"The Bears, playing in their third consecutive bowl, are hoping to achieve their first eight-win season since 2019. ... Cal will be led going forward by new head coach Tosh Lupoi, hired after Justin Wilcox was dismissed in his ninth season following Cal's 31-10 Big Game loss at Stanford. But for one more game Nick Rolovich will serve as interim head coach after leading the Bears to a 38-35 victor over No. 21 SMU in the regular-season finale."
"He has directed the team to its best season since 2019, when Hawaii was 10-5 under Rolovich, who was Chang's backup QB at Hawaii. ... Hawaii has wins over San Diego State and Stanford, which both beat Cal. ... The offense is spearheaded by 5-foot-10 redshirt freshman quarterback Micah Alejado, a Honolulu native who passed for 2,832 yards and 21 touchdowns, including a five-game stretch where he had three TD passes in each game."
Cal is 7-5 overall and 4-4 in the ACC and seeks its first eight-win season since 2019. Hawaii is 8-4 overall and 5-3 in the Mountain West. The game kicks off at 5 p.m. PT Wednesday at Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex in Honolulu and will air on ESPN with radio 810-AM. Cal leads the series 3-2 and won the most recent matchup 51-31 in Sydney in 2016. Cal will have Nick Rolovich as interim head coach for the bowl while Tosh Lupoi takes over going forward. Hawaii is in its fourth season under Timmy Chang and features quarterback Micah Alejado.
Read at The Mercury News
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