05-21-2021, 10:28 AM
I think there will be some growing pains at QB, but, barring injury to the starter, I expect that the offense will be decent to good.
I am concerned about the defense. Last year, the defense rose to the occasion when it had to in those last 4 games, but that doesn't hide the fact that in 2020 Stanford allowed 5.46 yards per rush, which is 115th out of 127 FBS teams. We did not fare much better with passing yards per attempt (8.33, 108th).
Stanford's defense hasn't been decent since 2018 and hasn't been among the top defenses in the conference since 2016.
I am concerned about the defense. Last year, the defense rose to the occasion when it had to in those last 4 games, but that doesn't hide the fact that in 2020 Stanford allowed 5.46 yards per rush, which is 115th out of 127 FBS teams. We did not fare much better with passing yards per attempt (8.33, 108th).
Stanford's defense hasn't been decent since 2018 and hasn't been among the top defenses in the conference since 2016.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)