprised of the six teams that are here in the Bay Area and in Washington in that half of the conference that’s competing, that’s trying to get to the Pac 12 Championship. Oregon has already lost a highly important nationally visible game last Saturday with a loss to Michigan State last week in a narrow three point loss for the Ducks.

Cal is off to a great start in terms of what their doing and also what’s happening around them in the Pac 12. In the game against San Diego State the Bears started slow on Saturday against the San Diego St. defense and then right after half time they scored 25 seconds and made it 21-7 and got on a roll from there.

A lot of good things were happening in that game before they scored and also after, it’s really going to be interesting to see just how good they are as they go forward. There’s a lot of good things regarding Bears quarterback Jared Goff his maturation, his ability to connect with his receiver the types of routes and kind of hang in there and beat the pass rush.

There are a lot of good things going on with the Bears and with the Bears playing their first away game in Texas this Saturday against the Longhorns is a game that is winnable. When these games are scheduled this far in advance you never know what your going to get when you when you get there. For example Cal just played a series with Ohio State then and now could go home at home with Texas.

Depending when these games come up anything can happen and Ohio State this year’s defending national champions. With Texas you have a team that’s in the second year of their head coach Charlie Strong whose in his second year in tenure but their not there yet.The Longhorns don’t have the depth that Cal has and the Bears are a slight favorite this week for them to go into a great football environment and have an opportunity to win.

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