09-12-2016, 02:59 PM
One note on how SC's stats were solid, but not dominant, against USU (+1.3 yards per play) as compared to the score (45-7): your typical brew of turnovers/special teams opportunism. SC benefitted from a punt block (after which they recovered the ball on the USU 6), a punt return TD (an Adoree Jackson special), and an INT (after which they got the ball on the USU 48).
Of course SC has a fine special teams coach in John Baxter, but then again...Stanford special teams have been pretty darn good itself over the years, and the main weaknesses last year (kickoffs and punt return defense) look ameliorated with the emergence of Jake Bailey and the return of Hoffpauir.
Of course SC has a fine special teams coach in John Baxter, but then again...Stanford special teams have been pretty darn good itself over the years, and the main weaknesses last year (kickoffs and punt return defense) look ameliorated with the emergence of Jake Bailey and the return of Hoffpauir.