Maybe, but that call seemed pretty far out of our staple of plays.
When the defense is biting down and your outside WRs are players who would, under normal circumstances, never see the field you have to get a little creative. This wasn’t all that wild either. It’s just an option out to try and get Dre a little room. It ended up in a loss because Cal called strong side edge and gap pressure. It’s Brandon’s responsibility to get to the line, recognize the attack and adjust accordingly. Assuming he didn’t have a check play there (He may have but that’s unknown to me), he needs to get the TO. For some reason, he ran it. Not a good decision.