[FarmBoy]

Highly rated recruiting classes are great, but none of it will mean a thing if Shaw isn't able to develop quarterbacks. Just look across the bay at Tedford. He's had amazing running backs and very strong defenses, but without that elite QB, he's not able to get over the hump. He lucked into Rogers. Shaw obviously inherited a finished product in Luck and did a great job of building around his skills to pull off a great season. Now the key thing to watch over the next two years is the Stanford QB play. But I guess that's obvious.

[FarmBoy]

Highly rated recruiting classes are great, but none of it will mean a thing if Shaw isn't able to develop quarterbacks. Just look across the bay at Tedford. He's had amazing running backs and very strong defenses, but without that elite QB, he's not able to get over the hump. He lucked into Rogers. Shaw obviously inherited a finished product in Luck and did a great job of building around his skills to pull off a great season. Now the key thing to watch over the next two years is the Stanford QB play. But I guess that's obvious.