For the second consecutive yr, Cal has come up quick in a bowl recreation.
The Bears’ offense struggled all through most of Wednesday’s recreation as Cal fell to No. 24 UNLV 24-13 within the LA Bowl at Sofi Stadium.
Cal was with out beginning quarterback Fernando Mendoza after he introduced final week that he was coming into the switch portal.
The Bears went with third-string QB CJ Harris, however he left the sport within the third quarter with an harm, prompting true freshman EJ Caminong to complete the sport. Typical backup Chandler Rogers was not anticipated to play after sustaining a leg harm throughout Cal’s regular-season finale towards SMU, however suited up after Harris went down.
In what may need been his final recreation in a Cal uniform, junior Jaydn Ott rushed for 84 yards on 11 carries. Freshman receiver Josiah Martin had 69 yards from scrimmage to associate with a speeding landing.
Cal’s passing video games struggled as Harris and Caminong mixed to finish 19 of 39 passes for 166 yards and no touchdowns.
NorCal native Jacob De Jesus did all of it for UNLV, totaling 142 all-purpose yards and a receiving landing.
With Wednesday’s loss, Cal fell to 12-13-1 in bowl video games and is now 1-3 in postseason video games underneath head coach Justin Wilcox. Cal has now suffered its fifth consecutive dropping season.
Cal put the primary factors on the board, gaining three factors on a 43-yard subject aim from Derek Morris within the first quarter.
On the subsequent drive, UNLV’s offense responded on a 49-yard landing move from Hajj-Malik Williams to Kayden McGee to go up 7-3 halfway by means of the primary quarter.
Cal used some trickery to finish the interval with a rating as true freshman Josiah Martin juked and stutter-stepped his technique to a 29-yard speeding rating on an finish round to the left facet to take a three-point lead.
To take again the lead, UNLV used a pretend punt that arrange a nine-yard hook up between Williams and De Jesus, making the rating 14-10 within the second quarter.
At halftime, UNLV led 14-13.
Halfway by means of the third quarter, Harris appeared to undergo a shoulder harm on a scramble, prompting Wilcox to insert Caminong at quarterback with Cal down 14-13.
On his second drive, Caminong threw a backwards move that was recovered by the Rebels. UNLV made good on the turnover as Kylin James rushed in for a 23-yard landing to place the Rebels up eight factors late within the third.
The Rebels put the sport out of attain after Caden Chittenden knocked in a 48-yard subject aim on the 6:01 mark to place UNLV up two scores.
Initially Printed: December 18, 2024 at 9:33 PM PST
