Golden Nuggets: Jon Wilner’s Cal Preview

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Jon Wilner’s Cal preview is your typical “The defense will be great but what about the offense” type preview, but there is a lot of optimism about the team’s long term trajectory and he does predict 7 wins this year including a Utah upset.

Skeptics might argue the Bears are stagnating, that they have traded the no-defense approach under Sonny Dykes for the no-offense style of Justin Wilcox and made no substantive progress within the division. And there is some validity to that case. But we’d argue the style of play and program management in the Wilcox era creates a better chance for success over time — that it fits Cal’s culture and recruiting pool. You can be…