[Goose]

Most of all, this is a day to salute Stanford's much maligned QB, Ashton Daniels. He played TOUGH, having his best ever day passing* on a day when he was credited for 23 carries (getting pounded on many), and he played SMART, for the most part avoiding the temptation to throw it up for grabs.

Daniels displayed accuracy and touch on this throws today, and, while he'll never be Joe Montana, he played like an all-conference QB today.

*EDIT: Yeah, I forgot his stat line against Colorado. I think his passer rating today might be a tad higher than against Colorado, but I'm not sure.

He completed 67% of his passes. He was accurate on throws across the middle to Mosley, which hasn't been a big part of our offense. It may be a fluke, but today Daniels had "it". His one interception was on a 50/50 ball and therefore arguably not his fault. He put the ball where it was supposed to be. IMO Daniels actually threw to a non-primary receiver (Mosley) for a TD today. That is somewhat rare for him, but today he also utilized 6 different receivers. Also unusual. He still stares down receivers too much, but today it didn't cost him. IMO he indeed deserves praise.

Now he has to do it again next week :-).

[Goose]

Most of all, this is a day to salute Stanford's much maligned QB, Ashton Daniels. He played TOUGH, having his best ever day passing* on a day when he was credited for 23 carries (getting pounded on many), and he played SMART, for the most part avoiding the temptation to throw it up for grabs.

Daniels displayed accuracy and touch on this throws today, and, while he'll never be Joe Montana, he played like an all-conference QB today.

*EDIT: Yeah, I forgot his stat line against Colorado. I think his passer rating today might be a tad higher than against Colorado, but I'm not sure.

He completed 67% of his passes. He was accurate on throws across the middle to Mosley, which hasn't been a big part of our offense. It may be a fluke, but today Daniels had "it". His one interception was on a 50/50 ball and therefore arguably not his fault. He put the ball where it was supposed to be. IMO Daniels actually threw to a non-primary receiver (Mosley) for a TD today. That is somewhat rare for him, but today he also utilized 6 different receivers. Also unusual. He still stares down receivers too much, but today it didn't cost him. IMO he indeed deserves praise.

Now he has to do it again next week :-).