[JohnR34231]

[quote author=winflop link=topic=13201.msg135206#msg135206 date=1445056555]
[quote author=TrumpCard link=topic=13201.msg134994#msg134994 date=1445015177]
Here's a stat that doesn't require a chart:
Stanford has scored more points in each game than in the last game.
It is a trend that has to stop eventually, but it is marvelous while it lasts.
6, 31, 41, 42, 55, 56

56 in THREE QUARTERS!
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I very much would have liked to see just how lopsided the final would have been had Stanford kept its foot on the gas.  70 points was within reach I think.

That's hypothetical, of course.  Here in the real world I'm 100% behind the decision to yank the starters.
[/quote]

Shaw is already getting criticized for not yanking the starters (particularly CMac and Hogan) soon enough. I'm Ok with it, too, though, not so fondly remembering that ASU game a couple of years ago. It takes opposing offenses all of 2-3 minutes (sometimes less) to put up TD's against the second stringers, and when your second string offense immediately turns the ball back over to them a 3-4 touchdown lead can disappear pretty fast.

[JohnR34231]

[quote author=winflop link=topic=13201.msg135206#msg135206 date=1445056555]
[quote author=TrumpCard link=topic=13201.msg134994#msg134994 date=1445015177]
Here's a stat that doesn't require a chart:
Stanford has scored more points in each game than in the last game.
It is a trend that has to stop eventually, but it is marvelous while it lasts.
6, 31, 41, 42, 55, 56

56 in THREE QUARTERS!
[/quote]

I very much would have liked to see just how lopsided the final would have been had Stanford kept its foot on the gas.  70 points was within reach I think.

That's hypothetical, of course.  Here in the real world I'm 100% behind the decision to yank the starters.
[/quote]

Shaw is already getting criticized for not yanking the starters (particularly CMac and Hogan) soon enough. I'm Ok with it, too, though, not so fondly remembering that ASU game a couple of years ago. It takes opposing offenses all of 2-3 minutes (sometimes less) to put up TD's against the second stringers, and when your second string offense immediately turns the ball back over to them a 3-4 touchdown lead can disappear pretty fast.