Cal’s Kingston Lopa ranks among the nation’s top safeties after two games, and Bears quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele had a better performance in the 21-18 win over Syracuse than we were led to believe.
Kingston Lopa returned an interception 24 yards for a go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter and visiting California took advantage of mistake-prone Syracuse for a 21-18 Atlantic Coast Conference-opening victory Saturday afternoon.
If you watched Cal’s 45-24 loss to UCLA on Saturday or studied the statistics from that game, you might conclude that running back Adam Mohammed was the best player on the field for the Golden Bears.