[ColoradoTree]

[quote author=JPRI link=topic=17765.msg207658#msg207658 date=1508848725]
[quote author=SamuelMcF link=topic=17765.msg207600#msg207600 date=1508802510]
Love seemed ok coming out of the tent at the Oregon game. My guess is we'll slow-play him. If he's not needed (which he shouldn't be), then I'd play Scarlett and Speights and save him for the end-of-season gauntlet. Of course, this might totally sink his chances of winning the Award That Shall Not Be Named. But maybe he'll be runner-up, as is tradition!!!

Not an expert in what causes someone to win or not win the H.eisman, but I have to believe that if Love kicks butt against the Washington schools and also ND, whether he plays or doesn't play against a one-win team won't affect his chances much.
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It definitely will. Love's only chances are:

1) Break Sanders's record, or at least 2500 yards.
2) Help us to win the Pac-12 while Barkley stumbles and PSU doesn't play in the B1G CG.

Sitting against ORST makes #1 basically impossible. Also, Publius will be happy because all Stanford fans need to be rooting for OSU to smother PSU this weekend.
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This is correct.  If we're concerned about managing his health and not giving him too many carries, then the best possible outcome is what happened last game, getting him his yards and adding to the TD total but sitting him for most of it.  But he's toast if he sits.  Because if Barkley is even within shouting distance of Bryce's total yardage by the end of the regular season, it'll be Barkley. 

FYI, my brain still thinks "Matt" when I see Barkley, and my lip involuntarily curls in disdain.  I have nothing against Saquon, and he sure seems like he'll be a heck of a back in the NFL.  Like most of you, my frustration is aimed at the hypocrisy of the voters and their inconsistency from year to year in what they care about when voting.

[ColoradoTree]

[quote author=JPRI link=topic=17765.msg207658#msg207658 date=1508848725]
[quote author=SamuelMcF link=topic=17765.msg207600#msg207600 date=1508802510]
Love seemed ok coming out of the tent at the Oregon game. My guess is we'll slow-play him. If he's not needed (which he shouldn't be), then I'd play Scarlett and Speights and save him for the end-of-season gauntlet. Of course, this might totally sink his chances of winning the Award That Shall Not Be Named. But maybe he'll be runner-up, as is tradition!!!

Not an expert in what causes someone to win or not win the H.eisman, but I have to believe that if Love kicks butt against the Washington schools and also ND, whether he plays or doesn't play against a one-win team won't affect his chances much.
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It definitely will. Love's only chances are:

1) Break Sanders's record, or at least 2500 yards.
2) Help us to win the Pac-12 while Barkley stumbles and PSU doesn't play in the B1G CG.

Sitting against ORST makes #1 basically impossible. Also, Publius will be happy because all Stanford fans need to be rooting for OSU to smother PSU this weekend.
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This is correct.  If we're concerned about managing his health and not giving him too many carries, then the best possible outcome is what happened last game, getting him his yards and adding to the TD total but sitting him for most of it.  But he's toast if he sits.  Because if Barkley is even within shouting distance of Bryce's total yardage by the end of the regular season, it'll be Barkley. 

FYI, my brain still thinks "Matt" when I see Barkley, and my lip involuntarily curls in disdain.  I have nothing against Saquon, and he sure seems like he'll be a heck of a back in the NFL.  Like most of you, my frustration is aimed at the hypocrisy of the voters and their inconsistency from year to year in what they care about when voting.