[teejers1]

And, if I understood Casey Jakes correctly last eve, Stanford has 4 Quad 1 wins which he says is important. Did we pick up 2 in Hawaii?

Stanford is 4-3 vs Quad One:

Wins: USC x2, Wyoming, WSU.
Losses: Arizona, Baylor, Texas.

The Wyoming game was in Hawaii, beating WSU on the road also qualifies as Quad One.

Four Quad One wins is a lot, only eight teams in the country have more. Stanford is ranked #86 in NET, the next lowest team with four or more Quad One wins is Providence and they are #34, which speaks both to Stanford's inconsistency and the vagaries of NET.

TOS surmises NET (over)emphasizes margin of victory, as it is more of a forward-looking projection of how a team will fare against other teams.  Good teams blow out mediocre teams; Stanford doesn't blow out anybody.  However, at the end of the day, I think the Committee will put a premium on accomplishment/resume.  Who have you beaten?  That will prove more important than margin of victory.

Again, all of this just fanciful discussion as Stanford has to win a bunch more games before it can even claim to be "in the mix."  But it's fun to have hope and see it as a real possibility.  Right, burger?

[teejers1]

And, if I understood Casey Jakes correctly last eve, Stanford has 4 Quad 1 wins which he says is important. Did we pick up 2 in Hawaii?

Stanford is 4-3 vs Quad One:

Wins: USC x2, Wyoming, WSU.
Losses: Arizona, Baylor, Texas.

The Wyoming game was in Hawaii, beating WSU on the road also qualifies as Quad One.

Four Quad One wins is a lot, only eight teams in the country have more. Stanford is ranked #86 in NET, the next lowest team with four or more Quad One wins is Providence and they are #34, which speaks both to Stanford's inconsistency and the vagaries of NET.

TOS surmises NET (over)emphasizes margin of victory, as it is more of a forward-looking projection of how a team will fare against other teams.  Good teams blow out mediocre teams; Stanford doesn't blow out anybody.  However, at the end of the day, I think the Committee will put a premium on accomplishment/resume.  Who have you beaten?  That will prove more important than margin of victory.

Again, all of this just fanciful discussion as Stanford has to win a bunch more games before it can even claim to be "in the mix."  But it's fun to have hope and see it as a real possibility.  Right, burger?