Doug Parrish football organically. Great win today, Coach,
what's your overall assessment? Well, there's a lot of lessons
to learn from that game. The difference between bad football
and good football is this much. And in the first half, you know,
I think our we had good effort
but boy were execution was lacking. And we really were not in
any type of rhythm as a team. I'm really proud of the way
the guys persevered through that. It didn't feel great. I mean, we all noticed that
and even in the locker room. But, you know, once you get out there and you,
you know, trust your training and you whether it's playing leverage
or tackling or, you know, you're here offensively,
our eyes are in the right places, delivering the ball, blocking people,
then all sudden things are going your way. And we did a much better job. I mean, it's really a tale of two halves. You know, I think in the first half they had 52 or 55 plays that they ran
and we had 22. I mean, it's hard
I mean, to be ahead a point at half. We were fortunate
just how poorly we had played. And thanks a lot to Nohl's
kickoff return, but a lot of lessons to learn there. And we just have to be much better
next week. But I'm proud of the way
the guys played through that, Jim McGill Bear Insider, coach. Three interceptions
gave you guys some short fields. You got Nohl Williams kick return
so that that generated some points for you but less than 300 yards total offense. I know you guys wanted to push the ball
down the field and didn't look like
there were a lot of shots down the field. Was that more a matter of protection, enough time
to throw the ball or what was going on? Well, there's a multitude of things. We definitely want to get the ball down
the field more. Some we talked about late in the first half and you know,
we want to get the ball down the field. But the issue for us offensively
was I mean, the first half, I think it was five or six drives,
we had the ball three plays or less. So we never had any rhythm. We didn't anchor. The only time we created a first down
on a drive, we end up score that drive. And so, you know, one of the keys for us
is getting that first first down and the first half,
we didn't do it only one time. Second half it was much more often. But we do want to push the ball down
the field more. We feel like we have
some guys that can do that. And today we didn't do that well enough. So that'll be an area for us to improve. Yeah, Jake. Cal Sports Report
And that going for it on fourth down on that fourth and four in the third. Third quarter there. Hmm. What was your thinking on that? The one that we completed to Mikey? Yes. Yeah. At some point we felt like we,
you know, we were in the third quarter. The defense was playing pretty darn good. And we were I mean, it was
it felt like three and out, three and out. We were getting stops. We got turnovers and we we kind of needed something
to break the damn. That's how I felt. And, you know,
we have all this stuff like everybody, the analytics and all that,
and it's kind of right on it. It was, but I felt like we felt like we had a good play, good match up,
and we were able to complete it and get some momentum
because that that seemed to change. Was it one metric? Yeah, I mean, I don't we use that the analytics stuff
as a supplement. I don't live and die by it. There's times we'll, you know, agrees
and sometimes it disagrees and we just needed a play
and that was a key play. Steve Kroner from the San Francisco
Chronicle. One quick one just and then one longer. One quick one is how is Jaydn Ott we don't
have any information on Jaydn yet. I know he came off the field
and wasn't able to return. So we'll get some more info from
the doctors and trainers here shortly. The longer question is Fernando
got the start. Chandler did play a decent amount. Do you expect to have a similar rotation
going forward or do you think at some point
one guy will get the job? Yeah, I think we'll see. You know, Fernando
got more opportunities to throw it. I really wish we could have got some more
momentum going when Chandler was in there just to again get a first first down
so we can get the drive started because he can do some good things. But yeah, I think both those guys, I mean everybody,
we just got to get better as a football team
and we'll see where that all shakes out. Yeah, yeah. Jeff Faraudo Cal Sports Report
a little bit more on the quarterbacks. Justin, Did you actually see enough of
of Chandler to even have an opinion? And this is kind of still
the jury's still out on that position. I think we'll evaluate
everything on the tape and there's times when the quarterbacks can do better
and then there's times when, you know, I think we had one,
Chandler had one, I believe, as a second down
that we threw a glance and dropped the ball. And so the ultimate job of the quarterback
to move the team down the field
and put points on the board. We also try to take into consideration
the play of the other players and that's the needle
we always will try and thread. So is that fair? I don't know.
It is what it is. I don't know. There's
no other way than going out there playing. I wish we could have got some
more momentum with Chandler in the game. Fernando created some and he still had
some plays that he can he can do better. I like both of them and glad
they're on our team and the defense gave up 230 yards in the first half,
only 70 in the second half. What changed at halftime
for that resurgence? They they ran 50. I don't know what to tell you. They ran about 52 plays in the first half. We ran 22, so we were not staying on the field
on offense and on defense. We had some missed tackles
that led to conversions. We had lost leverage and man to man
that led to conversion. And then they had we had a guy
on a third down that led to conversions. And so those things add up and adapt
and especially when they get midfield, they're going to go for on fourth down. But you know, it wasn't like we come in
and throw in eight new defenses. It's like you do your job better. And the guys were eager. They're excited to play. We didn't play very well
in the first half, really in any phase. Ultimately, they, you know,
we gave up a touchdown, you know, the fumble, you know, the fumble
return for a touchdown wasn't great. The defense could have played better in the first half,
no doubt, in tackling in man coverage, but they did a much better job
in the second half. And it looked more like what
we would expect. Cody Henderson, the league winners
coach, is it safe to assume that Nohl Williams got the game ball today
He got one of them you got it. Nohl was awesome. I mean, the kick return was huge,
just as a momentum changer. And then on defense,
I thought he played real sticky. He wasn't perfect. He's got a couple of things
that showed up, but I really liked his competitiveness
and all. Both he and Marcus,
I thought had some real good moments. But I think I think if you ask them, they
they would expect to play better as well. So I'm really happy for Nohl
and I'm looking forward to watching him improve this week. Okay, Coach Maurice Philips from a sports
radio service dot com. A lot of guys play their first game
for Cal today who do we highlight. You guys did a great job
on the recruiting trail is this what you want to do? Well Teddye Buchanan had nine tackles that it was noticeable
Marcus Harris showed up. Who else played a bunch? How about the kicker? Kicker? No ball going in the end zone
through the uprights. I thought he did a heck of a job. Punter punted it. Well, Mikey, he gave us a couple returns, so I thought the special teams was more of a weapon today
because of some of those guys. And then I think we batted the ball
down on defense. T.J. Bollers, I believe, had to cut
1 to 1 or two and Big Aidan had one. Those guys are new. So yeah, I thought it was good
to see them out there. And like I said, we just
we got to grow leaps and bounds this week. But proud of them. Thomas Dunn Write For California coach Did you sense that
in addition to the execution in the first half that your team was pressing,
had some nerves or even came out flat? They weren't flat. I wouldn't I wouldn't say that they
I know they're excited to play. They want to play. Well, I guess the unfortunate part of, you know, when the challenges of football,
I should say, is wanting to do it well and doing it well or do different things
like one two's part of it. And then there's the focus execution
skill to do it well. And we did. Yeah, we didn't do that in the first half
as, as well as we could have. So I think they're excited for sure. And now it's like,
like I said, a lot of guys playing early, first time here, whatever,
just kind of settling in and the second half
felt a lot different to me. I don't know
if it looked different to you. It sure felt that way. So now we got to build on that. Yeah, but again, I'm proud of them
for not panicking and, you know, screaming at each other in the locker room
because, yeah, it didn't feel great. I mean, didn't feel great on offense, didn't feel great on defense
in that first half so that you got to stay the course,
do your job, rely on your training. And they did that. Michelle Maskell with the Daily Californian coach
Today, UC Davis was led by your former tight ends coach,
Tim Plough. Two years ago,
the score was almost identical, 34 to 14 against the Aggies today. What did you see from them? Any changes, any continuity? Yeah, I'm glad. Really glad
we won that game and I'm proud of our team for the way they competed,
especially the second half. I'm also glad
because now I get to talk to Tim again. He's an excellent coach. He's an even better human being. He's a
he does a hell of a job. He really does. And they're in great hands with Tim Plough,
I tell you that much. So yeah. Mia Daily
Californian, looking ahead at Auburn, what will you guys be looking to improve,
if anything? Last year you guys fell just short. I'm wondering what your thoughts are
there. Yeah, I think it's it's all the stuff
from today. You know, we're going to look at their tape Auburn's
going to have extremely talented roster. I mean the size and speed, the quickness,
all that's going to be a level up. And that's not at all a shot on UC Davis. UC Davis has some damn good players at
running back quarterback for the safety. The D and those guys are good
football players. Auburn is going to be physically
they're just going to be bigger and they'll have some really fast guys,
so we just got to be much tighter. The details of our assignments,
the execution level's got to crank up and so we'll prepare for them
based on what they've done on tape. And then we got to go and get execute and
do our jobs at a at a really good clip. Just Callaway fumbles. Looked like
he got hurt. Couldn't tell for sure. And then I didn't see him
get back in the game. Did he not get back in the game
because he was hurt or did not get back in the game
because of. Yeah, I haven't talked to the docs yet
regarding regarding him. We also had some other backs that got opportunities in there,
you know, the Jet and in Cardwell. So we'll see where
his injury is after this. But today it wasn't helping him because he fumbled and, you know,
had a combination of combination. Yeah. Uh, Coach, back to Auburn a little bit
going into Jordan Hare Stadium, obviously one of the biggest home
advantages in the country in SEC Country. How are you going to be preparing for that
crowd noise going into this next Saturday? Crank up the crowd noise. You hit it. Crank up that crowd noise
during practice time. We run silent count often. And it's part of college football, too. Great part of college football, these environments and the pageantry
of these storied programs. So it'll be really exciting
to play down there. Our guys will be looking forward to it. But yeah, we'll have to work
a bunch of crowd noise. There's no doubt, Coach. But back to the Auburn questions. So you talk about the speed,
you talk about the the weight, the size is the heat. Yeah. Is going to be a factor. Will you plan on going down a few days
earlier? We'll leave on Thursday. Yeah. Our guys go to school. They got classes so.
Oh yeah. We've got about. Yeah, we'll be leaving Thursday.
Okay. Yeah. And you know, we got a couple of days
in the heat during fall camp. Is it going to be like it is down there? Probably not. I think we'll acknowledge
how hot it's going to be. We'll hydrate will prepare,
uh, during the week knowing that and ultimately
we need to go play the football game and, well, you know, we'll play multiple people
multiple positions. Yeah, but unless you have a better idea,
if you can turn it down or something. Yeah, I wish I could. Yeah. It, but they're going back to, to the game today. I noticed that
in the beginning of the game there was a high tempo offense going
and I thought it was amazing. But you know, there was, you know, just
some, you know, the timing wasn't right. And how do you actually it's
the feels like it's a it's a balancing act of speeding it up
or slowed it down so that your guys can get ready
to execute effectively. Yeah. So we utilize tempo. It's not every down, but we have it and we'll use it. It goes back to this concept of
you got to get the first first down. You know, it's hard to play
with any effective tempo on a, on a negative play or a incomplete pass. That's not when tempo is useful. You need to be moving the ball. That's where you kind of again, you felt it on that one drive because that was really
the only drive in the first half. We got the first first down
and then here we go. You know,
it's kind of a snowball effect. So and you can check this, but I think during the game, once we got our first first down,
we scored on those drives and when we didn't, obviously you're three and out and we had like five
or six of those in the first half. It just feels so different
and the other team had the ball and so that's the key. Get that first first down
and then you can utilize the tempo. If if it's if it's appropriate. I love a final question from the back. Joaquin Ruiz with college radio
and the Daily Cal. You know, you mentioned Buchanan earlier,
but what was it like to see him and Cade? The next to each other with kind of a really impressive
inside linebacker corps today? Yeah, I like I like it
when they line up out there together. You know, those are two talented guys. And, you know, there's going to be
you know, it's Teddye's first game here. Cade's still a youngster. He's started the second half of his true
freshman season last year, so he's still learning a lot. But you can see the playmaking
in both of them. I mean, they sure flash from time to time. Now there's there's things
they got to fix. But I love having those guys out there. I mean, so. Yeah. All right. Thanks, coach. All right. Thank you. Go, Bears.