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Stanford had plenty of success with splitting the running back role when it did so with Kerry Carter and Anthony Bookman, and again with Carter and Brian Allen. If it works okay with two, then I don't see why three would somehow lead to a great reversal of form.

And if two is the magic number, then you could just as easily argue for benching Sanders completely.

Garvin -- I like tandems and it has worked well for a long time at Stanford.  I just haven't successful examples of what we are trying to do with 3+ backs. 

if we are narrowing, I'd go with McCaffrey as one of the backs -- he has the extra gear, he has shown good hands, and he has 3+ years left to develop.

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Stanford had plenty of success with splitting the running back role when it did so with Kerry Carter and Anthony Bookman, and again with Carter and Brian Allen. If it works okay with two, then I don't see why three would somehow lead to a great reversal of form.

And if two is the magic number, then you could just as easily argue for benching Sanders completely.

Garvin -- I like tandems and it has worked well for a long time at Stanford.  I just haven't successful examples of what we are trying to do with 3+ backs. 

if we are narrowing, I'd go with McCaffrey as one of the backs -- he has the extra gear, he has shown good hands, and he has 3+ years left to develop.