[terry]

I'm sorry, but I'm not "buying" the notion that Stanford's offense under this regime is merely a continuation of what we saw under the prior regime.  To me, there is a qualitative difference in approach that is obvious to the eyes, and that has little or nothing to do with #12 at QB.

In 2011, when Shaw had Andrew Luck, he ran the same offense that Harbaugh ran with Luck in 2010.

After Luck left, Shaw changed his emphasis on offense several times, depending on the personnel.

In 2012, the passing game focused on the TEs (Ertz/Toilolo) and RB (Taylor). We had more of a downfield passing game with Nunes at QB, and more of a short passing game after Hogan took over. Nunes ran by design only occasionally; Hogan more often.

In 2013, the offense became heavily run-oriented with Gaffney. The passing offense had a lot of downfield passing to the WRs, and almost no passes to the TEs.

In 2014, having lost our workhorse RBs (Taylor and Gaffney), we went to "running back by committee." We moved away from our long-time emphasis on the "power" play. We became more pass oriented for much of the year, until the last few games. We brought the TE back into the passing game, after abandoning the TE the prior year. The QB was in the shotgun more than in the past.

Shaw still has the same basic offensive philosophy that we've had since the Harbaugh years. But he has changed our offensive emphasis several times depending on personnel.

[terry]

I'm sorry, but I'm not "buying" the notion that Stanford's offense under this regime is merely a continuation of what we saw under the prior regime.  To me, there is a qualitative difference in approach that is obvious to the eyes, and that has little or nothing to do with #12 at QB.

In 2011, when Shaw had Andrew Luck, he ran the same offense that Harbaugh ran with Luck in 2010.

After Luck left, Shaw changed his emphasis on offense several times, depending on the personnel.

In 2012, the passing game focused on the TEs (Ertz/Toilolo) and RB (Taylor). We had more of a downfield passing game with Nunes at QB, and more of a short passing game after Hogan took over. Nunes ran by design only occasionally; Hogan more often.

In 2013, the offense became heavily run-oriented with Gaffney. The passing offense had a lot of downfield passing to the WRs, and almost no passes to the TEs.

In 2014, having lost our workhorse RBs (Taylor and Gaffney), we went to "running back by committee." We moved away from our long-time emphasis on the "power" play. We became more pass oriented for much of the year, until the last few games. We brought the TE back into the passing game, after abandoning the TE the prior year. The QB was in the shotgun more than in the past.

Shaw still has the same basic offensive philosophy that we've had since the Harbaugh years. But he has changed our offensive emphasis several times depending on personnel.