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The Cardinals bullied the Huskies then too, rushing for 189 yards and holding possession for 39 minutes.

That tells you everything you need to know about how much this author follows Stanford football.

Right.  I believe we only had possession for 32 minutes and change.

BC

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The all-time wins leader and 7-time world champion in Formula One, Lewis Hamilton drives for the Mercedes team that dominates the circuit kind of like Alabama does college football, but in more dominant fashion. There are 10 F1 teams, including Williams with driver George Russell, that is 9th out of 10 teams this year.  



Lewis Hamilton tested positive for Covid this week and was held out of yesterday's race. Who replaced him? Russell. Hamilton doesn't always get the pole position, but he wins many such races. Russell has never had a F1 point in over 30 races (Top 10 finish) with Williams and he qualified 2nd in Hamilton's car.  Not only that, he led most of the race.



In fact, had the Mercedes team not screwed up a pit stop and Russell not had a very randomly bad luck tire puncture, he would have won the race. As it was, he finished 9th after needing an extra pit stop to change his punctured tire. This is all to say that the supporting cast matter a lot. Consider Mills as Russell if given the chance to QB Alabama's "Mercedes offense."



And as great a driver as Lewis Hamilton is, he isn't winning anything in the Williams car.  And I suspect Mac Jones isn't doing any better than Davis Mills, if even as well, if QB in Stanford's offense.

The Economist recently had a piece on the relative contributions of car and driver

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail...otor-sport

This difference stems mostly from the impact of their cars. Both stars raced in the finest vehicles of their day. But 20 years ago, cars from Williams and McLaren were nearly as strong as Ferrari’s. In contrast, Mercedes now towers over its rivals, enabling Mr Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, his teammate, to coast past lesser cars. Before joining Mercedes, Mr Bottas had never won a F1 race. He now has nine victories.

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[BostonCard]

The Cardinals bullied the Huskies then too, rushing for 189 yards and holding possession for 39 minutes.

That tells you everything you need to know about how much this author follows Stanford football.

Right.  I believe we only had possession for 32 minutes and change.

BC

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The all-time wins leader and 7-time world champion in Formula One, Lewis Hamilton drives for the Mercedes team that dominates the circuit kind of like Alabama does college football, but in more dominant fashion. There are 10 F1 teams, including Williams with driver George Russell, that is 9th out of 10 teams this year.  



Lewis Hamilton tested positive for Covid this week and was held out of yesterday's race. Who replaced him? Russell. Hamilton doesn't always get the pole position, but he wins many such races. Russell has never had a F1 point in over 30 races (Top 10 finish) with Williams and he qualified 2nd in Hamilton's car.  Not only that, he led most of the race.



In fact, had the Mercedes team not screwed up a pit stop and Russell not had a very randomly bad luck tire puncture, he would have won the race. As it was, he finished 9th after needing an extra pit stop to change his punctured tire. This is all to say that the supporting cast matter a lot. Consider Mills as Russell if given the chance to QB Alabama's "Mercedes offense."



And as great a driver as Lewis Hamilton is, he isn't winning anything in the Williams car.  And I suspect Mac Jones isn't doing any better than Davis Mills, if even as well, if QB in Stanford's offense.

The Economist recently had a piece on the relative contributions of car and driver

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail...otor-sport

This difference stems mostly from the impact of their cars. Both stars raced in the finest vehicles of their day. But 20 years ago, cars from Williams and McLaren were nearly as strong as Ferrari’s. In contrast, Mercedes now towers over its rivals, enabling Mr Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, his teammate, to coast past lesser cars. Before joining Mercedes, Mr Bottas had never won a F1 race. He now has nine victories.

BC