[donkey687]

I am surprised that the pass protection that Hogan had against WSU isn't being talked about more.  Sure, our receivers are better and we have more deep threats, but with the amount of time Hogan had to throw the ball, his job and the receivers job is a lot easier. He had time to wait for his receivers to open up.  I am not sure that I have seen better pass protection than what we saw last Saturday.  Our OL is awesome.  Even when we face better DBs and our receivers don't get open, Hogan can bail out and run for a first down almost every time. That will be key against Oregon and Alabama.

[donkey687]

I am surprised that the pass protection that Hogan had against WSU isn't being talked about more.  Sure, our receivers are better and we have more deep threats, but with the amount of time Hogan had to throw the ball, his job and the receivers job is a lot easier. He had time to wait for his receivers to open up.  I am not sure that I have seen better pass protection than what we saw last Saturday.  Our OL is awesome.  Even when we face better DBs and our receivers don't get open, Hogan can bail out and run for a first down almost every time. That will be key against Oregon and Alabama.

[oman]

I was watching Andrus the GiantPeat on a couple of plays and felt really bad for the guy he was blocking.  He basically came up out of his stance, hit the guy, and the guy just sort of wiggled.  Almost just to be doing something.

"Hey, I was wiggling!" 

[oman]

I was watching Andrus the GiantPeat on a couple of plays and felt really bad for the guy he was blocking.  He basically came up out of his stance, hit the guy, and the guy just sort of wiggled.  Almost just to be doing something.

"Hey, I was wiggling!" 

[fullmetal]

Our OL did look pretty good, especially compared to WSU's OL, which gave up some bone-rattling hits.  But consider the possibility that WSU's defensive front seven is just that bad. 

[fullmetal]

Our OL did look pretty good, especially compared to WSU's OL, which gave up some bone-rattling hits.  But consider the possibility that WSU's defensive front seven is just that bad. 

[OutsiderFan]

Teams started out stacking the box, daring Stanford to pass this season, and Stanford basically for the most part adopted the "no, we're going to run on you anyway" approach.  Whether it was pure stubbornness on the part of Shaw and co., or a calculated strategy to set opponents up for surprises later, Stanford largely stayed with the running game. 

Let's be honest, if Stanford wanted to score 50+ on Army, they could have easily done it by emphasizing even more deep passing.

In each game we've seen progressively more downfield passing, and coincidentally, more offensive production.  The real question now is if defenses will stop stacking the box to stop the run, now that Stanford is killing teams with Cajuste, Montomery and Rector in the deep passing game.  If they do, the running game will become more potent, and the OL should start demonstrating it is just as adept opening holes as it is in pass protection.

The offense is missing one ingredient for it to be elite, and that is incorporation of the TEs and FBs into the offense as receiving threats.  If this happens, Stanford will have a dominant running game, an unstoppable passing attack, and a QB who is a running threat.  It's possible this team becomes one of the Top 5 offenses in the country, maybe not in terms of total yard or points, but in terms of offensive efficiency and variety of ways it can win.

[OutsiderFan]

Teams started out stacking the box, daring Stanford to pass this season, and Stanford basically for the most part adopted the "no, we're going to run on you anyway" approach.  Whether it was pure stubbornness on the part of Shaw and co., or a calculated strategy to set opponents up for surprises later, Stanford largely stayed with the running game. 

Let's be honest, if Stanford wanted to score 50+ on Army, they could have easily done it by emphasizing even more deep passing.

In each game we've seen progressively more downfield passing, and coincidentally, more offensive production.  The real question now is if defenses will stop stacking the box to stop the run, now that Stanford is killing teams with Cajuste, Montomery and Rector in the deep passing game.  If they do, the running game will become more potent, and the OL should start demonstrating it is just as adept opening holes as it is in pass protection.

The offense is missing one ingredient for it to be elite, and that is incorporation of the TEs and FBs into the offense as receiving threats.  If this happens, Stanford will have a dominant running game, an unstoppable passing attack, and a QB who is a running threat.  It's possible this team becomes one of the Top 5 offenses in the country, maybe not in terms of total yard or points, but in terms of offensive efficiency and variety of ways it can win.

[fullmetal]

Ryan Hewitt is slowly getting back to 100% :)

[fullmetal]

Ryan Hewitt is slowly getting back to 100% :)