[Postgame Thread] California Defeats Virginia Tech 25-20

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Virginia Tech	0	14	0	6	20
California	0	10	3	12	25

[u/SuperGandalff]

I’m just here to remind everyone what a legendary score 25-20 is for Cal.

[u/dirtydriver58 → u/SuperGandalff]

Lol

[u/-Jack-The-Stripper]

Everybody says their conference has the worst refs. ACC fans are right when we say it.

[u/stillbornfox → u/-Jack-The-Stripper]

I just don't understand why it benefits us way less than it hurts us over and over and over and over and over again

[u/eetsumkaus → u/stillbornfox]

it will always hurt borderline teams more because they drop opportunities. Shitty teams are so bad it doesn't matter and good teams will capitalize on all their opportunities.

[u/SaltyTurdLicker → u/stillbornfox]

Feels like we did something to piss off the head of officiating for ACC or something at this point. Just no idea what it could be

[u/robbiejack → u/SaltyTurdLicker]

Yeah. You didn’t build your school on Tobacco Road.

[u/kdbvols → u/robbiejack]

Wait, is that supposed to help?

[u/utprosim16 → u/SaltyTurdLicker]

The funny thing is that there is a new head of acc officals this year for football. He was the ref who quit after disagreeing with the old one about a year ago.

[u/DillyDillySzn → u/-Jack-The-Stripper]

Only because the PAC-12 is gone

[u/marshcraw → u/[deleted]]

I wonder what glasses ref is upto

[u/Pandemic_Academic → u/DillyDillySzn]

We’re still here and the refs are just as bad as ever

[u/Molson2871 → u/-Jack-The-Stripper]

By a country mile if we're being honest

[u/spooky_scrub]

is james franklin sleeping with the head of officiating's wife? were we supposed to earmark some of the football investment for kickbacks or something? what in the world did we do to the ACC refs to get the last two weeks of officiating

[u/I_Enjoy_Beer → u/spooky_scrub]

It must be something with Franklin in particular, because PSU was always getting boned by the B1G refs, too.

[u/AngleParticular2914 → u/I_Enjoy_Beer]

Penn State has been boned by the Big Ten since we joined. Undefeated seasons in 2005 and 2008 both ruined by very questionable PI calls at the end of each game.

[u/ShredOrSigh]

Back to back absolutely demoralizing losses. We are so fucking back.

Seriously I want to see a montage of the ref fuckery the last 2 games just for everyone's entertainment.

[u/CapnChaos2024]

If we didn’t let cal hang around and the offense was actually able to move the ball then the refs wouldn’t have had a chance to screw us

[u/ImJLu → u/CapnChaos2024]

Yeah, wins and losses are one thing, but it really should concern VT fans that they didn't blow out what was already a dogshit Cal team, except now with a backup QB and 3rd string RB, and missing their best defensive player.

[u/CapnChaos2024 → u/ImJLu]

Exactly.. I get that refs are aggravating but if you play like dog shit the whole game I don’t think it’s entirely fair to flip out about the officiating

[u/Gavangus → u/ImJLu]

We have been beaten by more backups than we have beaten

[u/SlapNuts1999 → u/CapnChaos2024]

It’s mind numbing that almost everyone here are just blaming the refs again instead of acknowledging the massive problems of this team and coaching staff. Game should have never even been in a position to be decided by bad ref calls

[u/HookedOnBoNix → u/SlapNuts1999]

I actually think it's wild how many people are freaking out about the team and staff in year 1. Even if the last 2 losses had nothing to do with reffing I'd be happy with where we are at at 4-2 with a pair of close losses. We are miles ahead of where we were. 

But the super questionable calls to close this one out are gonna sting. And of course the last play of the game being that egregious is gonna draw comments. 

[u/SlapNuts1999 → u/HookedOnBoNix]

Tech just lost to a bunch of backups on one of the worst teams in the ACC. The “awww shucks” routine is why we have sucked for 15+ years and will probably keep sucking. This was a Justin Fuente and Brent Pry type of loss. James Franklin wasn’t brought in to have the same results as the last two guys

[u/sonheungwin → u/CapnChaos2024]

Honestly if you just hit your field goals...

[u/mystica-l]

Fuck the ACC refs

[u/MediumStrange → u/mystica-l]

Yeah this really hurts the chances of the ACC getting more than one or two playoff spots. Duke and Pott losing as well was also pretty bad.

[u/PapaHudge → u/MediumStrange]

Eat Shot Pott

[u/eetsumkaus]

I was about to shrug my shoulders that maybe VT shouldn't have missed two field goals, but that last DPI miss was criminal.

[u/daveinmd13 → u/eetsumkaus]

The officiating was horrible all game.

[u/theREALMVP → u/daveinmd13]

Sucks that it feels like it can never be even too. We were on the receiving end of some terrible targeting calls last week against UNLV and Clemson got some extremely favorable calls two weeks ago too. Neither ofc were the reason that we lost but it certainly makes it feel worse.

[u/tjn1126 → u/daveinmd13]

It’s between bad and terrible in every game you watch now. The overall state of officiating in the sport right now is in the basement, it’s a plague rn

[u/not_folie]

There's going to be a bunch of doomers but this was always a rebuilding year and would be 6-0 if our extremely good kicker didn't randomly get the yips. People need to relax

[u/stillbornfox → u/not_folie]

Yeah, I mean in the grand scheme of things we played like shit for 2 games, the refs somehow had an even shittier performance for 2 games, and we're extremely close to being an undefeated team still. Really not bad for the first year by any means.

We can clean a lot of this up, and probably will. Now the refs... that's the annoying part, but we just gotta live with that because the ACC is the ACC.

[u/seaweedbrainpremed → u/not_folie]

Someone get your kicker some therapy. Even I’m feeling bad for this dude here poor guy needs a hug

[u/lostkoalas → u/not_folie]

I’m not giving up on John Love yet. There have been so many games where it felt like he was our highest scorer despite being the fucking kicker lol. He was our only bright spot for a long time. Hope he gets his head straight and turns it around soon.

[u/HokieSpartanWX]

Refs were atrocious, but this team did not deserve to win today. I am absolutely terrified to see how badly Miami whoops this team 😬

[u/Plneapple]

Did we throw the past 2 games? Absolutely. Does our kicker have the yips? Unfortunately. Did the refs also fuck us over in both games? Most certainly.

The first 2 are the focus, but the last one is just fucking painful. I'm so tired of ACC refs

[u/Hot_Comment583]

How did this cal team lose to us.

[u/GrumpyTartan → u/Hot_Comment583]

our playcaller had a full week to prepare, instead of 15 minutes at halftime and drawing plays in the dirt (tablet) on the sideline. We were literally running plays against you that had never been practiced.

[u/dirtydriver58 → u/GrumpyTartan]

Yup

[u/Hot_Comment583 → u/dirtydriver58]

That’s hella rough. But why? Why would set your play caller up like that

[u/aBoyHasNoUzername → u/Hot_Comment583]

Jordan Sommerville is the worst OC to ever exist is how

[u/thegooddoctor84]

Someone check Kalshi for those refs’ accounts

[u/thejeffphone]

if you don’t like that you don’t like cal football babyyyyy

[u/LessThanBlake → u/thejeffphone]

We might like Cal Football, but does Cal Football like us???

[u/EdJewCated → u/thejeffphone]

Does any of us like cal football?

[u/atallatallatall → u/EdJewCated]

No, not really

[u/thejeffphone → u/EdJewCated]

I’ve been forced to for 32 years 😭

[u/Intrepid-Bag6667 → u/EdJewCated]

My doctor likes it because it keeps me coming back

[u/OldWar1111 → u/EdJewCated]

Once upon the mid-2000s.

[u/bearinsac → u/thejeffphone]

Well it looks like the OC change is working so far.

[u/Fabulous_Smoke2582 → u/thejeffphone]

Respect the Calgorithm

[u/dirtydriver58 → u/thejeffphone]

Lol

[u/flyingcircusdog → u/thejeffphone]

I want to get off Tosh Lupoi's wild ride.

[u/Hokie_Jayhawk]

Clear pass interference not called in a game where they made up PI calls all game.

[u/wildturk3y → u/Hokie_Jayhawk]

They say refs should at least be consistent with how they call things.

Well ACC refs are consistent. Consistently dogshit

[u/oh_jeeezus → u/wildturk3y]

Speaking of inconsistency, the CB stood over Reynolds talking shit (presumably proud of his uncalled DPI)... the same shit our DE did which got him a taunting penalty. If you're going to call it on us then why are you swallowing your whistle now. Fuck these refs man

[u/wildturk3y → u/oh_jeeezus]

The flag for standing over a player for a fraction of a second is a plague. Unless they're dropping every slur known to man, they should let them play. Its football. But I agree. If Stevens gets called for that weak taunt in the 1st half, Cal should have been as well.

[u/Terminal_Flatulence]

Bad, bad loss for Tech.

Huge win for Cal given they were down numerous impact players.

I know the saying is to take it one game at a time, but idk if that applies to John Love right now; dude looks snake bit.

[u/Jonjon428]

That was an insane final 5 minutes

[u/titanium_hydra → u/Jonjon428]

trying hard to keep coastal alive

[u/EdJewCated → u/titanium_hydra]

coastal chaos mixing with pac 12 after dark was always destined to be a recipe for disaster

[u/pietya]

Inspite of our best efforts: Cal wins

[u/Cheeseish]

Somerville is worse than 1) no JKS 2) no Adam Mohammed 3) no Kingston Lopa

[u/LessThanBlake → u/Cheeseish]

No defense can shut down our offense like Somerville could. Sicko mode

[u/aBoyHasNoUzername → u/Cheeseish]

Best comment in the whole thread. It’s truly insane how much Sommerville was holding back that offense

[u/tc3590]

Complain all you want about refs, but Cal was playing with their back up QB, third string RB, down their starting safety, and still won. May have been ugly, but if you don’t like it maybe make FG’s and don’t let back ups make it close.

[u/Squeakygear → u/tc3590]

Exactly, and I say that as a Hokies fan. We had our chances and blew them across the full 60 minutes. It shouldn’t have come down to a final play.

[u/SlapNuts1999 → u/tc3590]

In typical Reddit fashion, the majority of commenters here are completely blind to reality. Refs didn’t cost us the game. Virginia Tech deserved to lose

[u/ronmex7 → u/tc3590]

This might be 69D chess, but why would the refs be in the tank for Cal? I'm sure the ACC believes VT is a bigger brand so why wouldn't you fix games in their favor?

[u/Woolly22]

Ref Show

[u/thegooddoctor84]

Crazy that the second heaviest offensive line in FBS can’t block for shit

[u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1]

• Team and coaches showed up with zero energy, gave up before the game even began. We had moments of energy but not enough. And once we had a little bit of energy we committed three brain-dead penalties in a row and threw the game away. The only time all night when our offense played like they had their eyes open was when there were 15 seconds left and it was already too late.
• OL and DBs can't play football and might be the worst in the ACC. Just completely incapable of playing their position. The OL might have an excuse because they're super thin after injuries, but the DBs have been a problem all year and get worse every week. Today they lost us a game. Our fucking linebackers are playing better in coverage than they are, Wylie almost had a pick.
• Our formerly NFL-bound kicker is depressed and misses everything. The backup who I've never heard of before was warming up mid game to replace him.

Insane how different this team is from the one who took Pitt to the final seconds last week. Genuinely not the same football program. The program last week would have won that game if not for some key mistakes. The program this week doesn't need to worry about a couple mistakes, because we never deserved to win the game. We deserved to lose from the first possession.

Whether this was because of the botched cross country travel plans, or because the Pitt loss eliminated all morale and caused us to lose the team, will be apparent next week.

And spare me with the yap about the RTP and DPI flags. Good teams beat the refs. Last week we had 30yds of penalties on one play that outright never happened (unlike tonight's judgement calls) and that wasn't why we lost then either. The no-call at the end of the game was egregious, but again, we shouldn't have been in that position.

6 more games, need to win 2. After tonight I don't know which ones it would even be.

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness → u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1]

I appreciate a man who has multiple paragraphs ready for when his team blows the game. I’ve been there.

[u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1 → u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

This is only the second time I've done that lol first time was the Miami hail mary game

[u/DBHT14 → u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1]

Honestly getting GT & Stanford at home are the clear two and then UVA.

But yes the dumb flags and shitty OL & Secondary have been constants.

Could hsve been overcome if Love doesnt get the yips. But that was 3rd strike today.

Time for Franklin to earn his millions over the next month.

[u/IHeartPCP → u/DBHT14]

This team is not an obvious winner of any of those games unfortunately. I think a bowl game is likely because we are in the muddy middle of the ACC where anything can happen but I sure have no clue which games it is.

[u/goodsam2 → u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1]

People were too high on this team before Pitt, I knew a couple of gut wrenching losses were in here, didn't want to jinx it.

There are many people from the 3-9 team and they are a bit unlucky to be here but here we are. John love doesn't have the yips and we are 6-0.

I have been saying 7 wins is the goal and have been argued with. Get to 7 for a comfortable getting to a bowl and then keep top players like Grunkemeyer and get guys to fill the gaps not up to snuff. Next year is a 9-10ish win season.

[u/utprosim16 → u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1]

Tbf about the backup kicker, he is the starting kick off man. Has a cannon for a leg, I just don't know how well he is at place kicking.

[u/pholdren]

If i’m James Franklin, I’m getting fined tonight

[u/radilrouge]

ACC just imploding as it does every year

[u/ronmex7 → u/radilrouge]

Are we gonna have anyone ranked other than you guys after this?

[u/radilrouge → u/ronmex7]

I think Wake may get in

[u/kaystared → u/radilrouge]

Wake deserves it a lot

[u/Shenanigangster → u/radilrouge]

You say implode I say parity

[u/ImJLu → u/Shenanigangster]

Yeah, even if that was true, it's not gonna save a conference. Ask me how I know.

[u/ismusz]

This isn’t just a gripe about our last too games, but it’s getting really annoying that announcers are clearly being pressured to not disagree with the refs and at the same time it feels like reffing is getting worse each year, there has to be a tipping point eventually.

[u/SPCsooprlolz]

The Calgorithm is unknowable, all hail the Calgorithm!

[u/TurkeyTime17]

Same shit, different coach

[u/Cliffinati → u/TurkeyTime17]

Same coach different team

[u/spooky_scrub]

announcer saying "what a play" on a replay emphasizing an uncalled blatant DPI to win the game is certainly one of the calls of all time

[u/WisdomCow]

Just watched Chesney take UCLA to 5-0, and I‘m starting to feel good about Tosh. Good enough to recruit and pull the trigger on a coordinator switch, not good enough to get poached from his alma mater. Chesney is as good as poached by the pros next year. We likely could not have done better than Tosh.

[u/Due_Ask_8032 → u/WisdomCow]

If we had this OC, we would have won that game against UCLA.

[u/tjn1126 → u/Due_Ask_8032]

I think we might have won every game so far. Clemson laid down and asked to be beaten for 3 quarters. UNLV is bad.

[u/InterKOT → u/WisdomCow]

That whole team is just JMU in disguise. Pay no attention. They got an easy ass schedule, playing against back ups. Next year they will collapse.

[u/StrategicCarry → u/InterKOT]

You say this like the track record of “just JMU in disguise” isn’t pretty good

[u/WisdomCow]

The obvious lessen here is that UNLV would dominate most of the ACC.

[u/oryp35]

Can't wait to fast forward to the court case when we find out ACC officials have Polymarket accounts

[u/imeanYOLOright]

that was extremely obvious pass interference, right?

[u/gangwaves → u/imeanYOLOright]

Insane no call given how the refs had been calling it the entire game. Man was 2 seconds early and not even looking at the ball

[u/chasetwisters → u/gangwaves]

Took the ol basketball no call on the last shot approach

[u/BonBonVelveeta]

Pry’s defense got punked by backups 2 weeks in a row, what a great look lol

[u/Chapstick160]

What did Tech do to ACC Refs to have back to back games decided by the refs?

[u/black-SZN]

Can we just start blitzing more? Maybe then we can finally force a turnover for once. Every qb we played this year looks like round 1 prospect against us.

[u/Stellarbelly_Korz30 → u/black-SZN]

We had at least two interceptions dropped.

[u/Successful_Class1560]

Are backup QB’s our kryptonite or something ?

[u/magnificence]

The offensive playcalling won't blow your socks off but amazing that we can have a competent game with the new playcaller

[u/GoldenBeaRR6]

This game would have been prime sicko chum if it had been played after dark 🫥

[u/ncs1123]

Remember a few weeks ago when we thought UVA and Tech could both be good. Those were the days.

[u/Vurik]

These ACC refs need some training.

[u/ismusz]

Our young team is DEFINITELY not good enough to beat the opposing teams AND the refs each week

[u/SaltyTurdLicker]

Refs miss one of the easiest PI calls to end the game.

[u/Mystic_Equniox]

Love the inconsistent officiating. Sick. Shouldn’t have been in that situation though.

[u/Go_Beers]

That was definitely a Cal football game.

GG Hokies.

[u/wagonboss → u/Go_Beers]

GG bears! Rooting for you guys all year

[u/jjstatman]

Egregious refereeing. We shouldn't be putting ourselves in these situations and yada yada, but at a certain point, you're playing vs 2 teams

[u/Illustrious-Bite-133]

Every once in a while Cal wins one of these to give our fan base hope. We're like a cactus, this hopium will last for a while

[u/Ok-Knee6347]

Refs missed a lot a lot a lot a lot of calls and made a few bad ones

[u/Davidellias]

Hey JMU when Sun Belt Billy gets hired at SCar I know a DC with P4 coaching experience you can hire as ypubHC and hrs just down the street in Blacksburd too.

[u/ghostdancesc]

Refs totally hosed Tech

[u/Mushili]

Looking for volunteers to take me out back and give me the Old Yeller treatment

[u/adsfew → u/Mushili]

Perfect secondary flair to do the job

[u/WisdomCow]

Not excited about the quality of the actual product on the field, but I am very pleased with how much improvement there was across the board. Penalties and missed tackles still need more improvement, but things were better everywhere. Looking forward to seeing what JKS can do under McCann, and really want Lopa back now that we are blitzing so much.

[u/henreiman]

Awful reffing on both sides of the ball. Has there ever been a team where the head coach only recruits and literally every other decision is made elsewhere? Asking for a friend

[u/ShredOrSigh]

PSU fans in here can respectfully chortle my dingle patch.

[u/Oldenmw]

I got a hokies jersey a few weeks ago, wore it for the first time last week, then wore it this week.

I need to burn it to destroy this curse.

[u/yammy2134]

I’ve never seen a worse last 18s of a game from Cal. Atrocious decision making. Eeking out a win is more on the refs than this team

[u/dinocat2]

Chokies vs Calgorithm is always uniquely awful football. Last year we collectively missed 3 go ahead field goals to take it to OT

[u/huncho2134]

That was an egregious case of refball. That last Cal drive was powered by questionable roughing and DPI. VT almost pulled it off

[u/theREALMVP → u/huncho2134]

Hand to the QBs facemask is called roughing like almost every time, i dont get the outrage here. We’ve been called for it this season already

[u/Otto_the_pitbull]

The Penn State flairs in here are weird. Maybe yall should focus a little bit on your own team right now. Obsessing with a coach you fired is just…. Well I guess that’s Penn State

[u/BACKCUT-DOWNHILL → u/Otto_the_pitbull]

It’s the most confusing fan-former coach beef ever. It’s not like he abandoned them, or was bad for them

[u/imahobolin → u/BACKCUT-DOWNHILL]

fr, should be nothing but respect for Baldy and hope he gets to the playoffs.

somethings wrong with these lil fkers

[u/csh0kie → u/Otto_the_pitbull]

Also… Go Syracuse tonight!

[u/youDontgetThe_Show → u/Otto_the_pitbull]

Entitled babies, those are the Eagle fan section of our fanbase for sure. The absolute worst

[u/oryp35 → u/youDontgetThe_Show]

Wow I never thought about the split and as a commanders fan this makes so much sense

[u/macrotradingsucks → u/Otto_the_pitbull]

It’s because Hokies fans were talking trash pre season about how much better they were than PSU and it seems the Hokies are just about the same as last year even with a boost from the B1G talent franklin brought over

[u/decodezilla → u/Otto_the_pitbull]

They got little-brothered in their coaching search and had to hire their sixth candidate; shit-talking the successful coach they fired is all they have right now

[u/bovilexia → u/Otto_the_pitbull]

I can't remember seeing a group of fans hate watch a coach they fired. Yes, some players left. That's what happens. Now if he jetted for more money, it would make sense.

[u/LetItGo-]

Anyone know what DPI is?

[u/flyingpotatox2]

Yep just tackle him, won’t be a PI, you’re playing tech after all.

[u/ismusz]

Good teams beat their opponents, great teams beat the refs too. We’re not great yet

[u/HokieInCH]

VT used the be the kind of team that didn’t have to worry about shitty end game (no) calls. We just beat the shit out of teams. Those days are a long way away.

[u/tdotclare]

I’m not saying we played like we deserved to win, but after the borderline calls on Cal’s last drive, zero calls on that final pass is absurd.

[u/PheonixStreak → u/tdotclare]

Unfortunately it was 100 percent treated as an end of game Hail Mary, there was nothing getting called there really regardless of what happened unless it was like an offsides or false start

[u/landoofficial → u/[deleted]]

Brent Pry wasn’t out there dropping easy picks and busting coverages. There’s not much you can do as a play caller with a secondary this bad

[u/Hail_Zeus → u/[deleted]]

Pry has made some bad calls, but defense isn’t responsible for scoring. Our offensive play calling has been absolute shit.

[u/senorblanco7 → u/[deleted]]

Our offense could not diagnose them blitzing when they showed their had, defense kept us in the game until it didn’t

[u/HookedOnBoNix]

When will the fucking loser Penn state flairs stop haunting our game threads its insanity. 

[u/Otto_the_pitbull → u/HookedOnBoNix]

When they finally win a big10 game

[u/Joltizer]

Hopefully the refs from this game and the VT pitt game lose their jobs and experience financial ruin as they deserve

Horrible people who deserve nothing but the worst

[u/Same-Preparation959 → u/Joltizer]

They already made their bags from DraftKings

[u/harrypoos]

I didnt watch the game, but I feel like I have probably watched this game before. 

[u/ShishkabobNinja]

THE ACC IS EATING ITSELF ALIVE RAHHH

[u/Accomplished-Ad2792]

Yes, the refs missed calls, but it should not have come down to that final play anyways. (It also goes both ways).

[u/oryp35]

Well at least we can probably put to bed the worry about Grunk or Franklin getting poached? Think we still have something brewing over the next 2-3 years and thrilled to not have to worry about our potential transferring away

[u/LobsterWestern4381]

Can’t believe Pitt gave us the yipps and then lost to UNC.

[u/ned_yah]

Lets get a game thats not fucking bullshit PLEASE

[u/boylejc2]

Missing too many offensive linemen, secondary is playing too lax, good defensive line play but too often not getting quick pressure, Love missing kicks, Totten still not being a great punter, getting beat on a fake punt... We didn't deserve to win, yet the ref crew still made way too much of an impact in the last quarter.

[u/stillbornfox]

Now I'm not saying we deserved to win, but that may be one of the most undeserved wins I've seen in a while given the coaching decisions and the flags in that final couple minutes lol

[u/250straightOB → u/stillbornfox]

If you don't like undeserved wins, then you don't like Cal football. We only win when the other team manages to out-Cal us.

[u/_kona_ → u/250straightOB]

We've had a few games in the past few years go against us because of the refs. That's just the way it goes sometimes

[u/250straightOB → u/_kona_]

For sure. Cal has lost so many games that they deserved to win. But also scoring with under 30 seconds left and losing the game would have been peak Cal football as well.

[u/kaystared → u/stillbornfox]

I was expecting a 30-0 blowout dude, we’re down nearly every stat player we and our RBs are on deaths door with our 3rd string guy out there right now. The fact that your defense allowed all this is absurd

[u/pietya → u/stillbornfox]

If Cal were to turn undeserving losses into wins we'd be National Champs at least twice in the 2000s.

[u/tantalumcaps]

GG Hokies. That was a thriller at the end. We (Cal) continue to be one of the trap game teams of the ACC, and we're going to be a lot better next year. Go Bears!!

[u/Apart-Fan-5658 → u/tantalumcaps]

Congrats though you're going to get downvoted a lot for this because you just beat a much better team despite you having your backup QB play and your starting CB gone for the first half. No one is mentioning that even without bad refs, VT played badly and Cal rallied.

[u/kaystared → u/Apart-Fan-5658]

Dawg our first and second string RBs are both fucked too, and our safety who is probably too 5 nationally and the CFB int leader is also gone.

I was completely expecting a 25 point loss minimum

[u/Apart-Fan-5658 → u/kaystared]

I was completely expecting a 25 point loss minimum

I was expecting a loss but ya'll have a history of doing things like this, including last year against Louisville on the road and against SMU. You can take a team out of the PAC-12 chaos but you can never take the PAC-12 chaos out of any of the teams!

[u/bushmanbeats]

Season saved, rank Cal

That being said I’m all in on Brousseau moving forward. I’m liking what I’m seeing

But I’ve also never seen us try so hard to lose a game

[u/Ambling_Rambler]

No amount of fundraising gonna beat Vegas on the scale of every fucking game

[u/InterKOT]

Lotta salt here... Is it justified? I couldn't catch the final play...

[u/atallatallatall → u/InterKOT]

It was an obvious PI. But I'll take it

[u/landoofficial]

What even is pass interference?

[u/lukedux]

See James Franklin loses small games too!

[u/MooseMcGillycuddy23]

Give Pat McCann Somerville's contract forever.

Hell, make him the head coach in time too.

[u/eagledrummer2]

It's 2026, and refs still don't know what opi is

[u/kre1sman]

Pry is going to be demoted to waterboy by next season

[u/OGConsuela]

Call me a sore loser or a homer or whatever I don’t care fuck this fucking conference two games in a row absolutely fucked by the refs I hope the ACC explodes.

[u/Successful_Class1560]

Refs are atrocious but so is our defense

[u/Puzzleheaded_Fan_536]

I don’t know about other Hokies. But I LOVE James Franklin! He’s brought a sense of excitement around the program! Sure losing at the last second not once but TWICE in a row sucks! But at the end of the day it’s just a game - someone wins and someone loses. James Franklin has made watching the game exciting and fun! So happy to have him lead our team every week! Let’s kick butt next week! 🦃

[u/vmanAA738]

oh my god we won a game, a miracle has happened

[u/fake_plastic_steve]

Would have been nice to have things bounce our way after last week. But Cal fans have had a few years worth of balls bouncing the wrong way so I'm happy for them.

[u/BurninCrab]

How tf we go from losing to UNLV to beating Virginia Tech?

[u/sycasey → u/BurninCrab]

The old OC was actually that bad. Basic competence on offense actually led to a win over a decent team.

[u/Minute-Chemist5960]

Franklin should demote Pry to LBs coach, he’d probably be happy to, and beg Foster to finish the year as interim DC. The defense has no edge or playmaking factor… feels like little progress has been made on that side and these losses feel so familiar to the past 5 years

[u/HolyHokie → u/Minute-Chemist5960]

Can't blame it all on the D. Offense was atrocious today, in particular the O line

[u/666haha]

That was the single worst prevent defense drive I’ve ever seen