Cal @ WF

[TexanMark]

Game on ACCN. Cal is going to be tough. I bet we are 2-4 pt dogs if we win on Saturday and 6-7 pt dogs if we lose on Saturday.

 

[djorange1989]

They will be, but so was Georgia Tech, NC State, Virginia Tech. I won’t mention Pitt and, ugh, Stanford. I think every conference game is tough this year, even the one that shouldn’t have been. UNLV was damn tough too

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

Good game actually despite the mistakes.

Cal will be tough. Wake road game late would have been tricky too but we don't play them annually anymore.

 

[TexanMark]

Good game actually despite the mistakes.

Cal will be tough. Wake road game late would have been tricky too but we don't play them annually anymore.

Much rather play at WF than Cal

 

[llandz]

And they can kick long field goals.

 

[TexanMark]

And they can kick long field goals.

That kick just rebounded in...lucky

 

[oldpinepoint]

Wake is awful

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

Much rather play at WF than Cal

Week 11 or 12 their travel will negate our trip imo.

Both look good watching this.

 

[BKCuse]

Cal has almost won 3 or maybe all 4 conference games before tonight. I expect us to beat them but won’t be easy

 

[ottodaorange]

I watched the game tonight and was very impressed with Fernando Mendoza, QB. He's a Soph. from Fl. that started as a Fr. last year. I looked him up and he is listed as 6'5" 225 lb. His stats. as a Fr. were 153/243 passing for 63%. So far this year he is 178/260 for 68.5 %.

This might be a crazy idea, but if we can beat Cal. on the road and Mendoza thinks of transferring, we might have a change of getting the QB we will need next year for two more years of superior quarterbacking. He can also run for significant yardage.

Meh, such is late night wishing.

 

[orangenauburn]

Cal has almost won 3 or maybe all 4 conference games before tonight. I expect us to beat them but won’t be easy

They lost four games by nine points total.

Could argue that they should be 7-1 / 8-0 before the WF game

 

[kcsu]

Cal looks and plays very similar to Syracuse. Many of the same offensive concepts. Very good team. They will be a very tough opponent.

 

[Cuse181]

Game on ACCN. Cal is going to be tough. I bet we are 2-4 pt dogs if we win on Saturday and 6-7 pt dogs if we lose on Saturday.

They lost to FSU…

 

[FrancoPizza]

This might be a crazy idea, but if we can beat Cal. on the road and Mendoza thinks of transferring, we might have a chance of getting the QB we will need next year for two more years of superior quarterbacking. He can also run for significant yardage.

Let’s get it done!

 

[upperdeck]

they lost all the gams because of kicking and then they make three 50+ fgs in one game to win.

Wake QB was loose with some throwing decisions which helped

 

[rocklloyd]

If Crabbe heats up, watch out. They could get right back in it

 

[OrangeinBoston]

They lost to FSU…

SU lost to Stanford.

 

[upperdeck]

Cal has traveled all over.. It would be nice if it wore on them at some point and they played a complete clunker ahead of the Stan. game

 

[Chip]

Good news is that we can’t be the trivia answer of this school was Stanford and Cal’s first ACC win.

H/t to upper deck for first mentioning that possibility.

 

[PhatOrange]

SU lost to Stanford.

At the time Stanford was at full strength. It was a decent team. They are a shell of their former selves as injuries piled up. We obviously played like crap that game too but either way it doesn’t define anything. Notre Dane lost to NIU at home.

 

[DomeHolmes]

I watched the game tonight and was very impressed with Fernando Mendoza, QB. He's a Soph. from Fl. that started as a Fr. last year. I looked him up and he is listed as 6'5" 225 lb. His stats. as a Fr. were 153/243 passing for 63%. So far this year he is 178/260 for 68.5 %.

This might be a crazy idea, but if we can beat Cal. on the road and Mendoza thinks of transferring, we might have a change of getting the QB we will need next year for two more years of superior quarterbacking. He can also run for significant yardage.

Meh, such is late night wishing.

He is good. Everybody we play except UConn has a “good“ QB. He wanted to go to Miami but no offer. If he transferred, they might want him too.

The transfer portal/ no sit out for a year rule insures that most teams will be able to get a “good” quarterback, who lost a QB battle, or was stuck behind a great QB elsewhere. A few years ago, teams like USC had 3 pro QBs on their roster. Even Cincinnati about 15 years ago had great success recruiting QBs, where they had 3rd and 4th string studs who couldn’t leave without sitting a year so they stayed

To your point, if today we had the opportunity to take Mendoza and be done looking for a QB for next year, I would lean toward taking him.