[TreesAndBirds]

https://sports.yahoo.com/dr-saturdays-20...51339.html

[TreesAndBirds]

https://sports.yahoo.com/dr-saturdays-20...51339.html

[BostonCard]

It won’t be nearly as easy any longer. The Stanford offensive line returns four starters — at every position but center —

Umm that's news to me.  Also, the author doesn't understand Pac-12 scheduling:

This was the year to get both Arizona schools, but Oregon and Oregon State draw that honor.

We never "draw" the honor of playing both Arizona and ASU, but that's a minor quibble.

BC

[BostonCard]

It won’t be nearly as easy any longer. The Stanford offensive line returns four starters — at every position but center —

Umm that's news to me.  Also, the author doesn't understand Pac-12 scheduling:

This was the year to get both Arizona schools, but Oregon and Oregon State draw that honor.

We never "draw" the honor of playing both Arizona and ASU, but that's a minor quibble.

BC

[CTcard]

It won’t be nearly as easy any longer. The Stanford offensive line returns four starters — at every position but center —

Umm that's news to me.  Also, the author doesn't understand Pac-12 scheduling:

This was the year to get both Arizona schools, but Oregon and Oregon State draw that honor.

We never "draw" the honor of playing both Arizona and ASU, but that's a minor quibble.

It wasn't a bad preview, despite some typos/factual slips.
[And for another, the article says the only defensive starters we lose are Lloyd and Thomas, but their table says 8 starters return on defense. It is tricky to count returning starters. Whether Stanford returns 8 or 9 depends upon how you categorize Hoffpaiur - but either way the two bits are incompatible.]
... And it does look like it would be the year to draw the Arizonas.

My issue with this sort of preview is that it runs down a bunch of positive things, without really saying anything about why they came in at #14; not higher or lower. But that is just tilting at windmills.

[CTcard]

It won’t be nearly as easy any longer. The Stanford offensive line returns four starters — at every position but center —

Umm that's news to me.  Also, the author doesn't understand Pac-12 scheduling:

This was the year to get both Arizona schools, but Oregon and Oregon State draw that honor.

We never "draw" the honor of playing both Arizona and ASU, but that's a minor quibble.

It wasn't a bad preview, despite some typos/factual slips.
[And for another, the article says the only defensive starters we lose are Lloyd and Thomas, but their table says 8 starters return on defense. It is tricky to count returning starters. Whether Stanford returns 8 or 9 depends upon how you categorize Hoffpaiur - but either way the two bits are incompatible.]
... And it does look like it would be the year to draw the Arizonas.

My issue with this sort of preview is that it runs down a bunch of positive things, without really saying anything about why they came in at #14; not higher or lower. But that is just tilting at windmills.