[JJJ]

Here's an excerpt from Sundays with Soltau.

Early deficits are nothing new for Stanford, which has struck first in just two games this season.

But the team has been resilient. After falling behind 24-7 at Oregon, the Cardinal rallied for a stunning 38-31 overtime win.
 
Last week against Washington State, Stanford fought back to take a late fourth-quarter lead but couldn't hold it.
 
"When things are tough and when things are dark, we are at our absolute best," said David Shaw, the Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football. "I love that about our guys. The problem is, we create the situation that puts us there."
 
The Cardinal (5-4, 3-3 Pac-12) has been outscored 69-28 in the first quarter, a trend Shaw would like to see change in the remaining three regular season games.
 
"We have to find a way to play great football from start to finish," Shaw said. "It's on me, it's on the coaches, it's on the leaders on this football team. We're allowing ourselves to start slowly before we kick it in. When we play our best, we're as good as anybody, injuries or not."
 
Shaw said there were no major halftime adjustments.
 
"We didn't call anything differently," he said. "We didn't change who we play – we played the same guys. They played harder, they played smarter, they played better."

What struck me were the last two lines. I don't know if I should be happy that there were no halftime adjustments and we came back because we had the right plan all along, or I should be appalled that we didn't make any adjustments when we weren't getting it done. I do recall comments for the Oregon game where they became more aggressive on defense after halftime.

https://gostanford.com/news/2018/11/4/fo...oltau.aspx

[JJJ]

Here's an excerpt from Sundays with Soltau.

Early deficits are nothing new for Stanford, which has struck first in just two games this season.

But the team has been resilient. After falling behind 24-7 at Oregon, the Cardinal rallied for a stunning 38-31 overtime win.
 
Last week against Washington State, Stanford fought back to take a late fourth-quarter lead but couldn't hold it.
 
"When things are tough and when things are dark, we are at our absolute best," said David Shaw, the Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football. "I love that about our guys. The problem is, we create the situation that puts us there."
 
The Cardinal (5-4, 3-3 Pac-12) has been outscored 69-28 in the first quarter, a trend Shaw would like to see change in the remaining three regular season games.
 
"We have to find a way to play great football from start to finish," Shaw said. "It's on me, it's on the coaches, it's on the leaders on this football team. We're allowing ourselves to start slowly before we kick it in. When we play our best, we're as good as anybody, injuries or not."
 
Shaw said there were no major halftime adjustments.
 
"We didn't call anything differently," he said. "We didn't change who we play – we played the same guys. They played harder, they played smarter, they played better."

What struck me were the last two lines. I don't know if I should be happy that there were no halftime adjustments and we came back because we had the right plan all along, or I should be appalled that we didn't make any adjustments when we weren't getting it done. I do recall comments for the Oregon game where they became more aggressive on defense after halftime.

https://gostanford.com/news/2018/11/4/fo...oltau.aspx