11-30-2015, 12:25 PM
Let's be honest here. USC is not a great team and they are really depleted by injuries. They are playing two True Frosh at CB. They could be playing their 4th string Center. Their WRs are banged up. They lost their top 2 MLBs for the season. And they aren't dominant in the trenches anyway.
Notre Dame has the best OL & DL Stanford will face all season. Oregon had a QB that could make plays by extending them. Kessler is no Adams. I'm not saying Stanford's DL and LBs have been great lately, or that they can't stand to play better. What I am saying is Stanford's defense has been good enough to win every game. The offense has been the reason for the two losses.
And all this nonsense about how USC's players will be fired up because Helton was hired. Were they not fired up this year, last year? Please. Stanford will be just as emotionally up for this game as USC will be.
I think the most important thing to remember is the Pac-12 North is 4-0 in championship games and USC/UCLA went a combined 0-5 against Stanford, Oregon, and Washington this season.
Notre Dame has the best OL & DL Stanford will face all season. Oregon had a QB that could make plays by extending them. Kessler is no Adams. I'm not saying Stanford's DL and LBs have been great lately, or that they can't stand to play better. What I am saying is Stanford's defense has been good enough to win every game. The offense has been the reason for the two losses.
And all this nonsense about how USC's players will be fired up because Helton was hired. Were they not fired up this year, last year? Please. Stanford will be just as emotionally up for this game as USC will be.
I think the most important thing to remember is the Pac-12 North is 4-0 in championship games and USC/UCLA went a combined 0-5 against Stanford, Oregon, and Washington this season.