It\'s interesting, but not surprising, that the Luck for Voldemort campaign has no traction.
He\'s clearly one of the best players in the NCAA but he\'s a great player (unlike Toby) who doesn\'t have great stats. Stanford\'s balanced offense, lack of heart-stopping last second drives and heavy use of the run to keep the clock rolling late in games means that only those who are really watching know how good Luck\'s been.
I mean, if you were on the right-coast, heard the hype and then saw a stat-line of 19-26, 192 yds, 1 TD and 1 int would YOU be impressed?
Yet those who watched were.
Personally, I like that this isn\'t an Elway (the player, not the coach) era team where a mediocre team is lifted by a transcendent star who everyone from the fans, to the coaches and most of all the defense lean upon. I like that a lot ... but this isn\'t the kind of team nor gamplan that will win a QB the Voldemort.
He\'s clearly one of the best players in the NCAA but he\'s a great player (unlike Toby) who doesn\'t have great stats. Stanford\'s balanced offense, lack of heart-stopping last second drives and heavy use of the run to keep the clock rolling late in games means that only those who are really watching know how good Luck\'s been.
I mean, if you were on the right-coast, heard the hype and then saw a stat-line of 19-26, 192 yds, 1 TD and 1 int would YOU be impressed?
Yet those who watched were.
Personally, I like that this isn\'t an Elway (the player, not the coach) era team where a mediocre team is lifted by a transcendent star who everyone from the fans, to the coaches and most of all the defense lean upon. I like that a lot ... but this isn\'t the kind of team nor gamplan that will win a QB the Voldemort.
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