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Pick your all time Stanford team - lex24 - 10-23-2019

Let’s have some fun. Its my post so I get to set the rules. First, you must have seen the player. So when you post give an indication of your first remembrance. Second 12 players on offense and defense (a “flex” on offense and a nickel on defense.) Third, Stanford career only. NFL doesn’t count. Fourth, front seven on defense may be a 4-3 or 3-4. Linebackers can be inside or outside. Safeties need not be free and strong. 1 kicker. 1 punter.

My first memories are from ‘66

QB: Plunkett
RB: Darrin Nelson
FB Jon Ritchie (best blocking FB I ever saw)
Wr’s. James Lofton and Kenny Margerum
TE. Ertz
T: Gordon King and Bob Whitfield
G. George Beuhler and DeCastro (best Stanford lineman I’ve ever seen)
C. Chase Beeler
Flex: McCaffrey

Def:

Line: Gerin Veris. Pete Lazetich. Solomon Thomas. Henry Anderson
Backers: Kailee Wong. Jeff Siemon. Dave Wyman
CB: Benny Barnes. Darrien Gordon
S: John Lynch. Randy Poltl
Nickel: Michael Thomas

Kicker: Rod Garcia (You win a Rose Bowl, you get this “prize”.)
Punter: Bailey

Head Coach: John Ralston

RE: Pick your all time Stanford team - Phogge - 10-23-2019

TE Ertz
FL Tony Hill
SE Margerum
T Whitfield, Bill Myers
G DeCastro, Malcolm Snider
C John Sande
Q Plunkett
RB McCaffrey, Nelson
FB Brad Muster

DL Roger Stilwell, Pat Donovan, Paul Wiggin, Henry Anderson
LB Don Parish, Jack Chapple, Jeff Siemon
CB Rich Keller, Benny Barnes (1970, safety in ‘71)
S Bobby Garrett, John Lynch
N Michael Thomas

PK Ukropina
P Jake Bailey
KR Alan Grant
PR McCaffrey

Coach Jim Harbaugh
Sideline Ballboy Lex “The Yeti”

Bet game UCLA-Stanford 1953

RE: Pick your all time Stanford team - newguy - 10-23-2019

i'll go with Elway at QB.
i agree 100% about Chase Beeler at center. he was truly underrated.
also agree with Ertz at TE and David DeCastro at guard, as well as Veris on the D-line, and John Lynch at safety.
and Jake Bailey sure got us out of some uncomfortable situations as our punter.

lex24 - lex24 - 10-24-2019

Should have listed returners. McCaffrey both Kickoffs and Punts. Although I loved how relaxed Drew Terrell was catching punts. I mean it has to be somewhat terrifying to have 10 extremely large athletic human beings with evil intent racing to rip your head off while you’re trying to catch a ball. Drew looked so damn relaxed. I don’t think he ever dropped a punt.

quote="Phogge" pid='258804' dateline='1571900126']
TE Ertz
FL Tony Hill
SE Margerum
T Whitfield, Bill Myers
G DeCastro, Malcolm Snider
C John Sande
Q Plunkett
RB McCaffrey, Nelson
FB Brad Muster

DL Roger Stilwell, Pat Donovan, Paul Wiggin, Henry Anderson
LB Don Parish, Jack Chapple, Jeff Siemon
CB Rich Keller, Benny Barnes (1970, safety in ‘71)
S Bobby Garrett, John Lynch
N Michael Thomas

PK Ukropina
P Jake Bailey
KR Alan Grant
PR McCaffrey

Coach Jim Harbaugh
Sideline Ballboy Lex “The Yeti”

Bet game UCLA-Stanford 1953
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RE: Pick your all time Stanford team - BobK - 10-24-2019

I can’t do just one best game
1953 Stanford beats UCLA
1970 Plunkett TD pass Stanford to the Rose Bowl
1999 Casey Moore runs to the Roses.

So agree best ballboy ever, Lex

More soon

Have to add the shinning light of the Cactus Jack era. LBer CB Simons

Trivia who was CB’s last pro coach ?

Best coach. John Ralston

RE: Pick your all time Stanford team - cardcrimson - 10-24-2019

Looking back at Elway, found this article from way back, especially like his performance in his first game. Love that he broke fingers on two receivers his first practice and the "cross":

http://static.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs98/news/1999/990129/01074401.html

RE: Pick your all time Stanford team - Phogge - 10-24-2019

Elway maybe the most talented ever at his position. Garrett was tougher. I still pick Plunkett. A man among boys. A winner.

Same for Muster. Shame he was hurt his senior year. Missed half the season.

John Sande obliterated Stillwagon in the Rose Bowl.

RE: Pick your all time Stanford team - BobK - 10-24-2019

CB Simons last pro team was the San Jose Apaches coached by Bill Walsh

lex24 - lex24 - 10-24-2019

Stanford only. Plunkett won the Voldemort. That ends the discussion for me. Elway obviously wins if you include NFL.

(10-24-2019, 09:53 AM)Phogge Wrote: Elway maybe the most talented ever at his position. Garrett was tougher. I still pick Plunkett. A man among boys. A winner.

Same for Muster. Shame he was hurt his senior year. Missed half the season.

John Sande obliterated Stillwagon in the Rose Bowl.

Great article. I’m a brobdingnagian Elway fan. Remember the first time I saw him it was a very early practice his freshman year. Quarterbacks were throwing long fly patterns and Schonert and the other quarterbacks ( I actually think Laufenberg and Rogers may still have been there but I may be wrong) all through nice long arching 50 yard passes. Then it would be always turn the heat essentially throw a 50 yard rope. There was literally gasps in the audience – that was before Fort Dohower.

I heard a story at the Hall of Fame dinner in which Elway was inducted. I actually went for someone else – but got to hear it. His offensive coordinator, of course, was Jim Fassel. The kick off return team asked Elway to throw the ball down to the goal line. I don’t know why they weren’t using a kicker. So Elway lined up the 40 and arched the ball to about the 5. Kick off return coach asked if he could get there a little farther. So he lined up and threw it to the goal line. kick off coach asked if he could throw it a little bit farther. so he threw the next ball through the goal posts over the fence and into the parking lot. Story may have been apocryphal – but frankly I don’t think there was anything Elway could not do on a football field. Without question the most exciting quarterback I’ve ever seen. No one else comes close. Had he played with the Niners and Walsh, I think they’d have won about 7 SBs.

(10-24-2019, 07:25 AM)cardcrimson Wrote: Looking back at Elway, found this article from way back, especially like his performance in his first game. Love that he broke fingers on two receivers his first practice and the "cross":

http://static.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs98/news/1999/990129/01074401.html

RE: Pick your all time Stanford team - winflop - 10-24-2019

My first memories are from ‘84

QB: Andrew Luck
RB: Toby Gerhart
FB: Owen Marecic
WR Troy Walters and (Ed) McCaffrey
TE. Zach Ertz
T: Bob Whitfield and Andrus Peat
G: David DeCastro and David Yankey
C: Chase Beeler
Flex: Christian McCaffrey
Shame that Glyn Milburn doesn't make this team

Defense
Line: Garin Veris. Solomon Thomas. Harrison Phillips
Backers: Jeff Siemon, Dave Wyman, Trent Murphy, Shayne Skov
CB: Darrien Gordon, Oshiomogho Atogwe
S: John Lynch. Tank Williams
Nickel: Alex Carter

Kicker: John Hopkins
Punter: Jake Bailey
Special Teams: Tuan Van Le (if you know the name, then you know why)

Head Coach: David Shaw

Best Game: Big Game 1990. Only way this is ever surpassed is if we win a national championship

RE: Pick your all time Stanford team - baymeadows3408 - 10-27-2019

Jumping in late to this thread. I started following Stanford football in 1996, so all of my selections are from no earlier than that.

QB: Andrew Luck
HB: Toby Gerhart
FB: Owen Marecic
Flex: Christian McCaffrey (Imagine Toby bulldozing runners and then bringing in McCaffrey and having him run right past them.)
WR: Troy Walters
WR: J.J. Arcega-Whiteside (I wanted a big possession-style WR to complement the small field-stretching style of Walters. Bradford, Pitts, and either Whalen would have sufficed.)
TE: Zach Ertz (There are SO many talented TEs to chose from)

LT: Jonathan Martin
LG: Eric Heitman
C: Chase Beeler
RG: David DeCastro
RT: Andrus Peat

DT: Solomon Thomas
DT: Willie Howard (This might have been more of a sentimental pick than anything else)
DE: Kailee Wong
DE: Chase Thomas

LB: Ben Gardner
LB: Shayne Skov
LB: Trent Murphy

CB: Richard Sherman
CB: Michael Thomas
S: Delano Howell
S: Tank Williams
Nickel: Quenton Meeks

K: Nate Whitaker
P: Jake Bailey
KR: Chris Owusu
PR: Troy Walters
Special teams rusher: Emory Brock

Head coach: Shaw

Best performances during the that time span: 2010 Big Game, 2011 Orange Bowl, 2016 Rose Bowl
Most thrilling games: 2001 vs. Oregon, 2011 vs. USC, 2015 vs. Notre Dame

RE: Pick your all time Stanford team - murky - 10-27-2019

(10-27-2019, 11:08 AM)baymeadows3408 Wrote: Jumping in late to this thread. I started following Stanford football in 1996, so all of my selections are from no earlier than that.

QB: Andrew Luck
HB: Toby Gerhart
FB: Owen Marecic
Flex: Christian McCaffrey (Imagine Toby bulldozing runners and then bringing in McCaffrey and having him run right past them.)
WR: Troy Walters
WR: J.J. Arcega-Whiteside (I wanted a big possession-style WR to complement the small field-stretching style of Walters. Bradford, Pitts, and either Whalen would have sufficed.)
TE: Zach Ertz (There are SO many talented TEs to chose from)

LT: Jonathan Martin
LG: Eric Heitman
C: Chase Beeler
RG: David DeCastro
RT: Andrus Peat

DT: Solomon Thomas
DT: Willie Howard (This might have been more of a sentimental pick than anything else)
DE: Kailee Wong
DE: Chase Thomas

LB: Ben Gardner
LB: Shayne Skov
LB: Trent Murphy

CB: Richard Sherman
CB: Michael Thomas
S: Delano Howell
S: Tank Williams
Nickel: Quenton Meeks

K: Nate Whitaker
P: Jake Bailey
KR: Chris Owusu
PR: Troy Walters
Special teams rusher: Emory Brock

Head coach: Shaw

Best performances during the that time span: 2010 Big Game, 2011 Orange Bowl, 2016 Rose Bowl
Most thrilling games: 2001 vs. Oregon, 2011 vs. USC, 2015 vs. Notre Dame

Did you forget Oshiomogho Atogwe?

RE: Pick your all time Stanford team - d4cohn - 10-27-2019

Stanford memories from 2010-2011, when I first matriculated to Stanford.

QB: Luck
RB: CMC
FB: Marecic
WR: JJAW
WR: Ty Montgomery
TE: Zach Ertz

OG: DeCastro, Josh Garnett
OT: Kyle Murphy, Andrus Peat
C: Sam Schwartzstein

DT: Solomon Thomas, Harrison Phillips
DE: Henry Anderson, Ben Gardner

LB: Chase Thomas, Shayne Skov, Blake Martinez, Trent Murphy

S: Jordan Richards, Justin Reid
CB: Richard Sherman, Paulson Adebo

K: Nate Whitaker
P: Jake Bailey
KR: Ty Montgomery
PR: CMC

Head Coach: Coach Shaw

RE: Pick your all time Stanford team - Toroso - 10-29-2019

Had to get in on this. I have some memories of Elway and I just missed Vardel, Whitfield, Ron George and Lunch. I have been following since '94.

QB: Luck
HB: Gerhart and CMac (funnest Stanford players I ever watched)
FB: Marecic
WR: JJAWS
WR: Pitts
WR: Trent Irwin (Probably my favorite receiver. Hogan owes him like 6-8 TDs.)
TE: Fleener
T: Peat and Murphy
G: DeCastro and Heitman (our two best OL players)
C: Beeler

Yes I know the math does not work out but it's my team and this is fun.

Others in mind: Teyo Johnson, Ertz, Walters, the Whalens, Joshua Garnett, Chris Owusu, Ty Montgomery, Justin Armour, Chad Hutchinson and Borchard. I liked a lot of those RBs Ty Willingham had like Kimble, Mitchell, Bookman, Carter.

DL: Willie Howard, Solomon Thomas, Harrison Phillips
OLB: Trent Murphy, Riall Johnson
ILB: Shane Skov (might be my all-time favorite player), Clint Snyder
CB: Adebo, Meeks
S: Tank Williams, Justin Reid

Others: Delano Howard, Anderson, Okereke, AJ Tarpley (I swear I never saw him miss a tackle), Chase Thomas, Wayne Lyons (if only for the potential).

K: Ukropina
P: Bailey
KOR: Chris Owusu

Shoutout to Brandon Simmons, our best defensive special teamer ever.

RE: Pick your all time Stanford team - CTcard - 10-30-2019

Chiming in just because I think some important guys were missed.

The first football game I can remember watching was the 1971 Plunkett Rose Bowl.
Probably didn't watch with any nuanced appreciation until late 70s.

QB - Andrew Luck (might have chosen Plunkett but memories too hazy)
WR - Troy Walters, James Lofton
RB - Christian McCaffrey, Darin Nelson
TE - Zach Ertz
T - Bob Whitfield, Andrus Peat
G - David DeCastro, Joshua Garnett
C - Chris Dahlman

DL - Solomon Thomas, Garin Veris, Kailee Wong
LB - Gordy Ceresino, Trent Murphy, Ron George, Shayne Skov
CB - Darrien Gordon, Toi Cook
S - John Lynch, Tank Williams

PK - Ukropina
P- Bailey

RE: Pick your all time Stanford team - Spiny_Norman - 10-30-2019

Who would you select to return kicks? Some great choices available from recent times.

KR - McCaffrey, Chris Owusu, Ty Montgomery, Damon Dunn, TJ Rushing

PR - Glyn Milburn, Luke Powell. McCaffrey deserves consideration at a minimum for his one electric PR in the Rose Bowl.

RE: Pick your all time Stanford team - CornFed - 10-30-2019

My first exposure to Stanford football was the 1970/71 season. I would nominate that entire team and their coaches. They changed the arc of the program's performance and re-established the our ability to compete for national attention. John Ralston is my favorite Stanford coach and Thunder Chickens is my favorite identity.

RE: Pick your all time Stanford team - Hurlburt88 - 10-30-2019

Manager: Herbert Hoover

RE: Pick your all time Stanford team - CowboyIndian - 10-30-2019

(10-30-2019, 04:38 PM)Hurlburt88 Wrote: Manager: Herbert Hoover

Excellent...but I also have to tip the hat to an old friend and former manager of the '70 team, Chris Morrison. When the team was ensconced in Rickey's Hyatt House before a game, he is remembered for choosing the Friday night movie, which he promised would be the greatest comedy they had ever seen. It was the Zero Mostel/Gene Wilder original "The Producers". The (then) Indians absolutely HATED it! The resultant anger and violence propelled them to the Rose Bowl.

RIP, Mo-reese!

RE: Pick your all time Stanford team - Phogge - 10-30-2019

I think that Alan Grant led the nation in KR one year.