[FarmBoy]

What's really interesting, is how the team has essentially become a mirror image of itself over the course of 4 years.

As a point of comparison, here's Stanford Ranks in 2009

                          Offense      Defense
Scoring              11              69
Rushing              11              55
Pass Effic            30              98
3rd down effic    23              96

The only difference is that our current offense is far worse than our 2009 defense was, while our current defense is ranked similar to our 2009 offense. On the whole, you'd have to say that's a net loss for the team. But the question is, which combination is more likely to lead to more wins? As a fan, I'll generally take a great offense with a crappy defense over the crappy offense with a great defense. Losing games 17-13 are, generally speaking, more depressing than losing games 42-38.

[FarmBoy]

What's really interesting, is how the team has essentially become a mirror image of itself over the course of 4 years.

As a point of comparison, here's Stanford Ranks in 2009

                          Offense      Defense
Scoring              11              69
Rushing              11              55
Pass Effic            30              98
3rd down effic    23              96

The only difference is that our current offense is far worse than our 2009 defense was, while our current defense is ranked similar to our 2009 offense. On the whole, you'd have to say that's a net loss for the team. But the question is, which combination is more likely to lead to more wins? As a fan, I'll generally take a great offense with a crappy defense over the crappy offense with a great defense. Losing games 17-13 are, generally speaking, more depressing than losing games 42-38.