10-16-2011, 06:54 PM
No big shock. The results in 2011 are remarkably similar to 2010. And about 6 games into the 2010 season, Stanford skeptics were everywhere. Just as we have this year.
In an era when every successful team seems to be loaded with zippy quick players all over the field, it is hard to compare Stanford to that model. But Stanford 2010 was OK, so this set of comparables implies that Stanford 2011 is probably as strong too. At BCS #8, Stanford will need a lot of losing to happen to those programs that dazzle with speed because apparently Stanford's power running, TE TDs and team D just doesn't capture the imagination of voters fixated on that speed.Â
In an era when every successful team seems to be loaded with zippy quick players all over the field, it is hard to compare Stanford to that model. But Stanford 2010 was OK, so this set of comparables implies that Stanford 2011 is probably as strong too. At BCS #8, Stanford will need a lot of losing to happen to those programs that dazzle with speed because apparently Stanford's power running, TE TDs and team D just doesn't capture the imagination of voters fixated on that speed.Â