California football now enters the list of Power Conference openings, after the school fired Justin Wilcox Sunday. The move comes after Stanford pummeled its Bay Area rival to win back the famed Axe.

Wilcox once appeared to be safe. He guided the Golden Bears to a third straight bowl eligible season — a first for the head coach. That feat also tied Wilcox with Jeff Tedford and Pappy Waldorf in becoming only the third Cal coach to lead three straight bowl campaigns.

However, Wilcox's team never replicated the success of his past coaching mentor in Berkeley Tedford. None of Wilcox's teams won more than eight games each season at Cal. Now the Stanford loss became the final straw.

His current team sits at 6-5 overall following the crushing loss to Stanford. The Cardinal also underwent i

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