[Gauss]

What people have to realize is that last year's class was very special in the number of available elite players that had the right characteristics that Stanford seeks (academics among those).
Shaw said as much in his 2012 press conference.

I think that our average recruiting class should somewhat better than this year's, if we keep the winning.
But, probably, we just won't be reaching last year's heights in a consistent manner, given the restricted pool of players that Stanford goes after.

[Gauss]

What people have to realize is that last year's class was very special in the number of available elite players that had the right characteristics that Stanford seeks (academics among those).
Shaw said as much in his 2012 press conference.

I think that our average recruiting class should somewhat better than this year's, if we keep the winning.
But, probably, we just won't be reaching last year's heights in a consistent manner, given the restricted pool of players that Stanford goes after.