01-14-2021, 11:03 AM
Well, Phogge, our CardBoard preseason poll asked "How many Pac-12 wins will Stanford football have in 2020?"
Here are the results...
7 wins-Pac-12 champs: 7.3%
6 wins-Pac-12 champs: 7.3%
6 wins-Pac-12 North champs/conference runner-up: 2.4%
5 wins: 19.5%
4 wins: 31.7%
3 wins: 19.5%
2 wins: 7.3%
1 win: 2.4%
Season will not be completed: 2.4%
The poll was based on a 7-game season and our team only played 6. But I would say that it met expectations for most folks. I'd like to think that we would have defeated WSU, but I've been fooled on that front plenty of times. But overall, the offense, once Mills was back in form, was solid, the special teams had more ups than downs, and the defense was bad.
Median grade at Stanford used to be a B-, but with grade inflation I'd give the season a B. And, although I think Boulder, CO is a great town, I'm really tired of losing to the Buffaloes.
Here are the results...
7 wins-Pac-12 champs: 7.3%
6 wins-Pac-12 champs: 7.3%
6 wins-Pac-12 North champs/conference runner-up: 2.4%
5 wins: 19.5%
4 wins: 31.7%
3 wins: 19.5%
2 wins: 7.3%
1 win: 2.4%
Season will not be completed: 2.4%
The poll was based on a 7-game season and our team only played 6. But I would say that it met expectations for most folks. I'd like to think that we would have defeated WSU, but I've been fooled on that front plenty of times. But overall, the offense, once Mills was back in form, was solid, the special teams had more ups than downs, and the defense was bad.
Median grade at Stanford used to be a B-, but with grade inflation I'd give the season a B. And, although I think Boulder, CO is a great town, I'm really tired of losing to the Buffaloes.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)