[JPR36]

This feels like a particularly hard game to predict, because there’s so little footage of the Aggies. All I can find are a couple highlight snippets.

From what I can see, they have a top receiver, plus a lot of decent receivers. They distributed the ball to many different people last game, piling up 44 against San Jose State at San Jose State.

An old game against Oregon is online, but I don’t think that can be used as a comparison. Also, unlike USC, which strikes me as an offense with a ton of talent, but is extremely limited due to its youth, the Aggies seem to be firing on all cylinders right now. I think that actually ends up posing a greater challenge defensively. So I could see them scoring a couple times, especially if they gamble and play loose.

I would say that they would score even more, because I think that their passing game can execute really well, were the Stanford kicking game not so ridiculously good. Stanford is pretty good at limiting long plays, which will make Davis earn it piece by piece across a long field without making mistakes.

The good news, I think Stanford’s offense matches up against their defense very favorably. Unlike San Diego State, which has an undersized defense that moves a lot, Davis seems to have spent their recruiting capital getting a large sized defense, but, in the scant footage I saw, is not a defense that seems to play low or fast, and it makes mistakes. I think it’s the kind of defense our running game was made to attack.  And then you add the passing game. One concerning note: I think the San Jose running back had to leave the game due to a helmet-to-helmet hit. That’s just another reason to hold Bryce out.

Basically, I see Stanford scoring as many points as they did in 2014, because Shaw will take his foot off the gas (in 2014, Stanford scored 38 in the first half, but only seven in the second half ), but with the Aggies improved offense, I see them scoring 10 more than in 2014.

Stanford, 45-10

Given how UC Davis's first two games have gone, I don't think we are going to have much of a problem putting up points against them, but they may be able to get some against us. I'm calling it Stanford 38, UCD 20.

[JPR36]

This feels like a particularly hard game to predict, because there’s so little footage of the Aggies. All I can find are a couple highlight snippets.

From what I can see, they have a top receiver, plus a lot of decent receivers. They distributed the ball to many different people last game, piling up 44 against San Jose State at San Jose State.

An old game against Oregon is online, but I don’t think that can be used as a comparison. Also, unlike USC, which strikes me as an offense with a ton of talent, but is extremely limited due to its youth, the Aggies seem to be firing on all cylinders right now. I think that actually ends up posing a greater challenge defensively. So I could see them scoring a couple times, especially if they gamble and play loose.

I would say that they would score even more, because I think that their passing game can execute really well, were the Stanford kicking game not so ridiculously good. Stanford is pretty good at limiting long plays, which will make Davis earn it piece by piece across a long field without making mistakes.

The good news, I think Stanford’s offense matches up against their defense very favorably. Unlike San Diego State, which has an undersized defense that moves a lot, Davis seems to have spent their recruiting capital getting a large sized defense, but, in the scant footage I saw, is not a defense that seems to play low or fast, and it makes mistakes. I think it’s the kind of defense our running game was made to attack.  And then you add the passing game. One concerning note: I think the San Jose running back had to leave the game due to a helmet-to-helmet hit. That’s just another reason to hold Bryce out.

Basically, I see Stanford scoring as many points as they did in 2014, because Shaw will take his foot off the gas (in 2014, Stanford scored 38 in the first half, but only seven in the second half ), but with the Aggies improved offense, I see them scoring 10 more than in 2014.

Stanford, 45-10

Given how UC Davis's first two games have gone, I don't think we are going to have much of a problem putting up points against them, but they may be able to get some against us. I'm calling it Stanford 38, UCD 20.