Pac 12 Power Rankings Week 3: Can Stanford run the table?

California defeats #11 Texas in a wild shootout 

Not to many gave Cal a chance to defeat the Texas Longhorns in Texas. But, that sure didn’t stop Davis Webb and his connection to Chad Hansen. It went down to the last minute, but after a bonehead by running back Vic Enwere the dust settled and the California Golden Bears were the victors.

”I had a lot of motivation for this game,” Webb said. ”We out-toughed them, we out-physicaled them.”

Webb lead the Bears with his ariel assault as he passed for 396 yards and four touchdowns and scored one on the ground as well. Even better, was that he didn’t turn the ball over once. He also connected with Chad Hansen 12 times for 196 yards and two touchdowns. One of those scores went for the game-winner in the final minutes of play.

This was the game that drew Webb’s attention. He grew up in Texas rooting for the Long Horns and went to Texas Tech for the past three years. The quarterback put the Texans defense in a bind the whole game, and there was nothing they could do to stop him.

”I wouldn’t say there was necessarily confusion, we just didn’t execute,” cornerback Sheroid Evans said. ”We knew what they were going to run, they ran what they were going to run and we just didn’t execute.”

There is no doubt that Cal’s offense has been the biggest part of their victories, but will happen when they face a tough defense. Teams such as Utah, Washington, and Stanford are coming up and they will need to shore up that defensive line especially against the run.

Now Cal will face Arizona State who is coming off a demolishing victory of their own.