[Mick]

If Stanford doesn’t win by 20+ points, we are much worse than I thought. 

The Vegas betting line is Stanford -14.5 which is a lot tighter than I would have expected.

That's...not good. I would have expected much more, something like 28-29 points. They were 3-8 last year, losing to San Jose State 59-3. All of their eight losses except one were by three TDs or more. Last year, they beat USD in their opener 27-10...this year, they lost to USD in their opener, 27-21...a 23 point turnaround in the wrong direction.

If we get up by 14+ and show some ability to stuff CP, TT will put Lamson and Brown in to take their turns.  The question would be does he empty the benches for the other positions or does he let them have a go with the first-string O.  I think that will affect the final spread as much as any other factor.

Our last string players should beat their first string players by 4 TDs...

[Mick]

If Stanford doesn’t win by 20+ points, we are much worse than I thought. 

The Vegas betting line is Stanford -14.5 which is a lot tighter than I would have expected.

That's...not good. I would have expected much more, something like 28-29 points. They were 3-8 last year, losing to San Jose State 59-3. All of their eight losses except one were by three TDs or more. Last year, they beat USD in their opener 27-10...this year, they lost to USD in their opener, 27-21...a 23 point turnaround in the wrong direction.

If we get up by 14+ and show some ability to stuff CP, TT will put Lamson and Brown in to take their turns.  The question would be does he empty the benches for the other positions or does he let them have a go with the first-string O.  I think that will affect the final spread as much as any other factor.

Our last string players should beat their first string players by 4 TDs...