[OutsiderFan]

I don't know if it is that simple.  ND gained 533 yards and had a 90 yard KOR TD.  It averaged what, 10 yards per play?  What more could the offense do?  I think the real reason Stanford won was because its offense was incredibly efficient and basically matched ND score for score.  Red Zone decided the game, but it's a little bit of an oversimplification to say if the injured guys played they do any better.  At a certain point you have to credit Stanford for stiffening in the red Zone. 

But you know, I have read ND message boards enough to know that ND really should have won every game its ever played, but for lousy play calling, the coaches playing the wrong players, bad official's calls, etc.  The idea of giving the other team credit is a completely foreign concept.  Sure Stanford made mistakes against Oregon and Northwestern, but the better team on those particular days won those games.  Does the better team ever beat ND?

[OutsiderFan]

I don't know if it is that simple.  ND gained 533 yards and had a 90 yard KOR TD.  It averaged what, 10 yards per play?  What more could the offense do?  I think the real reason Stanford won was because its offense was incredibly efficient and basically matched ND score for score.  Red Zone decided the game, but it's a little bit of an oversimplification to say if the injured guys played they do any better.  At a certain point you have to credit Stanford for stiffening in the red Zone. 

But you know, I have read ND message boards enough to know that ND really should have won every game its ever played, but for lousy play calling, the coaches playing the wrong players, bad official's calls, etc.  The idea of giving the other team credit is a completely foreign concept.  Sure Stanford made mistakes against Oregon and Northwestern, but the better team on those particular days won those games.  Does the better team ever beat ND?