[JohnR34231]

Wife's in Salt Lake. LDS take family very seriously. Stanford could be 12-0 and he would be there. Got to be at least 25 years old. Good luck to him.

You and Goose are talking out you-know-where in being so conclusive re: what motivates Reid.
If Reid plays football at some other college that is pretty damning.
And for your wife/Utah, I'll give you a Utah/Rose Bowl.

The fact is that Stanford is no longer a Big Bowl participant and that is dissuading eligible kids from sticking around for another year, even ones with no legit NFL aspirations.  As a poster on TOS notes, we have lost our much-needed "old man strength" on the lines.  And that is killing us.

Back when Ralston was in this 3 or 4 year there was an article on the Stanford team that Ralston had at that time and one statement that stood out was "Stanford with the exception of Blaine Nye is too small and too slow along both sides of the line of scrimmage".  Unfortunately, Stanford now just that. Back when that statement was made being small also implied being not physical/strong.

Yeah, and if they had a decent fullback that would have helped too.

[JohnR34231]

Wife's in Salt Lake. LDS take family very seriously. Stanford could be 12-0 and he would be there. Got to be at least 25 years old. Good luck to him.

You and Goose are talking out you-know-where in being so conclusive re: what motivates Reid.
If Reid plays football at some other college that is pretty damning.
And for your wife/Utah, I'll give you a Utah/Rose Bowl.

The fact is that Stanford is no longer a Big Bowl participant and that is dissuading eligible kids from sticking around for another year, even ones with no legit NFL aspirations.  As a poster on TOS notes, we have lost our much-needed "old man strength" on the lines.  And that is killing us.

Back when Ralston was in this 3 or 4 year there was an article on the Stanford team that Ralston had at that time and one statement that stood out was "Stanford with the exception of Blaine Nye is too small and too slow along both sides of the line of scrimmage".  Unfortunately, Stanford now just that. Back when that statement was made being small also implied being not physical/strong.

Yeah, and if they had a decent fullback that would have helped too.