by Morris Phillips

photo credit: collegefootballnews.com Cal quarterback Jared Goff and Air Force running back Ronald Cleveland

BERKELEY–The Cal Bears (7-5) enter the Armed Forces Bowl on Tuesday against Air Force (8-5) at Forth Worth as there have been a number of Pac 12 bowl games that have already kicked off with wins by Washington and Washington State and then UCLA lost their game on Saturday to Nebraska and so 2-1 so far in Pac 12 games.

Cal is up next on the Pac 12 schedule this Tuesday and taking a look at Cal’s season in October the Bears started the season going five straight games before losing to Utah, UCLA, and a home loss to USC. They faced Utah who was really a good team at that point in the season. The Utes offense was playing well and the defense just came out for Cal quarterback Jared Goff that night.

The schedule for Cal was back loaded they had the easier opponents early and then they had the teeth of the Pac 12 schedule after that and things got tough for them and it rebounded for them in the end. Obviously it was good enough to qualify them for a bowl game. Cal takes on the Iowa Hawkeyes on Tuesday 11:00 AM PST.

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