Cal 56, Air Force 14

Cal won its season opener convincingly and made a strong argument for all of the preseason hype as well as the top 15 national rankings from both the AP and ESPN polls. Rodgers and Arrington both looked solid as did the offensive line. And freshman tailback Lynch is clearly the real deal. I had the live stream of the game playing on my wi-fi enabled laptop at a Starbucks in the Santana Row shopping district of San Jose, and the neighboring cafe patron turned out to be a Cal grad as well. He pulled his chair alongside my laptop, and we formed an impromptu Cal rooting section. Good times.