[Bruce Wang]

More troubling to me is that our defense has played well against conventional teams but played very poorly against offenses that most ressemble Oregon's--like Arizona. 

True that so far the Stanford D has had trouble with spread offenses (Arizona, WSU), but those guys spread it out to pass.  Oregon spreads it out to run.  That's what gives me hope.  As good as the secondary has been this year compared to Stanford secondaries of the past, the front 7 is truly special.  I've never seen a D with such good discipline about gap coverage.

[Bruce Wang]

More troubling to me is that our defense has played well against conventional teams but played very poorly against offenses that most ressemble Oregon's--like Arizona. 

True that so far the Stanford D has had trouble with spread offenses (Arizona, WSU), but those guys spread it out to pass.  Oregon spreads it out to run.  That's what gives me hope.  As good as the secondary has been this year compared to Stanford secondaries of the past, the front 7 is truly special.  I've never seen a D with such good discipline about gap coverage.