[Spiny_Norman]

I honestly think that we will be the favorite. We'll have the early F Stanford award favorite, a story of getting better throughout the year, and our losses are either at places we can afford to take the hit (OL, kinda DL) or players that no one outside of our fanbase thinks are good (Hogan). We're the only contender to play a real opponent in a bowl game and smash them, and it takes the least amount of guesswork to see how we're a really good team.

So of course we'll be picked to finish fourth.

I hope that other schools are predicted to win the conference in 2016.  Stanford seems to play better with the extra motivation of feeling overlooked and having to prove themselves.

Perhaps the biggest factor in Stanford's offseason - will the coaching staff once again experience minimal or no turnover?  Staff stability has had a major impact on Stanford's success over the past few years. 

[Spiny_Norman]

I honestly think that we will be the favorite. We'll have the early F Stanford award favorite, a story of getting better throughout the year, and our losses are either at places we can afford to take the hit (OL, kinda DL) or players that no one outside of our fanbase thinks are good (Hogan). We're the only contender to play a real opponent in a bowl game and smash them, and it takes the least amount of guesswork to see how we're a really good team.

So of course we'll be picked to finish fourth.

I hope that other schools are predicted to win the conference in 2016.  Stanford seems to play better with the extra motivation of feeling overlooked and having to prove themselves.

Perhaps the biggest factor in Stanford's offseason - will the coaching staff once again experience minimal or no turnover?  Staff stability has had a major impact on Stanford's success over the past few years.