[Leftcoast]

Just back from the game (section 115) and I\'ve got to say it was LOUD.   Our seats are just 5 rows from the field and above where the Stanford OLine hangs out on the Stanford sideline.   This was the best Stanford crowd of any game in the new stadium and it was obvious that the Stanford team appreciated the support.

Some other notes:

**  Looked like a sell-out and, as JIC mentions, it wasn\'t due to a USC walk-up crowd.  The fans were rooting HARD for Stanford.  This was the best crowd ever at the new stadium - and only last year\'s ND game was close.

**  We did not put an effective pass-rush on Barkley.   He had time every passing play to go through his reads and check-off where necessary.  I was surprised at how little pressure we gave him.

**  USC made a lot of yardage out of short swing passes to WR split wide.  They were banking on their wide receivers getting our DB\'s to miss tackles and that gambit worked more often than not.   Sherman was victimized by this several times but he wasn\'t alone - our DB\'s weren\'t tackling tonight.

**  Nice to see Owusu get a couple of productive Kick-off returns under his belt.  He\'s not all the way back but he\'s getting there.

**  This was the Luck game we\'ve all been waiting for.   As great as he has been this season he\'d never had to take the team down the field with the game on the line.   Tonight he did just that.  

**  So what\'s up with Nate Whitaker?  He\'s now missed three PAT\'s on the season but is nails on the longer field goals.  Weird but I\'m very, very glad that miss didn\'t come back to haunt us.

**  The tape review that ended up ruling on the Stanford fumble almost didn\'t happen.   It was only possible because Stanford didn\'t get the subsequent play off in time due to a personel issue and Luck was forced to call a time out.  That time out ended up allowing the officials to review the previous play.   A costly error on Stanford\'s part since we not only ended up losing the ball but we\'d also wasted a time out that was very nearly needed in the final drive.  

**  Our section was also surprised by the play calling during the sequence where Stanford ran up the gut for short gains when we need 15+ yards to get within field goal range.  Does Harbaugh really think we\'re in Nate\'s field goal range at 55 yards?

**  Do we really have to rush the field when we eke out a win as favorites or is this a USC thing?  I\'m afraid the student post-game party at mid-field is becoming an every game tradition on the Farm.  I didn\'t like that choice tonight but perhaps the students were caught up in the emotion of a win against USC ... and of course the students couldn\'t care less what I think (nor should they.)

**  There were some pretty cool USC fans sitting behind me.  They may not be the norm but this group was respectful of Stanford and like the growing USC/Stanford rivalry.  They\'d also attended the last Harris shellacking in what amounted to a USC home game in Palo Alto and had a good perspective on just how far the Cardinal have come from that nadir.

**  I agree our defense isn\'t as good as we thought it might  be after the ND game but USC has playmakers, a good running back, a great WR in Woods and Barkley is an excellent QB.   Don\'t be too hard on the guys.  

**  I got a tour of the new Band Shack after the game and it\'s pretty nice.  A bit messy (of course) but there are pictures up on the walls of the band dating into the early 70\'s and some cool memorabilia.  The practice space is very nice and a brobdingnagian upgrade.   My season tix partner got to sign one of the pictures showing him from the 80\'s.

**   Dropped by In-N-Out and happened to see some of the Stanford women\'s BBall team including (if I\'m not mistaken) the Ogwumike sisters.   I think they\'re going to have a good year.   The In-N-Out had over 60 post-game Stanford fans in high spirits and some very quiet, chastened USC fans pondering the state of Trojan football.  So sweet.

Hope our SEC visitor reports back in - the stadium showed well tonight.

[Leftcoast]

Just back from the game (section 115) and I\'ve got to say it was LOUD.   Our seats are just 5 rows from the field and above where the Stanford OLine hangs out on the Stanford sideline.   This was the best Stanford crowd of any game in the new stadium and it was obvious that the Stanford team appreciated the support.

Some other notes:

**  Looked like a sell-out and, as JIC mentions, it wasn\'t due to a USC walk-up crowd.  The fans were rooting HARD for Stanford.  This was the best crowd ever at the new stadium - and only last year\'s ND game was close.

**  We did not put an effective pass-rush on Barkley.   He had time every passing play to go through his reads and check-off where necessary.  I was surprised at how little pressure we gave him.

**  USC made a lot of yardage out of short swing passes to WR split wide.  They were banking on their wide receivers getting our DB\'s to miss tackles and that gambit worked more often than not.   Sherman was victimized by this several times but he wasn\'t alone - our DB\'s weren\'t tackling tonight.

**  Nice to see Owusu get a couple of productive Kick-off returns under his belt.  He\'s not all the way back but he\'s getting there.

**  This was the Luck game we\'ve all been waiting for.   As great as he has been this season he\'d never had to take the team down the field with the game on the line.   Tonight he did just that.  

**  So what\'s up with Nate Whitaker?  He\'s now missed three PAT\'s on the season but is nails on the longer field goals.  Weird but I\'m very, very glad that miss didn\'t come back to haunt us.

**  The tape review that ended up ruling on the Stanford fumble almost didn\'t happen.   It was only possible because Stanford didn\'t get the subsequent play off in time due to a personel issue and Luck was forced to call a time out.  That time out ended up allowing the officials to review the previous play.   A costly error on Stanford\'s part since we not only ended up losing the ball but we\'d also wasted a time out that was very nearly needed in the final drive.  

**  Our section was also surprised by the play calling during the sequence where Stanford ran up the gut for short gains when we need 15+ yards to get within field goal range.  Does Harbaugh really think we\'re in Nate\'s field goal range at 55 yards?

**  Do we really have to rush the field when we eke out a win as favorites or is this a USC thing?  I\'m afraid the student post-game party at mid-field is becoming an every game tradition on the Farm.  I didn\'t like that choice tonight but perhaps the students were caught up in the emotion of a win against USC ... and of course the students couldn\'t care less what I think (nor should they.)

**  There were some pretty cool USC fans sitting behind me.  They may not be the norm but this group was respectful of Stanford and like the growing USC/Stanford rivalry.  They\'d also attended the last Harris shellacking in what amounted to a USC home game in Palo Alto and had a good perspective on just how far the Cardinal have come from that nadir.

**  I agree our defense isn\'t as good as we thought it might  be after the ND game but USC has playmakers, a good running back, a great WR in Woods and Barkley is an excellent QB.   Don\'t be too hard on the guys.  

**  I got a tour of the new Band Shack after the game and it\'s pretty nice.  A bit messy (of course) but there are pictures up on the walls of the band dating into the early 70\'s and some cool memorabilia.  The practice space is very nice and a brobdingnagian upgrade.   My season tix partner got to sign one of the pictures showing him from the 80\'s.

**   Dropped by In-N-Out and happened to see some of the Stanford women\'s BBall team including (if I\'m not mistaken) the Ogwumike sisters.   I think they\'re going to have a good year.   The In-N-Out had over 60 post-game Stanford fans in high spirits and some very quiet, chastened USC fans pondering the state of Trojan football.  So sweet.

Hope our SEC visitor reports back in - the stadium showed well tonight.