[yvonne]

Colorado wasn't terrible in 1993, though not National Championship level. They ended up 8-3-1 on the season - a record we would have liked. Their defense also wasn't that awful. We scored the most points on them all year. They also gave up 35 to Miami (finished season #15 in both polls), 30 in their bowl game, and then no one over 21 - 20.8 ppg on the season. Which leads to the observation that in 1993 Stanford's offense was pretty good - if unbalanced, but the defense was bad.

Thanks for the perspective. Just for clarification, I meant that our defense was bad, not Colorado's. We had a very young offense that made some glaring mistakes (Mike Mitchell losing 17-yards on a pass play comes to mind), but as one would expect, the Walsh offense was generally effective.

[yvonne]

Colorado wasn't terrible in 1993, though not National Championship level. They ended up 8-3-1 on the season - a record we would have liked. Their defense also wasn't that awful. We scored the most points on them all year. They also gave up 35 to Miami (finished season #15 in both polls), 30 in their bowl game, and then no one over 21 - 20.8 ppg on the season. Which leads to the observation that in 1993 Stanford's offense was pretty good - if unbalanced, but the defense was bad.

Thanks for the perspective. Just for clarification, I meant that our defense was bad, not Colorado's. We had a very young offense that made some glaring mistakes (Mike Mitchell losing 17-yards on a pass play comes to mind), but as one would expect, the Walsh offense was generally effective.