If the article title leads you to think we would be writing about Bryce Underwood, GOTCHA! The Odyssey is doing a “bait and switch.”
The Odyssey is eating LOTS of crow when the topic is the California Golden Bears. Last month, we targeted Cal as the biggest loser in the transfer portal carousel. True enough, but Cal is 3-0 behind the latest QB phenomenon from the Aloha State, Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele. JKS had committed to Oregon BUT Dante Moore seemed to have a lock on the job with years of eligibility remaining AND Fernando Mendoza left Berkeley for Indiana. As a result, JKS migrates to Bear Territory. Is Strawberry Canyon witnessing the next coming of Joe Roth, Steve Bartkowski and Aaron Rodgers? Maybe so.
Cal has already beaten Minnesota and Oregon State. Tomorrow night, the Odyssey will be in attendance at beautiful Snapdragon Stadium as the Golden Bears visit San Diego State. Cal is a 12 point favorite and will roll if SDSU remotely resembles the team that got embarrassed at the Palouse (No Aztec fan would ever believe that their coach, Sean Lewis, ran a fast-paced offense at Kent State. The SDSU offense has been both MIA and boring for 1+ years).
If Cal does triumph, they would be off to an improbable 4-0 start that could get some to start having wild dreams. Cal avoids Miami, Florida State, Georgia Tech and Clemson in ACC play. The imbalance in the strength of conference opponents can not be exaggerated when dealing with 16+ conference members.
The Odyssey loves dreaming big so our sentiment is “Go Cal!”