[yvonne]

So from what I can gather, Stanford is essentially Texas with a competent quarterback and better tight ends. Is that fair?

Comparing teams involves comparing personnel at key positions, as well as comparing schemes. I haven't seen Texas, so I don't know how they line up for their base offenses and defenses. However, statistically, Stanford and Texas seems to be a very poor comparison.

Texas	Stanford
PASSING YARDS
193.6	273.0
85th Overall	26th Overall
RUSHING YARDS
210.4	207.9
19th Overall	22nd Overall
POINTS FOR
28.7	43.6
53rd Overall	5th Overall
POINTS AGAINST
23.3	20.3
42nd Overall	23rd Overall

Of course, comparing statistics across conferences is a kind of invalid because it doesn't take into account the competition levels and the styles of play of the teams in the conference. On the surface, anyway, it seems that Texas has a much worse offense than Stanford, largely because of an ineffective passing game. We lack receivers, but have been able to get the job done through the tight ends. Texas' poor offense is really evident in that it scored only 24 points against a reportedly weak Baylor defense.

[yvonne]

So from what I can gather, Stanford is essentially Texas with a competent quarterback and better tight ends. Is that fair?

Comparing teams involves comparing personnel at key positions, as well as comparing schemes. I haven't seen Texas, so I don't know how they line up for their base offenses and defenses. However, statistically, Stanford and Texas seems to be a very poor comparison.

Texas	Stanford
PASSING YARDS
193.6	273.0
85th Overall	26th Overall
RUSHING YARDS
210.4	207.9
19th Overall	22nd Overall
POINTS FOR
28.7	43.6
53rd Overall	5th Overall
POINTS AGAINST
23.3	20.3
42nd Overall	23rd Overall

Of course, comparing statistics across conferences is a kind of invalid because it doesn't take into account the competition levels and the styles of play of the teams in the conference. On the surface, anyway, it seems that Texas has a much worse offense than Stanford, largely because of an ineffective passing game. We lack receivers, but have been able to get the job done through the tight ends. Texas' poor offense is really evident in that it scored only 24 points against a reportedly weak Baylor defense.