Cal Trolls Stanford in Social Media Post

This weekend, Cal football trolled Stanford with a post of their own, with the same look and feel as the original post, only to announce the exact opposite—their game would continue as planned due to perfect weather in Berkeley.

Honestly, this is well played by the Cal social media team. It's funny, lighthearted, and engages both fanbases at a point in the year when the rivalry isn't front of mind.

That said, it should certainly add some fuel to the fire when the two teams match up again on November 21. Stanford won last year's Big Game in dominant fashion, 31-10, which means The Axe is at home where it belongs.

That could be where a response from Stanford could kick off, if this turns into a series of videos going back and forth between the programs. Even with the Axe in hand, Stanford is still operating from an underdog position, given that Cal has run the yearly games for the most part in recent years, and Stanford's program hasn't quite been at its peak.

That said, the Cardinal are on an upswing right now, finally breaking their four year string of 3-9 seasons to go 4-8 in 2025. Now, with Andrew Luck getting settled in as GM and Tavita Pritchard taking over on the sidelines, this program should start putting together more winning seasons and perhaps even some bowl appearances in the coming years.

Aside from the big change at head coach, Stanford's other big move will be at quarterback, where they brought in graduate student Davis Warren out of Michigan, and early reports are saying that he's looking pretty good. Mike Mitchell Jr. could be his main competition under center, but we'll see where the cards land this fall.

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