We’ve gone over Bill Connelly’s SB Nation preview of Cal. Connelly is favorable to the Bears for the most part and thinks they have an outside shot at a bowl game, but a rebuilding offense, an uncertain defense that is reconstructing from scratch, and an impossible schedule all stand in the way of the California Golden Bears returning to respectability in 2017.
So Connelly’s overall Pac-12 projections has Cal finishing last in the Pac-12 North, in a virtual dead heat with the Oregon State Beavers. Based on the win probabilities for each contest, Connelly has Cal winning around three (3.