Washington Huskies

Coming off an unexpected series sweep against UCLA, Cal looks to continue its winning streak as the Bears welcome Washington State for the last home conference series.

Cal football is coming off a disappointing defeat in the biggest way. How the Bears rebound from one of their toughest days yet may very well define their season.

It’s the worst Cal performance in recent history and something needs to change.

A trip to Indiana, 12 interviews and four hours of sleep later, Sports Editor Ryan Chien and football beat reporter Kabir Rao are here to break it all down.

It’s been a difficult stretch for Cal, but this week — which saw two demoralizing losses and confirmation of a season-ending injury to the team’s star player — might have been the roughest yet.

Cal’s loss to Stanford raised some existential questions about the state of the program that are not easily answered, but with home matchups against the Washington schools, the Bears will at least be presented with a short-term opportunity to snap their losing streak.

Conference rivals such as UCLA, USC, Stanford and Oregon talk a big game like Cal does — but unlike the Bears, those teams boast the play to back it up.

A campus that is desperately looking to brand itself as a football school simply cannot lose winnable games.

After clearing unprecedented hurdles over the course of the season, the Bears managed to impress at their national races in the final weekend of the season.

Cal heads to Seattle for a series at No. 6 Washington, eager to return to action after its last series was canceled due to COVID-19 complications.