[lex24]

I can’t answer your questions. But here’s what I say to those who bail. Weren’t you some of the same folks that predicted 3-9 after SDS. They are 4 and 0 with a gift for 5 since.  Since ‘12 resiliency has been a key to this program. When things look bleak, they seem to be able to turn it around.

If your buddy doesn’t want to go to the UW game, so be it.  Heck go if for no other reason you won’t have many other opportunities to see Bryce Love.

Yeah they were awful tonight.  And 90% of that goes to the staff.  But it means nothing next week. The only fallout is losing Holder. That hurts

I’ll say it now - they may not beat Wazzu. But I bet you they play their tails off.

Um . . .  thank you?

Here are the lingering/troubling questions:

1.  How can a QB, three years in the program, play like that? 

2.  How can a QB play like that and stay in the game, especially when "the backup" has played well in real games?

3.  How can a team with Stanford's talent on O put up 222 yards of total offense - really, against any opponent, but especially against a 1-7 team that has pathetic defensive stats?

4.  Does anyone see/appreciate the fallout of FUGLY games such as this?  Specifically, during the game (per OSU game thread), you had die-hard Stanford fans tuning out (which I did - why would I subject myself to that?).  Also during the game, I had a friend from Sacto advise me that he was canceling his plans to come to the UW game because he was so upset with what he was watching (I hope he reconsiders).  Other posters said they were "emotionally detached" from the game - almost as a defense mechanism to the horror they were watching.  These impacts are real - hard to quantify, but real.  I think a safe conclusion is that games such as this - even with the escape W - do not help (and actually hurt) the program by undermining strength of fan support.

5.  I'm trying to come up with a straw man so that shtup will be able to take another shot.  Whatever.

[lex24]

I can’t answer your questions. But here’s what I say to those who bail. Weren’t you some of the same folks that predicted 3-9 after SDS. They are 4 and 0 with a gift for 5 since.  Since ‘12 resiliency has been a key to this program. When things look bleak, they seem to be able to turn it around.

If your buddy doesn’t want to go to the UW game, so be it.  Heck go if for no other reason you won’t have many other opportunities to see Bryce Love.

Yeah they were awful tonight.  And 90% of that goes to the staff.  But it means nothing next week. The only fallout is losing Holder. That hurts

I’ll say it now - they may not beat Wazzu. But I bet you they play their tails off.

Um . . .  thank you?

Here are the lingering/troubling questions:

1.  How can a QB, three years in the program, play like that? 

2.  How can a QB play like that and stay in the game, especially when "the backup" has played well in real games?

3.  How can a team with Stanford's talent on O put up 222 yards of total offense - really, against any opponent, but especially against a 1-7 team that has pathetic defensive stats?

4.  Does anyone see/appreciate the fallout of FUGLY games such as this?  Specifically, during the game (per OSU game thread), you had die-hard Stanford fans tuning out (which I did - why would I subject myself to that?).  Also during the game, I had a friend from Sacto advise me that he was canceling his plans to come to the UW game because he was so upset with what he was watching (I hope he reconsiders).  Other posters said they were "emotionally detached" from the game - almost as a defense mechanism to the horror they were watching.  These impacts are real - hard to quantify, but real.  I think a safe conclusion is that games such as this - even with the escape W - do not help (and actually hurt) the program by undermining strength of fan support.

5.  I'm trying to come up with a straw man so that shtup will be able to take another shot.  Whatever.