After struggling mightily to start out his sophomore marketing campaign, star l quarterback e was benched on Saturday.
Sagapolutele, who missed the final recreation and a half after struggling a concussion in opposition to UNLV, was listed as possible Saturday morning and cleared to play hours earlier than the Golden Bears' 7:30 p.m. kickoff with No. 21 Wake Forest. However backup quarterback Jackson Brousseau, a Colorado State switch who helped the Bears to a 25-20 upset of Virginia Tech final week, lined up beneath middle for the 3-3 Bears and was named a recreation captain.
"Tosh Lupoi had a call to make, he's sticking with Jackson because the starter tonight, stated this might be a quarterback competitors shifting ahead," ESPN sideline reporter Lauren Sisler stated throughout the first drive. "Tosh advised us he met privately with Jaron on Sunday, addressed the complete offense on Monday, telling them this was a dream come true as a head coach with two ballers at quarterback."
In a recreation and a half of labor following Sagapolutele's damage, Brousseau has accomplished 58 of 91 passes (64 p.c), thrown three landing passes and has but to throw a decide. In opposition to FBS competitors this 12 months, Sagapolutele has managed simply 5 landing passes in three and a half video games whereas throwing 5 interceptions – he threw simply 9 complete final season to go along with 18 TDs, touchdown him on the Davey O'Brien Award Watch Listing heading into this season given yearly to school soccer's finest quarterback.
Regardless of a disastrous begin to the 2026 season, a win on Saturday would on the very least pull Cal right into a d within the ACC.
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