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https://admission.stanford.edu/apply/fir...sting.html

Officially, Stanford has just made it test optional for the next year due to COVID; it has not (yet) announced it is moving towards a permanent test optional system.

Sagehen, I would agree with you that there is very little specific in there, but as I noted earlier, Shaw knows how the game is played and is cautious perhaps to a fault.  He wouldn't have opened his mouth unless a) he was desperate (entirely possible) or b) he had an agreement and clearance to talk about it. But while Harbaugh might have talked about it openly and dared the administration to walk it back, that's never been Shaw's style. The bigger question is how substantive the changes will be, and that could range from filling around the edges to a complete rethink of how Stanford recruits.

One last thought... with the hints we've gotten of major roster turnover coming, I wonder how much of this is back against the wall measures.  Like, if he knows between graduation and transfers 40 players won't be coming back next year, that might have resulted in a "no choice but the portal".

BC

[BostonCard]

https://admission.stanford.edu/apply/fir...sting.html

Officially, Stanford has just made it test optional for the next year due to COVID; it has not (yet) announced it is moving towards a permanent test optional system.

Sagehen, I would agree with you that there is very little specific in there, but as I noted earlier, Shaw knows how the game is played and is cautious perhaps to a fault.  He wouldn't have opened his mouth unless a) he was desperate (entirely possible) or b) he had an agreement and clearance to talk about it. But while Harbaugh might have talked about it openly and dared the administration to walk it back, that's never been Shaw's style. The bigger question is how substantive the changes will be, and that could range from filling around the edges to a complete rethink of how Stanford recruits.

One last thought... with the hints we've gotten of major roster turnover coming, I wonder how much of this is back against the wall measures.  Like, if he knows between graduation and transfers 40 players won't be coming back next year, that might have resulted in a "no choice but the portal".

BC