09-28-2012, 12:40 PM
(09-28-2012, 08:09 AM)Yvonne link Wrote:I'm wondering where you guys see 4-5 more wins without an offense?
Oregon is the class of the North. So assume that is a loss.
UW, like Stanford and now OSU have been projected to be in the middle of the North.
UCB and WSU are at the bottom.
Stanford went on the road against a mid-tier team in the North. The offense had their worst game of the season. And despite that Stanford was 5 minutes away from a win, and ultimately only lost by 4 points with a decent chance at a win with 2 minutes to go.
OSU is coming to Stanford. I suspect Nunes, like many 1st year QBs, will continue to play a touch better at home. I also suspect the defense and the crowd will help get a win there.Â
Colorado and WSU are terrible, I would guess Stanford could win both games without attempting a single pass. (Let's hope the offense is more sophisticated :()
That's two and three.
Then Stanford needs just one win from the UCLA, Cal, Notre Dame and UofA set. I think if Stanford played UW 4 times in Seattle, they would get at least one win, probably more. This set of four teams is probably not better than UW, so imagine one win from this group. That gets Stanford to 4 wins.
I will concede the 4+ wins will not come in classic Pac-10/12 style. Rather they will come in recent SEC style play. Think 13-10, 16-14 type games. The defense will need to create short fields via turnovers, 3 and outs and/or pick six plays. The defense is too good for me to believe the team can't get 4 more wins, even if the offense frequently repeats the UW performance.
1st year QB had a sub-par game against a very good USC team, and a bad game during his first road trip as a starter against a decent UW team. Stanford came out of that 1-1. Looking at the rest of the schedule, and those opponents' current level of play, 4-4 the rest of the way does not seem crazy even if Nunes does not progress.

