11-23-2015, 11:01 PM
I think Notre Dame is beatable from their performances against Temple and Boston College. It's the performances against Clemson and U$C that worry me.Â
Northwestern figured out our offense pretty early on, and WSU/Oregon sort of copied that scheme with pretty good success. If Notre Dame can do the same and sell out to stop the run, we're going to have to rely on David Shaw's faith in the passing game (and hopefully Good Hogan will show up) in order to win. If Notre Dame collapses our zone blocking and plugs the gaps, I think Stanford might be done.
I don't know whether we'll see another heart-attack-inducing reprisal of the bend-don't-break defense this weekend that we saw against kal, but if Notre Dame's receivers are as dangerous as kal's, then the answer will probably be yes given that the threats are somewhat similar. Kizer's mobility will hurt a little more, but if we're giving up the underneath, Kizer won't have to run at all to pick up first downs. We'll dare Kizer to stay perfect...and hope that Stanford's offense can do the same.
Northwestern figured out our offense pretty early on, and WSU/Oregon sort of copied that scheme with pretty good success. If Notre Dame can do the same and sell out to stop the run, we're going to have to rely on David Shaw's faith in the passing game (and hopefully Good Hogan will show up) in order to win. If Notre Dame collapses our zone blocking and plugs the gaps, I think Stanford might be done.
I don't know whether we'll see another heart-attack-inducing reprisal of the bend-don't-break defense this weekend that we saw against kal, but if Notre Dame's receivers are as dangerous as kal's, then the answer will probably be yes given that the threats are somewhat similar. Kizer's mobility will hurt a little more, but if we're giving up the underneath, Kizer won't have to run at all to pick up first downs. We'll dare Kizer to stay perfect...and hope that Stanford's offense can do the same.