[needle]

Stanford had 7 drives of three plays or less, not including the kneel down at the end of the second half.

ND had five such drives.

[needle]

Stanford had 7 drives of three plays or less, not including the kneel down at the end of the second half.

ND had five such drives.

[Viking_Guy]

Again, my comment of it's hard to wear another team's defense down when they're only on the field for three downs at a time.

Also, how many running plays did we go to when it was a run/pass option (3rd and 3 or 4, 2nd and 6 or 7)?  One of the things that made the Gerhart driven Cardinal good was, they would still run the ball on 3rd and 5 or 3rd and 6.  I think Taylor could be that good.

The thing that hurts most?  We could have been the first team to beat both SC and Notre Dame four consecutive times.

VG

[Viking_Guy]

Again, my comment of it's hard to wear another team's defense down when they're only on the field for three downs at a time.

Also, how many running plays did we go to when it was a run/pass option (3rd and 3 or 4, 2nd and 6 or 7)?  One of the things that made the Gerhart driven Cardinal good was, they would still run the ball on 3rd and 5 or 3rd and 6.  I think Taylor could be that good.

The thing that hurts most?  We could have been the first team to beat both SC and Notre Dame four consecutive times.

VG

[needle]

Yeah, even if the offense had scored the exact number of points, if they had just been able to keep the ball longer and play a bit of field position, that might have been enough to swing the game.

[needle]

Yeah, even if the offense had scored the exact number of points, if they had just been able to keep the ball longer and play a bit of field position, that might have been enough to swing the game.