Oregonian: Bowl Predictions

The Oregonian has an interesting article that touches on Cal’s bowl prospects.  Click here for the whole article.

Excerpts:

 

Presuming Oregon State is in the Rose Bowl and, say, the Fiesta Bowl picks USC to fill an open berth, the Ducks will be 6-3 in conference. If California (4-3, 6-4) closes the season with wins over Stanford and Washington, the Golden Bears also would be 6-3.

The Holiday Bowl then would have its choice of Oregon or Cal. If the Holiday picked Cal, the Ducks would fall a slot, and the Sun Bowl is next in the pecking order. But the Ducks played there last year, and the Sun could choose to exercise its no-repeat clause and grab, say, Arizona (6-4, 4-3). That would drop the Ducks to the Las Vegas Bowl.

If the Beavers lose their last two and Arizona finishes with a victory over Arizona State, OSU and Arizona would tie for third. Cal could be there too with two victories.

Under this scenario, look for the Sun Bowl to grab Arizona, the Las Vegas Bowl to pick OSU and Cal to wind up in the Emerald Bowl.

 

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California quarterbacks Kevin Riley and Nate Longshore have been sacked 19 times in the past five games. They were sacked five times in the first five games. ... Over the last four seasons, Cal is 4-8 in November games