Cal Bears coach Sonny Dykes joined me on the Bald Faced Truth radio show (12-3p on 750-AM and 102.9-FM) on Tuesday and said that the Pac 12 schedule isn't conducive to winning a national championship.

"I think (playing nine conference games) is good for the fans," Dykes said. "I don't know that it's good necessarily to get teams in the College Football Playoff. It doesn't take a lot of math ability to figure out if you play an extra conference game that's an extra opportunity to lose. Where if you schedule the SEC schedule, you're setting yourself up for success. If the end game is getting teams in the College Football Playoff and giving them a chance to win a national championship then an eight-game schedule is the way to go."

On the Oregon Ducks this season:

"Oregon's been a good football team and they still are... they've lost to three pretty hot football teams... they're a good football team, they've got a lot of talent, this league is tough to win every Saturday. You've got to play well to win."

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