Yeah, Tedford likes Joseph Ayoob, a JuCo transfer, a lot. Some, including Tedford, say he isn't on quite the level Rodgers was on when Aaron came from Chico State, but still. Another awesome sign is that Tedford says the starting gig is up for grabs between Ayoob and a redshirt freshman, Nate Longshore. I'm really happy about that, because unless he jumps early, we'll have him for the next 4 seasons. *does happy dance* So if he is already at a starter-quality level, it's fun to imagine where he will be in the future.
Marshawn Lynch has been talked about in every article on Cal for the upcoming season, but people still seem to underestimate him, IMO. He refuses to go down on most plays, and I think he is capable of the same as Adrian Peterson, even though Lynch was ranked behind Peterson coming into college according to a lot of scouting services.
He is explosive...and #24...reminscent of Bobby J
. lol
But anyways, Cal's D is gonna be a huge point this year, after we lost 8 starters. McClesky is coming back though. I really see this as a lesser year than last year, but we were numero dos last year as far as overall defense goes, so a downgrade was pretty obvious.
Overall, I really do see a good posibility of Cal running the table this year. We've had USC's number all of the last three years, winning once and coming very close the other two (anyone watching the game last year knows we dominated the whole game).
I'm very excited about this coming season, and even more excited about the year after, when Leinart is gone (and possibly Bush along with him) and Lynch is even better.
ROLL ON YOU BEARS!