[Bruce Wang]

How many national championships did these trip down memory lane teams win?

I'm not talking about a Top 10-level team.  I'm talking Top 2-level and asserting that Stanford has never had so many elite players at these key positions all at the the same time before, in my memory.  They've had them at different times, and have had a few elite talents and other really good players, but not so many elite players all at the same time.  If Shaw pulls in even one elite WR recruit in 2018, he will have the offensive firepower to compete for a national championship, is what I am asserting.  A Hall or St. Brown would fit that bill, IMO.

Defense wins championships.  We will need to pair 2010-11 Luck-led or 2015 Hogan-led offense with a 2012-13 Stanford defense to win it all.  I'm optimistic that the stars will eventually align, but there always seems to a position talent gap due to the vagaries of the academic qualifications among recruits.

[Bruce Wang]

How many national championships did these trip down memory lane teams win?

I'm not talking about a Top 10-level team.  I'm talking Top 2-level and asserting that Stanford has never had so many elite players at these key positions all at the the same time before, in my memory.  They've had them at different times, and have had a few elite talents and other really good players, but not so many elite players all at the same time.  If Shaw pulls in even one elite WR recruit in 2018, he will have the offensive firepower to compete for a national championship, is what I am asserting.  A Hall or St. Brown would fit that bill, IMO.

Defense wins championships.  We will need to pair 2010-11 Luck-led or 2015 Hogan-led offense with a 2012-13 Stanford defense to win it all.  I'm optimistic that the stars will eventually align, but there always seems to a position talent gap due to the vagaries of the academic qualifications among recruits.