We're on the road and Shaw is still good enough a coach to outdo Morris.
- Stanford's defense is not in the same category as Oregon State's or Utah's.
- Stanford's OL doesn't protect their QB very well. There's only one team in the Pac-12 who has given up more sacks. Unfortunately, that's us.
- Stanford's run defense is terrible. One of the worst in D-1. Of course, both of our RBs are hurt and we don't use them anyway, so this doesn't really matter.
- Stanford's pass defense doesn't look too bad, yardage-wise, but it might just be because everyone can run on them. They only have 3 INTs on 228 attempts...so maybe they are bad. Doesn't matter...if they can get pressure on Ward, he'll throw it right to them.
- Stanford is better at keeping their defense off the field. We are #125 in D-1 in time of possession.
My predictions:
- We run more WR screens than they do.
- Both QBs spend the game on the run.
- We score 20 for the first time in a month
- We lead at half
- Ward runs a couple of design runs in the first half and gives us hope. Those runs disappear at halftime.
- Unfortunately Stanford's QB has at least one working arm and a pulse, so he'll be able to work against our secondary.
- Stanford scores 30 for the first time in 2 months.
- We'll all be back here on Saturday afternoon prepping our effigies of Morris for burning.