[BostonCard]

KJ has been a boost to the offense but the impact has been statistically obscured due to:

1) gimpy Bryce Love
2) tougher defenses

Of course 1) won’t really matter for Champ game purposes. 2) will, as SC is a worse defense than WSU, ND and UW.

that said, my head says Stanford loses this. My heart’s doing the picking though:

Stanford 37
SC 27

Both are of course very true.  Now, we do have one thread elsewhere that suggested that 1) was actually a blessing as it forced Shaw to pass more (even though there is not a ton of evidence that a larger proportion of our plays are passes).  And, when people talking about the offense "looking so much better", they don't usually make much of a mental allowance for strength of the opponent's defense.

BC

[BostonCard]

KJ has been a boost to the offense but the impact has been statistically obscured due to:

1) gimpy Bryce Love
2) tougher defenses

Of course 1) won’t really matter for Champ game purposes. 2) will, as SC is a worse defense than WSU, ND and UW.

that said, my head says Stanford loses this. My heart’s doing the picking though:

Stanford 37
SC 27

Both are of course very true.  Now, we do have one thread elsewhere that suggested that 1) was actually a blessing as it forced Shaw to pass more (even though there is not a ton of evidence that a larger proportion of our plays are passes).  And, when people talking about the offense "looking so much better", they don't usually make much of a mental allowance for strength of the opponent's defense.

BC