[NDIrish]

1. on both sides of the ball stanford is better on the line, without a doubt, we may have 2 guys combined that would start for stanford. 

If this is true, how can you reconcile that with your prediction of ND winning? I hear a general rule of thumb that the better team up front is going to typically win the game. If Stanford's OL is better than ND's DL, that gives time to throw and lanes to run. If Stanford's DL is better than ND's OL, then Golson gets sacked and the RB's don't get into space. How does ND win?

Because i dont think golson gets sacked all that much, he is very good at extending plays and avoiding defenders.  So that takes away some of the advantage of stanfords D line being better than nds.  In general thats a good rule, but the term better doesn't define the difference in skill.  So even though a teams D line is better than another teams D line, that doesnt specify if they are just 10% better of 80% better. 

Overall, i think golson can naturalize alot of the difference and (even though i get slammed for this) i think NDs WRs are better, so with golson buying time, the receivers get open and make plans.

So that is how i can still say ND wins.

[NDIrish]

1. on both sides of the ball stanford is better on the line, without a doubt, we may have 2 guys combined that would start for stanford. 

If this is true, how can you reconcile that with your prediction of ND winning? I hear a general rule of thumb that the better team up front is going to typically win the game. If Stanford's OL is better than ND's DL, that gives time to throw and lanes to run. If Stanford's DL is better than ND's OL, then Golson gets sacked and the RB's don't get into space. How does ND win?

Because i dont think golson gets sacked all that much, he is very good at extending plays and avoiding defenders.  So that takes away some of the advantage of stanfords D line being better than nds.  In general thats a good rule, but the term better doesn't define the difference in skill.  So even though a teams D line is better than another teams D line, that doesnt specify if they are just 10% better of 80% better. 

Overall, i think golson can naturalize alot of the difference and (even though i get slammed for this) i think NDs WRs are better, so with golson buying time, the receivers get open and make plans.

So that is how i can still say ND wins.