[OutsiderFan]

OK, since everyone loves Top 10 lists, how about everyone providing their Top 10 Stanford players of 2012, then we'll tally the votes and create a "Cardboard Top 10?"  Only requirement is that the player must have lettered.

I'll go first:

1. Chase Thomas
2. Stepfan Taylor
3. Shayne Skov
4. Cameron Fleming
5. Levine Toilolo
6. Ty Montgomery
7. David Yankey
8. Ben Gardner
9. Zach Ertz
10. Terrence Stephens

[OutsiderFan]

OK, since everyone loves Top 10 lists, how about everyone providing their Top 10 Stanford players of 2012, then we'll tally the votes and create a "Cardboard Top 10?"  Only requirement is that the player must have lettered.

I'll go first:

1. Chase Thomas
2. Stepfan Taylor
3. Shayne Skov
4. Cameron Fleming
5. Levine Toilolo
6. Ty Montgomery
7. David Yankey
8. Ben Gardner
9. Zach Ertz
10. Terrence Stephens

[washingtonismoney]

Here's my crack at it:

1. Chase Thomas
2. Stepfan Taylor
3. David Yankey
4. Ben Gardner
5. Trent Murphy
6. Levine Toilolo
7. Zach Ertz
8. Ty Montgomery
9. Sam Schwartzstein
10. Shayne Skov*

* I think it's really difficult to rate Skov properly this year. It takes a while to recover from these kinds of injuries, just as much in terms of rust/ferocity/etc. as physically. For this reason I think it's really hard to predict exactly how good he'll be, and how quickly. So 10 is a bit of a placeholder.

[washingtonismoney]

Here's my crack at it:

1. Chase Thomas
2. Stepfan Taylor
3. David Yankey
4. Ben Gardner
5. Trent Murphy
6. Levine Toilolo
7. Zach Ertz
8. Ty Montgomery
9. Sam Schwartzstein
10. Shayne Skov*

* I think it's really difficult to rate Skov properly this year. It takes a while to recover from these kinds of injuries, just as much in terms of rust/ferocity/etc. as physically. For this reason I think it's really hard to predict exactly how good he'll be, and how quickly. So 10 is a bit of a placeholder.

[97fan]

1. Stepfan Taylor
2. Chase Thomas
3. Shayne Skov
4. Zach Ertz
5. David Yankey
6. Levine Toilolo
7. Terrence Stephens
8. Cameron Fleming
9. Ryan Hewitt
10. Ty Montgomery

[97fan]

1. Stepfan Taylor
2. Chase Thomas
3. Shayne Skov
4. Zach Ertz
5. David Yankey
6. Levine Toilolo
7. Terrence Stephens
8. Cameron Fleming
9. Ryan Hewitt
10. Ty Montgomery

[ChicagoCard]

1. Chase Thomas
2. Shayne Skov
3. Ty Montgomery
4. Zach Ertz
5. Ben Gardner
6. Trent Murphy
7. Stepfan Taylor
8. Terrence Stephens
9. Terrence Brown
10. Ryan Hewitt

Obviously there is the question of whether Skov comes back as strong.

At what point specifically do these guys earn a letter?

[ChicagoCard]

1. Chase Thomas
2. Shayne Skov
3. Ty Montgomery
4. Zach Ertz
5. Ben Gardner
6. Trent Murphy
7. Stepfan Taylor
8. Terrence Stephens
9. Terrence Brown
10. Ryan Hewitt

Obviously there is the question of whether Skov comes back as strong.

At what point specifically do these guys earn a letter?

[socalstanfan1]

1. Chase Thomas
2. Stepfan Taylor
3. Shayne Skov
4. Ben Gardner
5. Zach Ertz
6. David Yankey
7. Levine Toilolo
8. Ty Montgomery
9. Cameron Fleming
10. Wayne Lyons

[socalstanfan1]

1. Chase Thomas
2. Stepfan Taylor
3. Shayne Skov
4. Ben Gardner
5. Zach Ertz
6. David Yankey
7. Levine Toilolo
8. Ty Montgomery
9. Cameron Fleming
10. Wayne Lyons

[OutsiderFan]

At what point specifically do these guys earn a letter?

Typically these designations are used to define college football experience:

HS:  Has yet to participate in a season on campus
RS: Player is coming off red shirt year
JC:  Junior College player who has not participated in a season on campus
L (1L, 2L, 3L): Years the player has lettered; played in at least one game (a player may letter four years, but is never shown on the roster as 4L, because after they receive a 4th letter, they are off the team)
SQ: A player who has never seen any game action

Players earn a letter each season they have played in at least one game and not redshirted. For example, Ty Montgomery lettered his Frosh year and would be "1L." Wayne Lyons didn't.  Though Lyons played, he didn't play enough to use up a year of eligibility.  Since you can't letter in a year you did not officially play, Lyons did not letter in 2011 and is a RS.

[OutsiderFan]

At what point specifically do these guys earn a letter?

Typically these designations are used to define college football experience:

HS:  Has yet to participate in a season on campus
RS: Player is coming off red shirt year
JC:  Junior College player who has not participated in a season on campus
L (1L, 2L, 3L): Years the player has lettered; played in at least one game (a player may letter four years, but is never shown on the roster as 4L, because after they receive a 4th letter, they are off the team)
SQ: A player who has never seen any game action

Players earn a letter each season they have played in at least one game and not redshirted. For example, Ty Montgomery lettered his Frosh year and would be "1L." Wayne Lyons didn't.  Though Lyons played, he didn't play enough to use up a year of eligibility.  Since you can't letter in a year you did not officially play, Lyons did not letter in 2011 and is a RS.

[ChicagoCard]

Players earn a letter each season they have played in at least one game and not redshirted. For example, Ty Montgomery lettered his Frosh year and would be "1L." Wayne Lyons didn't.  Though Lyons played, he didn't play enough to use up a year of eligibility.  Since you can't letter in a year you did not officially play, Lyons did not letter in 2011 and is a RS.

If Lyons and Terrence Brown end up getting most of the snaps at cornerback, Lyons might overshadow Brown so I might have picked Jordan Richards instead of Terrence Brown in my list.

[ChicagoCard]

Players earn a letter each season they have played in at least one game and not redshirted. For example, Ty Montgomery lettered his Frosh year and would be "1L." Wayne Lyons didn't.  Though Lyons played, he didn't play enough to use up a year of eligibility.  Since you can't letter in a year you did not officially play, Lyons did not letter in 2011 and is a RS.

If Lyons and Terrence Brown end up getting most of the snaps at cornerback, Lyons might overshadow Brown so I might have picked Jordan Richards instead of Terrence Brown in my list.

[yvonne]

You can pay $266.50 and get this obviously fake one:

http://www.zoomid.com/SchoolLibrary/Scho...oolID=1236

[yvonne]

You can pay $266.50 and get this obviously fake one:

http://www.zoomid.com/SchoolLibrary/Scho...oolID=1236

[Griffins78]

Do Stanford athletes still wear letter jackets? You saw them very occasionally when I was a student, but it seemed like a custom headed for the dustbin of history. Then again, that's what I thought about fraternities at the time, too.

I have not seen any recent athletes wearing the white letter jackets and I assumed that they do not have them anymore. I have seen older alums (like myself) wearing them to games. I also have a "Freshman" jacket that looks similar in style to a letter jacket but is red. It was given to me by a family friend that had it from when he attended Stanford - I think in the 50s or early 60s.

[Griffins78]

Do Stanford athletes still wear letter jackets? You saw them very occasionally when I was a student, but it seemed like a custom headed for the dustbin of history. Then again, that's what I thought about fraternities at the time, too.

I have not seen any recent athletes wearing the white letter jackets and I assumed that they do not have them anymore. I have seen older alums (like myself) wearing them to games. I also have a "Freshman" jacket that looks similar in style to a letter jacket but is red. It was given to me by a family friend that had it from when he attended Stanford - I think in the 50s or early 60s.

[fullmetal]

Letter jackets are awarded for the first letter earned.  They're just the same as they were many decades ago if the water polo alum's jacket from two Big Game watching parties here was any indication.  The second letter award used to be a blanket of some sort I think, but it was a small desk clock last I heard.  Then the tankard mug, then the ring (for four letters).  Correct me if I'm wrong...

[fullmetal]

Letter jackets are awarded for the first letter earned.  They're just the same as they were many decades ago if the water polo alum's jacket from two Big Game watching parties here was any indication.  The second letter award used to be a blanket of some sort I think, but it was a small desk clock last I heard.  Then the tankard mug, then the ring (for four letters).  Correct me if I'm wrong...