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ACC coach pleads with home fans to stop throwing objects on field, penalizing team
By Andrew Olson
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Cal coach Justin Wilcox used a referee’s microphone to address his program’s fans during Saturday’s game in hopes of preventing more penalty flags for the Bears.
According to Yahoo Sports, Cal fans were given cards for stunts to use during breaks in the action as the Bears took on San Diego State. Fans in Berkeley, however, decided to get rid of their cards by throwing them onto the field.
The fans’ actions resulted in multiple 15-yard penalties. Wilcox used the ref’s mic to address the fans, asking them to stop the Bears from being further penalized.
Amazing: Justin Wilcox grabbed the referee’s mic to plead with the Cal fans to stop throwing the cards they use for card stunts on the field because they keep getting penalized for it pic.twitter.com/ead7xPXcxZ
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) September 15, 2024
Aside from the card issue, things went well for Wilcox’s Bears. Cal scored 24 points in the 2nd half for a 31-10 win over SDSU. The Bears are now 3-0, picking up previous wins over UC Davis and Auburn.
Cal is 3-0 for the first time since 2019. The Bears will next travel to struggling Florida State for their first ACC game. FSU is 0-3 on the season with losses to Georgia Tech, Boston College and Memphis.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
