[OutsiderFan]

OK, I don't want to be hyperbolic, but that USC win might have just saved Stanford's brand for elite recruits, or maybe even strengthened it?

Does it help with any particular targets in play for 2016 and '17?  It has to have helped with Demetris Robertson.  He and David Long are athletes on par with Jackson and Smith-Schuster for USC.  Given how good Stanford's DBs appear to be, I sure would earmark those two to play offense, or maybe one both ways and the other offense.

I found it pretty amusing that the USC Rivals writer, as well as others, assumed Stanford couldn't keep up with USC's athletes going into that game. It's like people haven't noticed how much Stanford has increased the number of quality athletes on its roster.  Sure USC has more elite guys than Stanford, but you can only put so many on the field at once, and Stanford, particularly in the defensive secondary has more athletic depth then ever before. 

[OutsiderFan]

OK, I don't want to be hyperbolic, but that USC win might have just saved Stanford's brand for elite recruits, or maybe even strengthened it?

Does it help with any particular targets in play for 2016 and '17?  It has to have helped with Demetris Robertson.  He and David Long are athletes on par with Jackson and Smith-Schuster for USC.  Given how good Stanford's DBs appear to be, I sure would earmark those two to play offense, or maybe one both ways and the other offense.

I found it pretty amusing that the USC Rivals writer, as well as others, assumed Stanford couldn't keep up with USC's athletes going into that game. It's like people haven't noticed how much Stanford has increased the number of quality athletes on its roster.  Sure USC has more elite guys than Stanford, but you can only put so many on the field at once, and Stanford, particularly in the defensive secondary has more athletic depth then ever before.