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Tighten up the D, continue with the O demonstrated in this game, and we may win some games. I'm thinking 6-6 is probably the ceiling for the team this year.
Wilcox has gone 2-7, 4-5, 4-5 and 1-3 in the conference. I think the Pac 12 is better this year. Washington will be vastly improved from their first two games from what I saw in the second half of the Michigan game. Stanford just showed they will be improved. Can you imagine a Wilcox team doing that to USC on the road? And Oregon State looks like they have found an offense with a new quarterback and their usual stable of very good running backs. I don't see the five conference wins on their sch…
Simply, no. Holmoe was not a 'defensive guy'. He was a budding AD who got paid to learn head coaching on-the-job by Cal for 5 miserable seasons. Any surprise wins (Oklahoma was 5-6 that year btw) early in his tenure I attribute to the talent and assistants left behind by Mariucci. He was as qualified for that job as Wyking was for his (at least Holmoe was a stand-up guy). There is no equivalency in any way to Wilcox, who does know how to coach, and comparing conference records, 9-31, 16% win percentage, no big game wins vs. 10-17, 35%, 1-2 in big game (throwing out 2020, less than meaningless), there is still hope in 2021. There was none in 2000 nor 2001.