Four weeks ago, Cal emerged with a thrilling win over Utah that appeared to be one of the most important of the year. Utah was a fringe bubble team at the time and perhaps Cal’s biggest competition for 4th place in the Pac-12.
Since then, Utah hasn’t exactly set the world on fire. True, beating Colorado in Boulder is a solid win. Sweeping a home stand against UW and WSU is all well and good, but the Washington schools have exactly one road win not against each other. There’s certainly no shame losing to Oregon on the road, and Stanford is maybe understandable.