UNC Tar Heels head coach Bill Belichick on the sidelines working the play calling against the Clemson Tigers at Chapel Hill NC on Sat Oct 4, 2025. Belichick and UNC will face the Cal Bears on Fri Oct 17, 2025 at UC Berkeley at Memorial Stadium with a 7:30pm PT kick off (AP News photo)

Cal Bears podcast Morris Phillips:

#1 Can Cal’s defense, especially its pass defense, contain whatever UNC throws at them?

#2 How much will the Bears running back Kendrick Raphael be involved, and can he break big runs?

#3 How well can the inside linebacker duo of Cal’s Cade Uluave and Luke Ferrelli manage UNC’s offense?

#4 Will Cal’s playmakers on offense — tight end Mason Mini, receiver Jacob De Jesus, and WR Jordan King — step up in a big game?

#5 UNC has struggled in their last two games losing by scores of 38-10 to Clemson and 34-9 to University . That said should this game be a cake walk for Cal or Cal better be ready for some UNC head coach Bill Belichick football?

Morris Phillips does the Cal Bears podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com