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Nice stat for our offense - Fuzzy Dunlop - 10-03-2011

From Wilner's latest report card - Stanford has the fewest turnovers in the country: one.  And that one was Luck's tipped-with-hey-where-was-the-pass-interference-flag interception.  (http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2011/10/03/stanford-football-grading-the-week-25/)

Even with the usual caveats about quality of the competition to date, that's a good sign.  And it likely will be key against teams like Oregon, whose offense we have to keep off the field as much as possible.

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Re: Nice stat for our offense - washingtonismoney - 10-03-2011

Also, third in the country in sacks allowed; first in tackles for loss allowed.

I heard tell our offensive line is worse, which is clearly reflected statistically.

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Re: Nice stat for our offense - Farm93 - 10-03-2011

Other teams have played tougher schedules, but make no mistake there are a lot of teams that have had easier schedules.

Stanford has played 2 games on the road.  One 2,500 miles away from home, and the other in 90 degree heat.

SJSU is 2-3.  Duke is 3-2.  Arizona is 1-4, but has lost to 3 Pac-10 teams and USC on the road.  And UCLA is a respectable 2-3.  Excluding their Stanford losses, the group has 8 wins and 8 losses.  There are loads of teams that have played 4 or 5 games at home, or close to home, against teams with terrible records.

Wilner may use that weak schedule stuff as his newest excuse to keep Stanford out of the top 5, but there are many teams that have enjoyed a lot of cupcakes at home and are not even close to one turnover.

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