[needle]

I'm rooting for Hall to be a starter at tackle this fall, and I came across this wide-ranging interview from back in April that others may have also missed. Some interesting excerpts:

Zach Ertz or Coby Fleener, I can’t remember, one of them, goes in the Stanford phone book every year when they travel to a new city finds somebody who lives in that city and gives them a call and just says, hey do you want to have lunch or dinner just to build his network. I think that’s really cool.

Anybody here get such a call?

  I love it because the friends I chose here, the first question they ask me isn’t how’s football. It’s always like, how’s class or have you done your home? Those are the types of people I like to put myself around because realistically you spend 50, 60 hours a week doing football. And the cool thing I love about this place most is football players aren't superstars here in the slightest.

I find this aspect of Stanford culture pretty damn cool.

  It was No. 4 vs  No. 6 or something like that. And they were obviously a very good football team. Really good. By far the best defense we played, not even comparable to anybody else we played against. But I feel like (quarterback Ryan) Burns managed the game pretty well but for me it was a matter of just hearing him. He was changing protections, I’m like, I can’t hear you dude. I’m looking back at him just like, looking for him to point at people, hope I go the right way.

Hall describing the loss at Washington.

And finally, on C-Mac sitting out the Sun Bowl:

Q: It bothered people on the team?

A: Not really. Most of the guys were behind him but people outside talking about it. At some point you have to look after yourself, that’s how I think about it. We love him to death. It didn’t change how I think about him even in the slightest. As a matter of fact, I have more respect for it because that’s a really hard decision to make.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nc...100978524/

[needle]

I'm rooting for Hall to be a starter at tackle this fall, and I came across this wide-ranging interview from back in April that others may have also missed. Some interesting excerpts:

Zach Ertz or Coby Fleener, I can’t remember, one of them, goes in the Stanford phone book every year when they travel to a new city finds somebody who lives in that city and gives them a call and just says, hey do you want to have lunch or dinner just to build his network. I think that’s really cool.

Anybody here get such a call?

  I love it because the friends I chose here, the first question they ask me isn’t how’s football. It’s always like, how’s class or have you done your home? Those are the types of people I like to put myself around because realistically you spend 50, 60 hours a week doing football. And the cool thing I love about this place most is football players aren't superstars here in the slightest.

I find this aspect of Stanford culture pretty damn cool.

  It was No. 4 vs  No. 6 or something like that. And they were obviously a very good football team. Really good. By far the best defense we played, not even comparable to anybody else we played against. But I feel like (quarterback Ryan) Burns managed the game pretty well but for me it was a matter of just hearing him. He was changing protections, I’m like, I can’t hear you dude. I’m looking back at him just like, looking for him to point at people, hope I go the right way.

Hall describing the loss at Washington.

And finally, on C-Mac sitting out the Sun Bowl:

Q: It bothered people on the team?

A: Not really. Most of the guys were behind him but people outside talking about it. At some point you have to look after yourself, that’s how I think about it. We love him to death. It didn’t change how I think about him even in the slightest. As a matter of fact, I have more respect for it because that’s a really hard decision to make.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nc...100978524/

[fullmetal]

I hope AT Hall plays his best this season, but he may still get beat out for the starting job if he doesn't improve a lot from last season.

Ertz/Fleener certainly have the name recognition to cold call alumni and build networks :)  Doubt I'd get much in the way of responses if I tried the same...

I have a feeling he's relating a very popular sentiment regarding CMac and the Sun Bowl.  C'est la vie.

[fullmetal]

I hope AT Hall plays his best this season, but he may still get beat out for the starting job if he doesn't improve a lot from last season.

Ertz/Fleener certainly have the name recognition to cold call alumni and build networks :)  Doubt I'd get much in the way of responses if I tried the same...

I have a feeling he's relating a very popular sentiment regarding CMac and the Sun Bowl.  C'est la vie.

[winflop]

I hope AT Hall plays his best this season, but he may still get beat out for the starting job if he doesn't improve a lot from last season.

I'm rooting for him to win the starting job, only because of the degree of improvement it would represent.

[winflop]

I hope AT Hall plays his best this season, but he may still get beat out for the starting job if he doesn't improve a lot from last season.

I'm rooting for him to win the starting job, only because of the degree of improvement it would represent.

[Mick]

Ertz/Fleener certainly have the name recognition to cold call alumni and build networks :)  Doubt I'd get much in the way of responses if I tried the same...

Over the years, I've received 1/2 dozen calls from alums who wanted to network and get into my line of work.  Said yes to all of them, kept up with about half over the years.

[Mick]

Ertz/Fleener certainly have the name recognition to cold call alumni and build networks :)  Doubt I'd get much in the way of responses if I tried the same...

Over the years, I've received 1/2 dozen calls from alums who wanted to network and get into my line of work.  Said yes to all of them, kept up with about half over the years.