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There is a whole lot that separates Cal and USC football. But, as the adversaries will enter the gridiron for Saturday’s contest in Berkeley, a recent parallel reigns between the two: Uphill battles have taken downhill tumbles.

With several outstanding debts and struggling athletics revenues, Cal Athletics’ search for a new home will be the most important decision it makes in decades.

Once the “Conference of Champions,” the Pac-12 has lost at least three teams to realignment, marking a major shift in the landscape of college athletics.

The Pac-12 Champions will face Ohio State and Iowa as they get ready for the postseason. Cal will first travel to Ohio this Friday to face the Buckeyes.

The NCAA was right to cancel March Madness 2020 when it did. Why, then, with the country in a much worse position with regards to COVID-19, has college basketball resumed now?

Underdogs have pulled off upsets, the titans have stumbled and chaos is running rampant. In short, college football around the country is starting to look a lot like the Pac-12. Welcome to the party, America.

The Pac-12 CEO Group, in conjunction with school officials and coaches, will meet to discuss the return of football before the end of the calendar year. This comes after the Big Ten, the only other Power Five conference not currently playing, decided to return.

Despite major revenue losses for Intercollegiate Athletics, Cal's Athletic Director Jim Knowlton and Chancellor Carol Christ see no future in which any of the 30 sports cease to exist at UC Berkeley.