The Bears defense gives up 17 points in a 32 point victory and you call for Gregory to be fired.

The Bears offense gets not one, but TWO 4th quarter drives to set up go-ahead field goals, and you call for Ludwig to be fired.

I can’t even imagine what you’ll be like after a loss.

The Bears could have easily, easily scored more than 23 points against a lousy Arizona State team. Are you going to try to tell me that the Wildcat formation was effective? How about the fact that most of the game Riley was out of the shotgun.

Hello there’s also another running back named Shane Vereen that the Bears could have used? How many touches did Vereen have today? Four or five?

Ludwig is pathetic! Gregory is pathetic!

How come the only pressure that was on O’Sullivan was the last play of the game? How about Marcus Ezeff he is a senior and he’s totally regressed!

There’s is absolutely no excuse for the way the Bears played today, it was almost as if the Bears were back in Holmoe era!

Tedford needs to get rid Gregory and he needs to get rid of Ludwig, end of story. The Bears defense is filled with pansies! Get after the fucken quarterback!

There’s a reason why the Bears got anihilated by the Trojans and the Ducks? Want to know why the Bears will never get too that level? It’s because the Bears have a fucken pansy as a defensive coordinator who would rather let a quarterback have all day to throw and pick apart the weak ass zone the Bears play!

Ludwig, what has Ludwig done as offensive coordinator this year? Absolutely nothing! The offense has been garbage and the sad part is Ludwig has no clue how to use the weapons that Cal has on offense.

So, yes both Ludwig and Gregory need to be show the door!

The Bears wide receivers are not utilized correctly. In eight games this year Jones averages 2.75 catches so round up to three catches a game! That’s on the coordinator. Verran Tucker the second best receiver on the team averages 2 catches per game.

So, between the two receivers there are five completions per game to the wide receivers. Although, Ross has overtaken Tucker as the second best receiver on the team but Ross averages the same amount of catches

Basically it means that the three leading receivers combine for seven catches a game. That’s unacceptable also no receiver averages near 50 yards per game either.

Anthony Miller the tight end averages two catches per game as well. Again, the three receivers and the tight end average for nine receptions a game.

Riley averages 16 completions per game. So, that means there are seven passes that Riley throws to are the running backs.

Now let’s compare to other Pac-10 teams:

Oregon State’s best receiver seven catches per game
Oregon’s best receiver gets four catches per game
Arizona’s best receiver gets five catches per game
Arizona State’s best receiver gets five catches per game
Stanford’s best receiver gets six catches per game
UCLA’s best receiver gets four passes per game
USC’s best receiver gets five passes per game
Washington’s best receiver gets four passes per game
Washington State’s best receiver gets four passes per game

Isn’t it interesting that every single school in the Pac-10 has a receiver that averages over more than four catches per game, while Cal doesn’t. That’s telling you something about the system that is employed.

I understand that Cal is a running offense, but even Oregon gets a receiver to at least be a threat and four catches per game isn’t really a lot of catches to begin with either.

All these stats are before today’s action.

If you look at where Riley ranks in terms of Pac-10 quarterbacks and yards per game he’s ranked number six, he’s ranked number six in attempts, six in completions, tied for second with 11 touchdown passes, and the only thing that is even remotely positive is the fact that Riley doesn’t throw interceptions he’s only thrown two on the season.

In terms of receiving Marvin Jones comes in at number 16 in the conference in terms of yards ahead of Jones are two tight ends. What does that again say about the offensive system?

As for yards per game Jones is at number 20. Again there are two tight ends ahead of Jones in terms of yards per game as well.

The four touchdowns receiving is good enough for tying for second place in the Pac-10.
 
The Bears running game has been solid again Jahvid Best is in third in touchdowns, third in yards, third in yards per game, and third in yards per carry.

But, in order to be more consistent the Bears need to start utilizing their receivers more.

From the time the Bears scored their second touchdown of the game, the Bears had 26 plays that went for 97 yards. During that time the Bears punted, fumbled, missed a field goal (no coordinators fault there), punt, and field goal.

The second half didn’t really get much better either. The Bears had 36 plays that went for 156 yards. During the second half the Bears possessions went punt, field goal, punt, punt, another missed field goal, and field goal.

The only saving grace for the Bears during the game were their second and third possessions where the went 12 plays for 134 yards and the two touchdowns. Then the game winning drive which resulted in the field goal was for 11 plays and 74 yards.

This isn’t the only time things like this have happened to the Bears offense this year. We know what happened when the Bears played USC and Oregon, but I’m talking about Minnesota as well.

Against Minnesota the Bears shot out to a 14-0 lead. In fact in those two possessions to start out the game the Bears had 166 yards of offense in 12 plays. There was a punt and then another touchdown for the Bears which was a 10 play drive for 74 yards. So, in those three possesion the Bears had 22 plays for 240 yards.

But, from 2:34 left in the second quarter to four minutes into the fourth quarter the Bears did absolutely nothing on offense. The Bears only managed 15 plays for 10 yards.

Luckily for the Bears they were able to bounce back because they scored two more touchdowns going for 16 plays and 117 yards during that time.

On the next series the Bears drove down the field and on a third and five situation decided to throw the football. A holding call on the play would have made it third and 15 but the Sun Devils declined making fourth down.

So, Cal should have run on 3rd and 5? Running on 3rd and 5 is pretty conservative. Aren’t you advocating for more passing?

Jones is the closest thing for the Bears and at that point he only had one catch on the afternoon.

Again another issue I have with Ludwig’s game caling against the Sun Devils is how many times the Bears have had Riley carry the ball seven times. Riley also fumbled three times while losing two of those fumbles.

You have problems with the fact that Riley was running with the ball when he had fumbled so much. I understand your concern; however I think you also have to remember that not all of those situations were Riley was running were designed runs. Some of those plays were pass plays that Riley just didn’t see anyone open and ran.

You seem very upset at the fact that Riley was running and you blame Ludwig; however, perhaps your anger is misplaced. Perhaps you should be upset at the offensive line for not sustaining blocks longer, or the WRs for not running routes better (I’m not saying they weren’t, but this is always a possibility) and getting open. Had we had better execution by the players on the field, Riley might have not had to run, might not have fumbled, and you’d be happy … if that’s possible.

What’s mind boggling to me is the fact that Shane Vereen who would be starting for many teams in the country only touched the ball twice in the first half! Yes, you heard me twice in the first half.

Vereen could probably start for 90% of FBS teams. Best could probably start for 99% of FBS teams. Even though the two runningbacks have different running styles, it seems logical to have Best get the majority of the carries.

So, my problem has been with the Bears pretty much the whole season though is the lack of utilization of the Bears best players. Jones is rarely looked at,

Jones is clearly our best WR. And I too wish that he’d get more catches. But successful passes depend on many things: (1) good pass blocking; (2) the WR getting open; (3) a catchable pass. Perhaps Jones just isn’t getting for whatever reasons. That doesn’t necessarily mean that Riley isn’t looking at him.

Vereen needs more carries to go with using Best,

So you’re saying Vereen needs more carries? At the expense of Best getting carries? I’m going to assume that you just mean that Vereen needs to get more carries and not at the expense of Best. If so, that means Cal will pass the ball less, as since they will be handing off the ball to Vereen more. This might work. It will also make the Cal offense more “conservative” as since running plays, generally, get less yardage than passing plays. Is this what you want? Haven’t you been advocating for more aggressive offensive playcalling?

If the pass protection is so bad why not use a three step drop and a quick slant using Jones or Tucker?

The Bears have so many weapons offensively I didn’t even touch on the fact that Verran Tucker has some talent at the wide receiver position along with Nyan Boateng the Bears should have had a much better wide receiver core this year.

I think you’ve over-estimated the Bears’ offensive talent. Best will play in the NFL. Vereen has a solid chance at being a mid-round pick. But other than those two, that’s it. Boateng isn’t going to be playing in the NFL. Neither will Tucker. Neither will Ross. Marvin Jones may become a very solid WR over the next few years, but even he is no sure shot. So that’s perhaps two offensive players who have NFL futures. Now compare this to previous years’ offenses. The 2006 squad had, in order of talent: (1) Lynch; (2) Jackson; (3) Hawkins; (4) Stevens; (5) Forsett; (6) Jordan; (7) Morrah. The 2007 squad had the same crew, aside from Lynch. Now those are some offensive weapons. This year’s offense is nothing like the ’06 or ’07 offense. Those two years had some true weapons. This year, not as much.

Jones has great hands and seems to be a solid route runner just like Jackson. The problem is again is that the Bears don’t get Jones the ball. When Jackson was at Cal you’d know he’d get the ball at least eight times a game if not more.

Tucker I think is a wildcard he shows that he has the talent he just need to be more consistent and stop dropping passes. Don’t forget that Tucker made one of the top catches in college football last year against USC.

Can we ban this guy too?

I prescribe two doses of Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da. Chill out, we’re bowl eligible and we (most of us) don’t live in Ohio!

Ludwig, what has Ludwig done as offensive coordinator this year? Absolutely nothing! The offense has been garbage and the sad part is Ludwig has no clue how to use the weapons that Cal has on offense.

You realize that prior to today Cal had the number 1 scoring offense in the Pac-10.

Here are some other numbers to occupy yourself with: 14, 15, 9, 24, 24, 45, 27, 26. Those are points allowed by UCLA, Cal’s scoring total definitely stands out.

Here are Wazzou’s points allowed: 39, 38, 27, 27, 52, 27, 49, 40. Cal’s scoring total may not be tops, but it is still markedly better than average.

Looking at ASU: 3, 14, 20, 28, 14, 17, 33, 23 we still are above average in spite of two turnovers, two missed field goals, and several drive-killing dropped passes.

Basically, Cal’s offense is good, and your primary reason for criticizing Ludwig stems from his under-utilization of players. This player should have more touches, that player should have more touches, EVERY player should have more touches. I don’t think you realize not everyone can touch the ball on the same play. An extra touch for Tucker means another play Vereen or Jones doesn’t touch the ball.

I think the Bears will be very fortunate if they can win out. The good: they get ’zona and OSU at home. The bad: those games (as well as the ’furd game…heck even UDUB) are iffy.

ASU’s not a very good team. Cal should have put them away, as that’s what good teams do. What we’ve learned is that they’re not really a good team. Sure a win is a win, but this game had the makings of a blowout.

I look forward to Rocky’s in depth expose “THE CAL CATERER MUST BE CASTRATED TO ENSURE HE HAS NO FURTHER SPAWN THAT MIGHT ATTEMPT TO FEED SUCH DISASTROUS EGGS TO OUR TEAM!”

Or his next paean to delightful unreasonableness “TO ERR IS HUMAN, TO FORGIVE RUNNING BACKS COACH RON GOULD WOULD BE THE STUPIDEST FUCKING IDEA EVER. HE KNOWS WHAT HE DID! HE KNOWS WHAT HE DID!”

Also, PS Isnt ASU’s D like the greatest ever? 23 (and essentially 30) points against them, on the road, seems good to me.

where was Best when we had 2nd and goal? the wild cat woks with vereene but jahvid should of got a toos of right up the middle. he could of punched one in for sure. Go win Bears and were going Beaver huntting next week!!!

I think we should just run the Wishbone. That’ll catch these fuckers off guard!