10-01-2018, 12:08 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-01-2018, 12:13 PM by OutsiderFan.)
Many people will disagree, but is it possible Shaw saying playoff talk is ridiculous, could deflate some confidence on the team? And is it possible they didn't go as "all in" on the Notre Dame game given the goal is first and foremost to win the Pac-12 North these days?
Of course the ass kicking in the trenches was comprehensive, particularly in the second half, but sometimes one team just doesn't want it as badly as the other or can think "here we go, this isn't our night, and this game isn't THAT important to us anyway." I'm just looking for some glimmer of hope that maybe Stanford isn't as soft as the game in South Bend indicated. I mean the Patriots got smoked by the Jags a couple weeks ago, and they blew out the 3-0 Dolphins yesterday.
On another note, I always feel like when Stanford plays at Notre Dame the game is bigger for them than Stanford, and alway feel it's bigger for Stanford when on the farm. Perhaps that's because ND needs a good win and Stanford is that in the last decade and Stanford has had a Voldemort candidate in 3 of the last 4 games at Stanford, and big performances against ND always help that cause.
Of course the ass kicking in the trenches was comprehensive, particularly in the second half, but sometimes one team just doesn't want it as badly as the other or can think "here we go, this isn't our night, and this game isn't THAT important to us anyway." I'm just looking for some glimmer of hope that maybe Stanford isn't as soft as the game in South Bend indicated. I mean the Patriots got smoked by the Jags a couple weeks ago, and they blew out the 3-0 Dolphins yesterday.
On another note, I always feel like when Stanford plays at Notre Dame the game is bigger for them than Stanford, and alway feel it's bigger for Stanford when on the farm. Perhaps that's because ND needs a good win and Stanford is that in the last decade and Stanford has had a Voldemort candidate in 3 of the last 4 games at Stanford, and big performances against ND always help that cause.