Stanford has won four in a row against Washington, and the last three weren't close:
2008Â 35-28 (at UW)
2009Â 34-14 (at Stanford)
2010Â 41-0Â (at UW)
2011Â 65-21 (at Stanford)
Yes, Andrew Luck is gone. But Luck wasn't the major factor in Stanford's game plan against UW the last few years. Last year, Luck passed for 169 yards, while Stanford ran for a school-record 446 yards. In 2010, Luck passed for 192 and Stanford ran for 278. In 2009, Luck passed for 103 and Stanford ran for 321. The game plan against UW has been run, run, run. If UW hasn't fixed its run defense, then Stanford won't need to get very much out of Nunes.
So far this year, UW has not been defending the run particularly well. They allowed 199 rushing yards to San Diego State and 242 rushing yards to LSU, before holding Portland State (an FBS school) to 83 yards. If Stanford can run against UW, then I think we should get reasonably good offensive production.
Offensively, UW has struggled. They had total offense of 328 yards against San Diego St. and just 183 yards against LSU, before gaining 429 yards against Portland State. Even including the PSU game, UW is averaging just 313 yards per game, 3.3 yards per rushing attempt, and 6.2 yards per pass attempt -- all of which are sub-par. I think Stanford's defense should match up pretty well.
2008Â 35-28 (at UW)
2009Â 34-14 (at Stanford)
2010Â 41-0Â (at UW)
2011Â 65-21 (at Stanford)
Yes, Andrew Luck is gone. But Luck wasn't the major factor in Stanford's game plan against UW the last few years. Last year, Luck passed for 169 yards, while Stanford ran for a school-record 446 yards. In 2010, Luck passed for 192 and Stanford ran for 278. In 2009, Luck passed for 103 and Stanford ran for 321. The game plan against UW has been run, run, run. If UW hasn't fixed its run defense, then Stanford won't need to get very much out of Nunes.
So far this year, UW has not been defending the run particularly well. They allowed 199 rushing yards to San Diego State and 242 rushing yards to LSU, before holding Portland State (an FBS school) to 83 yards. If Stanford can run against UW, then I think we should get reasonably good offensive production.
Offensively, UW has struggled. They had total offense of 328 yards against San Diego St. and just 183 yards against LSU, before gaining 429 yards against Portland State. Even including the PSU game, UW is averaging just 313 yards per game, 3.3 yards per rushing attempt, and 6.2 yards per pass attempt -- all of which are sub-par. I think Stanford's defense should match up pretty well.