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Stanford: a statement, not a question mark - BostonCard - 03-10-2016
http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/98742/take-2-fewest-spring-questions-in-pac-12
Ted Miller, on which team has the fewest question marks going into the spring:
Quote:And, therein, lies the grounds for my pick: Stanford. The Cardinal have done it, over and over again. Even when Stanford doesn't win the North, it finds a way into the rankings. When it slips to 8-5 and has a few people (embarrassed cough) wondering if the pillars of the Cardinal Acropolis are showing cracks, it immediately reverses course, goes 12-2 and wins the Rose Bowl.
Stanford is replacing 14-year starter Kevin Hogan? Well, it replaced Andrew Luck and crops continued to flourish on The Farm. Stanford has questions on the offensive and defensive lines? Yeah, and Taylor Swift is surely out of inspiration for insufferably catchy pop songs.
Is the Stanford culture still there? Yes. Is celebrated strength coach Shannon Turley still ensconced in his lab like a well-adjusted Dr. Frankenstein? Yes. Is the returning skill talent and overall team speed, topped by Voldemort Trophy runner-up Christian McCaffrey, probably better than it's ever been? Yes.
Is David Shaw still Stanford's coach? Yes. (We probably should have saved time by starting and finishing with that Q&A).
Stanford will be ranked in the preseason top 10 and it will be projected to win the Pac-12. Why?
Because "Stanford" has become a statement, not a question.
Sorry for the extended quotation, but high praise indeed.
BC
Stanford: a statement, not a question mark - BostonCard - 03-10-2016
http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/98742/take-2-fewest-spring-questions-in-pac-12
Ted Miller, on which team has the fewest question marks going into the spring:
Quote:And, therein, lies the grounds for my pick: Stanford. The Cardinal have done it, over and over again. Even when Stanford doesn't win the North, it finds a way into the rankings. When it slips to 8-5 and has a few people (embarrassed cough) wondering if the pillars of the Cardinal Acropolis are showing cracks, it immediately reverses course, goes 12-2 and wins the Rose Bowl.
Stanford is replacing 14-year starter Kevin Hogan? Well, it replaced Andrew Luck and crops continued to flourish on The Farm. Stanford has questions on the offensive and defensive lines? Yeah, and Taylor Swift is surely out of inspiration for insufferably catchy pop songs.
Is the Stanford culture still there? Yes. Is celebrated strength coach Shannon Turley still ensconced in his lab like a well-adjusted Dr. Frankenstein? Yes. Is the returning skill talent and overall team speed, topped by Voldemort Trophy runner-up Christian McCaffrey, probably better than it's ever been? Yes.
Is David Shaw still Stanford's coach? Yes. (We probably should have saved time by starting and finishing with that Q&A).
Stanford will be ranked in the preseason top 10 and it will be projected to win the Pac-12. Why?
Because "Stanford" has become a statement, not a question.
Sorry for the extended quotation, but high praise indeed.
BC
Re: Stanford: a statement, not a question mark - Nan3cy - 03-10-2016
Nice. :)
Re: Stanford: a statement, not a question mark - Nan3cy - 03-10-2016
Nice. :)
Re: Stanford: a statement, not a question mark - ColoradoTree - 03-10-2016
I still have trouble accepting that all of this is really happening. How lucky we all are to get to enjoy this era of Stanford football!
Re: Stanford: a statement, not a question mark - ColoradoTree - 03-10-2016
I still have trouble accepting that all of this is really happening. How lucky we all are to get to enjoy this era of Stanford football!
Re: Stanford: a statement, not a question mark - CornFed - 03-10-2016
"Stanford is a statement, not a question"
Wow. That's great. I absolutely love that.
I think I have said this before on this board, but I really, seriously did not think I would live long enough to experience Stanford football at this level.
I am massively enjoying it.Â
Re: Stanford: a statement, not a question mark - CornFed - 03-10-2016
"Stanford is a statement, not a question"
Wow. That's great. I absolutely love that.
I think I have said this before on this board, but I really, seriously did not think I would live long enough to experience Stanford football at this level.
I am massively enjoying it.Â
Re: Stanford: a statement, not a question mark - fullmetal - 03-10-2016
Amazing perspective. I still can't believe it. And the Foster Farms Chicken Bowl season felt like a return to the old ways...but the old ways are no longer what we expect.
Re: Stanford: a statement, not a question mark - fullmetal - 03-10-2016
Amazing perspective. I still can't believe it. And the Foster Farms Chicken Bowl season felt like a return to the old ways...but the old ways are no longer what we expect.
Re: Stanford: a statement, not a question mark - Stymie - 03-10-2016
[quote='Boston Card link' dateline='1457650736']
http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/98742/take-2-fewest-spring-questions-in-pac-12
Ted Miller, on which team has the fewest question marks going into the spring:
Quote:Stanford is replacing 14-year starter Kevin Hogan?
Wow! It didn't seem THAT long.....
Re: Stanford: a statement, not a question mark - Stymie - 03-10-2016
[quote='Boston Card link' dateline='1457650736']
http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/98742/take-2-fewest-spring-questions-in-pac-12
Ted Miller, on which team has the fewest question marks going into the spring:
Quote:Stanford is replacing 14-year starter Kevin Hogan?
Wow! It didn't seem THAT long.....
Re: Stanford: a statement, not a question mark - OutsiderFan - 03-10-2016
Wow, and I thought "Intellectual Brutality" was good.
Stanford should ask Ted Miller if it can use "Stanford is a statement, not a question mark" in it's marketing. Not that it needs to, but that's a pretty awesome turn of a phrase.
Re: Stanford: a statement, not a question mark - OutsiderFan - 03-10-2016
Wow, and I thought "Intellectual Brutality" was good.
Stanford should ask Ted Miller if it can use "Stanford is a statement, not a question mark" in it's marketing. Not that it needs to, but that's a pretty awesome turn of a phrase.
Re: Stanford: a statement, not a question mark - winflop - 03-10-2016
Finally someone who has stopped asking "can Stanford sustain this?" Only took five years. We got those questions when guys left starting with Toby. Every time other than 2014 Stanford answered the bell.
Re: Stanford: a statement, not a question mark - winflop - 03-10-2016
Finally someone who has stopped asking "can Stanford sustain this?" Only took five years. We got those questions when guys left starting with Toby. Every time other than 2014 Stanford answered the bell.