As much as this blogger (and Cal Alumni Life Member!) will put Stanford down when its necessary to do so, the need this time is to praise The Cardinal for kicking our collective butts (that's Cal) at home 48-14 for the 113th Big Game.
But there is one thing that must be noted: Stanford Coach Jim Harbaugh calling for a review of a Cal touchdown in the fourth quarter, and long after the game was decided, was classless. That was the talk all over Memorial Stadium in Berkeley.
OK, Cardinal fans (like Tiger Woods) may point to the taunting episode before the game as equally classless for Cal, and they would be correct. BUT. Man. Coach Harbaugh. Two wrongs don't make a right.
David Shaw Take A Bow
For the Cardinal the game ball should go to Offensive Coordinator David Shaw, who produced a game plan that included frequent use of an unbalanced line, where the right side had two offensive tackles. And when Stanford wasn't running from that exotic formation, their passing game approach was equally effective. Particularly Shaw's use of the corner, slant route combination out of slot formation.
In all, Stanford's schemes created the obviously wide-open receiver more often than not, and kept Cal off balance for most of the game.
More later.
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