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How would you rank these potential occurrences during the time between now and the Spring Game, in order of subjective importance to you as a fan?

A) Bowl: Finish at least 6-6 and go to a bowl game (keep streak alive, benefit from extra practices, etc.)
B) QBs: See visible signs of a healthy, performing, returning QB (or two) for next season.
C) Cal: Win Big Game - as a non-alum, this isn't as important to me, but I get why ceding dominance in the rivalry would be a bad thing.
D) ND: Beat the Irish - always fun. 
E) OL: See development on the OL and signs of healthy, performing linemen for next season.
F) Retention: Retain one or more of Costello, Parkinson, Adebo and Little.  
G) Recruiting: Sign all committed 2020 recruits and add one or two surprises, particularly on defense.  I would rank this higher, but I'm considering it mostly predetermined at this point.
H) OC: See more creative or effective play-calling - not my favorite gripe, but I included it for some of y'all.
I) Other: fill in the blank.

gailtate had correctly called the first half of this decade, while we were watching it live, as the Golden Age of Stanford Football.  He was damn right.  And I think we can agree that it's over.  We have no offensive identity, and this team is difficult to watch.
Hence, streaks are falling by the wayside.  First was no Shaw led team had lost three in a row.  Next was UCLA's 11 straight losses.

Lots of other streaks are at high risk of falling.  In order of those I want to continue:

C.  Big Game.  I'd like to see 10 years in a row.  To lose to this year's C.al team, with their offense, would be rock bottom.
D.  Beating ND.  In some ways, the 2009 game vs ND was the exclamation point that Stanford was now physically bad-ass.  ND has lost here every year since then.  I don't have much hope that this streak continues.
A.  Yeah, we need a bowl.  But only due to the need for player development.  I fear that a 6-6 record would leave the Cheez-It bowl.  The name alone is bad enough, but our neighbors to the north really left a stink last year that will tarnish it for a while.  (Then again, we could get to go to the Las Vegas Bowl.  Now that I could get into.)
 
I understand the need for OL and recruiting.  But those things won't happen overnight.

[Embo]

How would you rank these potential occurrences during the time between now and the Spring Game, in order of subjective importance to you as a fan?

A) Bowl: Finish at least 6-6 and go to a bowl game (keep streak alive, benefit from extra practices, etc.)
B) QBs: See visible signs of a healthy, performing, returning QB (or two) for next season.
C) Cal: Win Big Game - as a non-alum, this isn't as important to me, but I get why ceding dominance in the rivalry would be a bad thing.
D) ND: Beat the Irish - always fun. 
E) OL: See development on the OL and signs of healthy, performing linemen for next season.
F) Retention: Retain one or more of Costello, Parkinson, Adebo and Little.  
G) Recruiting: Sign all committed 2020 recruits and add one or two surprises, particularly on defense.  I would rank this higher, but I'm considering it mostly predetermined at this point.
H) OC: See more creative or effective play-calling - not my favorite gripe, but I included it for some of y'all.
I) Other: fill in the blank.

gailtate had correctly called the first half of this decade, while we were watching it live, as the Golden Age of Stanford Football.  He was damn right.  And I think we can agree that it's over.  We have no offensive identity, and this team is difficult to watch.
Hence, streaks are falling by the wayside.  First was no Shaw led team had lost three in a row.  Next was UCLA's 11 straight losses.

Lots of other streaks are at high risk of falling.  In order of those I want to continue:

C.  Big Game.  I'd like to see 10 years in a row.  To lose to this year's C.al team, with their offense, would be rock bottom.
D.  Beating ND.  In some ways, the 2009 game vs ND was the exclamation point that Stanford was now physically bad-ass.  ND has lost here every year since then.  I don't have much hope that this streak continues.
A.  Yeah, we need a bowl.  But only due to the need for player development.  I fear that a 6-6 record would leave the Cheez-It bowl.  The name alone is bad enough, but our neighbors to the north really left a stink last year that will tarnish it for a while.  (Then again, we could get to go to the Las Vegas Bowl.  Now that I could get into.)
 
I understand the need for OL and recruiting.  But those things won't happen overnight.