Justin Wilcox now available. Possible DC?

[Misplaced Vol]

I don’t expect we’ll have an opening for a DC

Man,wew need to do something about the defense.I believe I read that they are 84th in the nation.We can't win a championship with this kind of defense.

 

[NEO]

I still can’t wrap my head around Cal being in the Atlantic Coastal Conference.

College football is so weird anymore.

 

[Jaxon_Vol2017]

He can go to Virginia tech. We'll gladly take Wilcox

 

[VolArmy74]

Wilcox’s best defense here ranked #36 nationally. Banks defense ranked 7th nationally last year. So how was he better than Banks?

He never had remotely close to the same talent that Banks had last year. The schedule was much tougher in 2011. We faced 3 top 20 offenses in 2011, and 1 in 2024, which was Ohio State who scored 42 against us. That 2011 team faced final #1 Alabama, #2 LSU, #5 Arkansas, (all of whom had top 20 offenses) #9, 11-win South Carolina team, and #19 UGA (both of whom averaged 30+ppg), plus our usual house of horrors trip to Gainesville. The defense improved from the mid-80s after the chaos of Dooley's first season, to 28th in YPG. That defense got zero help from the offense as well, since we averaged 20ppg in 2011.

His talent/results vs schedule ratio here was better than anything Banks has ever managed to pull off.

 

[VOLdo Raine]

Opening at Cal? Kiffin’s “dream job?”

That would be hilarious if true.

 

[Orange.]

Seems to prefer the west coast and AP kinda hinted that the only way Banks is gone is if he chooses to go (i.e. head coaching opportunity).

So, Banks to Cal as head coach?

 

[UTblood4life]

One of the first DC's to know how to defend the spread

 

[Godfatha]

I have a feeling even if we were fortunate enough for Banks to leave, we’d just promote Inge