Friday, November 17, 2006

SF Chronicle: Pac-10 Showdown: Cal looks to regain its offensive balance

Cal offensive coordinator Mike Dunbar says people were spoiled by the Bears' five-game stretch of scoring 40-plus points a game. "As the season goes on and people study your film and find various ways to defend you, it gets harder and harder," he said. "I don't think you're ever going to put up 40 a game for a whole season."
There is, however, a reason why he had broken down the video of Arizona's five previous games before his players started showing up at Memorial Stadium on Nov. 6, the Monday before the Bears faced the Wildcats. Cal has averaged 12 fewer points the last four games and has seen its potent, down-the-field offense minimized to dinking and dunking. "We have to continue to work and adjust and find that balance again," Dunbar said. "They pay (the opponents' defensive coordinators) too. We're just not getting as many opportunities to stretch the field with the vertical game as we were early in the season."
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