[JohnR34231]

"...I think the big thing for us obviously we are shorthanded and we became more shorthanded during the course of the game,” Stanford coach David Shaw said.

“That being said, we fought back to make it a game. ... We were good enough to hold them and make the game close.”

Uh, coach, you just lost a game 49-22 and you opponent finished you off with 24 unanswered points. Please define "close".

I think what he meant was that we were down 19-0 early, amd managed to close to 25-22 late in the third quarter.
If you say what happened during the rest of the game made that comment a bit of a stretch, I agree with you.

[JohnR34231]

"...I think the big thing for us obviously we are shorthanded and we became more shorthanded during the course of the game,” Stanford coach David Shaw said.

“That being said, we fought back to make it a game. ... We were good enough to hold them and make the game close.”

Uh, coach, you just lost a game 49-22 and you opponent finished you off with 24 unanswered points. Please define "close".

I think what he meant was that we were down 19-0 early, amd managed to close to 25-22 late in the third quarter.
If you say what happened during the rest of the game made that comment a bit of a stretch, I agree with you.