Rewatched the game... so you don't have to.

Though I'd encourage you to as well. My high level takeaways... if we can clean up fumbles/mental errors, and get PT to settle down and hit some intermediate throws, we're going to have a solid team. I'd like to see us come out and throw 70% of the time in the first half against Samford. Get a QB game reps throwing the ball. Cal was showing almost zero respect for the deep ball at points.

More detailed breakdown:
(1) What stalled the offense:
Penalties
Fumbles
Poor throws
Poor adjustments by WRs

(2) The OLine actually looked good. Passing - Cal wasn't getting quick pressure on the QB until the 4th quarter then two plays in a row they were almost untouched. Running lanes were good. Cal safeties were crashing the box. Teams are going to dare us to throw the ball going forward

(3) Payton Thorne was missing throws... missed multiple short/intermediate comeback routes... we never really took deep shots. Also making some bizarre reads... throwing a seam/post into safety help which is probably the worst option in the play? Looks off a wide open Hooks on a first down? His read progression seems poor

(4) Robby Ashford - he's going to have to throw a couple of passes at some point if we want to keep using him like this. Cal put 9 in the box against Ashford. That or just don't use this package

(5) Fairweather is a BEAST. Best in-air adjustments on the team