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With the academic requirements of the university, some people on here need to lower their expectations.  Stanford will never be Alabama on the field, (reloading every year) and that's fine.

Jim Harbaugh showed all of us that we DIDN'T need to lower our expectations, and Shaw built on that with Harbaugh's recruits.

You're right that we will never be Alabama - nobody's expecting that. But I believe Stanford is capable of fielding winning football teams every single year, with one or two a decade playing in an NY6 bowl. The team we saw on the field today is wholly incapable of meeting that expectation.

[winflop]

With the academic requirements of the university, some people on here need to lower their expectations.  Stanford will never be Alabama on the field, (reloading every year) and that's fine.

Jim Harbaugh showed all of us that we DIDN'T need to lower our expectations, and Shaw built on that with Harbaugh's recruits.

You're right that we will never be Alabama - nobody's expecting that. But I believe Stanford is capable of fielding winning football teams every single year, with one or two a decade playing in an NY6 bowl. The team we saw on the field today is wholly incapable of meeting that expectation.