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This storyline is getting old:
UNC Sun Bowl 2016 - Stanford leads in the 4th quarter but cannot stop UNC on 10 play, 97 yard drive. They score with 25 seconds remaining. Stanford is saved when they sack the QB on the 2 point conversion which would have tied the game.
SDSU 2017 - Stanford leads in the 4th quarter but cannot stop SDSU on 11 play, 75 yard drive. They score with 54 seconds remaining to win.
WSU 2017 - Stanford leads in the 4th quarter but cannot stop WSU on 11 play, 94 yard drive. They score with 6:56 remaining to win.
USC P12 championship game 2017 - Stanford trails by 3 in 4th quarter but cannot stop USC on 8 play, 99 yard drive. They score with 4:22 remaining.
TCU Alamo Bowl - Stanford leads in the 4th quarter but cannot stop TCU on 9 play, 59 yard drive. They kick a FG with 3:07 remaining to take the lead.
WSU 2018 - Stanford leads in the 4th quarter but cannot stop WSU on 7 play, 50 yard drive. They kick a FG with 19 seconds remaining to win.

Defense wins championships and Stanford is not there right now.

You are correct. As you point out, this has been a problem for a while. It has also been a traditional Stanford problem. "Back in the day" we could score points on anybody, but we couldn't stop anybody. Even during our recent string under Shaw, I would argue that our defense wasn't really our strength. The ability to control the clock and run the ball created a situation where the defense only had to be good for "a while", not  an entire game. When we don't have the ability to control the tempo, our defense gets exposed as not top level.
I don't expect us to be able to change that. We can be better on defense than we are at present, but probably not "top level". We need to get back to controlling the game. That means the OL has to enable us to "run the damn ball". That we have been able to do in the past. We need to be able to do it again.

[Goose]

This storyline is getting old:
UNC Sun Bowl 2016 - Stanford leads in the 4th quarter but cannot stop UNC on 10 play, 97 yard drive. They score with 25 seconds remaining. Stanford is saved when they sack the QB on the 2 point conversion which would have tied the game.
SDSU 2017 - Stanford leads in the 4th quarter but cannot stop SDSU on 11 play, 75 yard drive. They score with 54 seconds remaining to win.
WSU 2017 - Stanford leads in the 4th quarter but cannot stop WSU on 11 play, 94 yard drive. They score with 6:56 remaining to win.
USC P12 championship game 2017 - Stanford trails by 3 in 4th quarter but cannot stop USC on 8 play, 99 yard drive. They score with 4:22 remaining.
TCU Alamo Bowl - Stanford leads in the 4th quarter but cannot stop TCU on 9 play, 59 yard drive. They kick a FG with 3:07 remaining to take the lead.
WSU 2018 - Stanford leads in the 4th quarter but cannot stop WSU on 7 play, 50 yard drive. They kick a FG with 19 seconds remaining to win.

Defense wins championships and Stanford is not there right now.

You are correct. As you point out, this has been a problem for a while. It has also been a traditional Stanford problem. "Back in the day" we could score points on anybody, but we couldn't stop anybody. Even during our recent string under Shaw, I would argue that our defense wasn't really our strength. The ability to control the clock and run the ball created a situation where the defense only had to be good for "a while", not  an entire game. When we don't have the ability to control the tempo, our defense gets exposed as not top level.
I don't expect us to be able to change that. We can be better on defense than we are at present, but probably not "top level". We need to get back to controlling the game. That means the OL has to enable us to "run the damn ball". That we have been able to do in the past. We need to be able to do it again.