[OutsiderFan]

Most people won’t see it, but Stanford isn’t very far from being undefeated, even 6-2 would be reasonable in most years at his point, and none of its wins come with the asterisks the losses do.

Most programs in P5 aren’t foolish enough to schedule effectively three power 5 teams OOC in one season. Stanford never would have scheduled UCF. If that is say North Texas, like Cal had, Stanford wins that game and if Costello or Mills plays against UCLA, Stanford wins that game. If Costello was healthy against Oregon, Stanford has a real shot at a W there, and they led USC 17-3 before imploding, so anything from 6-2 to 8-0 was possible with a normal schedule and less comically injured team.

Still, this team is wildly inconsistent, not just from game to game, but in halves and quarters. They play very well and horrible in the same games. I understand Arizona does not have a great defense, but Stanford put up one TD at home in its first two games. Stanford scored four in one half yesterday. Stanford basically shutout the Beavers for nearly three quarters and then gave up 3 4th quarter TDs. 

All that said, these things still happened and the record is 4-4. Colorado is the most important game on the schedule now if you care about bowl games and Shaw not suffering his first losing season. I can’t fathom Stanford beating WSU or Notre Dame. Mike Leach owns David Shaw, and Notre Dame is way better than Stanford at the LOS.

[OutsiderFan]

Most people won’t see it, but Stanford isn’t very far from being undefeated, even 6-2 would be reasonable in most years at his point, and none of its wins come with the asterisks the losses do.

Most programs in P5 aren’t foolish enough to schedule effectively three power 5 teams OOC in one season. Stanford never would have scheduled UCF. If that is say North Texas, like Cal had, Stanford wins that game and if Costello or Mills plays against UCLA, Stanford wins that game. If Costello was healthy against Oregon, Stanford has a real shot at a W there, and they led USC 17-3 before imploding, so anything from 6-2 to 8-0 was possible with a normal schedule and less comically injured team.

Still, this team is wildly inconsistent, not just from game to game, but in halves and quarters. They play very well and horrible in the same games. I understand Arizona does not have a great defense, but Stanford put up one TD at home in its first two games. Stanford scored four in one half yesterday. Stanford basically shutout the Beavers for nearly three quarters and then gave up 3 4th quarter TDs. 

All that said, these things still happened and the record is 4-4. Colorado is the most important game on the schedule now if you care about bowl games and Shaw not suffering his first losing season. I can’t fathom Stanford beating WSU or Notre Dame. Mike Leach owns David Shaw, and Notre Dame is way better than Stanford at the LOS.