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Here is a blurb from collegefootballadvisor.com about Cal

RANT- I have to put the entire California loss on head coach Jeff Tedford. I know QB Kevin Riley freaked out and cost his team the game, but for all intents and purposes he should not have been put in that situation. For anybody that doesn't know what happened, Cal had the ball on the Oregon State 12 yard line with about 14 seconds left to go in the game. Cal's starting QB Nate Longshore was injured and had not played in the game. Riley, a redshirt freshman, was playing a good game, but on this particular play really made a bonehead decision. With 14 seconds left he took the snap and was flushed out of the pocket by the Beaver pass rush. Instead of throwing the ball out of bounds the young QB decided to scramble and was tackled in the middle of the field with about 6 seconds left on the clock. He got up and ran to the sideline with the ball as time expired. Tedford needed to really look at the total situation. First off, Riley had never been in this situation and probably had very little practice on what to do. Second, did Tedford really think he was going to get a TD in this situation? More things could have gone wrong than right and he should have realized that. Finally, when you're at home there is nothing wrong with going into overtime. My philosophy is that you never force things when you're at home that have a chance at costing you the game. Overtime is a risk, but not as big a risk as trying to throw a pass with 14 seconds left without any time outs and with a green QB.