08-14-2017, 06:51 AM
Very good teams destroy opponents like Rice. If Stanford's lines and overall roster are as good as the consensus seems to assume, Rice won't score much and they won't be able to stop Stanford. A 41-7 score would validate a team with a #13 ranking against unranked and historically irrelevant Rice.
If Stanford doesn't smash Rice by at least 4 TDs it's hard to imagine it will be USC much longer. Let's not pretend Rice is Northwestern. It would be a canary in a coal mine if Rice can compete with Stanford in the trenches.
If Stanford doesn't smash Rice by at least 4 TDs it's hard to imagine it will be USC much longer. Let's not pretend Rice is Northwestern. It would be a canary in a coal mine if Rice can compete with Stanford in the trenches.