Vols Pour It On Early As Cal’s Offense and Defense Flounder in Tough Tennessee Attack
BY Stephen Chen
This was supposed to be the game where the No. 9 Cal football team showed off its revamped offense and experienced defense. This was supposed to be the game that would earn the Bears some respect on the East coast and kick off their run to a historic season.
Instead, the matchup with No. 23 Tennessee that the nation had been buzzing about since spring practice started took just over one half to be decided. Six minutes into the third quarter, Cal (0-1) found itself trailing 35-0. The Bears would eventually lose Saturday's showdown-turned-letdown, 35-18, as the Volunteers (1-0) exposed weaknesses in all facets of Cal's game. "We just weren't very sharp. We didn't catch the ball very well, we didn't tackle very well, which is unusual for us," Bears coach Jeff Tedford said. "Give (Tennessee) a lot of credit. They have big, strong guys. They outplayed us today, without a doubt." The loud capacity crowd of 106,009 fans at Neyland Stadium seemingly had more to cheer about in this contest than it did all of last year, when Tennessee uncharacteristically struggled to a 5-6 season and missed a bowl game for the first time in 16 years.
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