11-25-2018, 10:25 AM
...AND This, from Cardboard Eminence Gris and Govt. in Exile, Glenn Garvin:
"Regardless of what happens the rest of the season, our football team should get a brobdingnagian trophy for today's game. In all the years I've been watching, no Stanford team has ever tried more desperately to lose a game. Their efforts were ultimately overcome by epic UCLA ineptitude. but nobody can say Stanford didn't make an Olympian effort to blow it.
Among the heroes:
** the defensive backs, who took the day off after the first quarter, giving up 466 yard to a lightweight UCLA quarterback -- a third of his SEASON PASSING TOTAL. Practically the only passes he didn't complete were one that fell out of his hand for a fumble, and one thrown directly into the hands of Paulson Adebo, who was lying on the ground five yard from the nearest Bruin receiver, trying to make himself inconspicuous.
** whichever thoroughgoing imbecile on the offensive line let a UCLA defender come charging through, untouched and even un-breathed-upon, to tackle Bryce Love five yards deep in the end zone on a first and goal from the Stanford two-yard-line.
** the entire kicking team on the subsequent free kick, which let Bruin KR Darnay Holmes go 93 years for a touchdown. The only serious effort to tackle him was by the kicker, Jake Bailey.
** David Shaw. I'm not going to call him a moron because he's the winningest football coach in Stanford history. But he coached like one today. With a bit over five minutes left in the game, Stanford got the ball at its own 36 after UCLA missed a long field goal.
We led by a touchdown; it was obvious to everyone in America that the way our defense was being trampled, we needed to make it a two-score game. Obvious to everyone but Shaw, that is. He tried to run out the clock, calling three straight running plays and then punting with 3:42 left. Incredibly, UCLA got TWO more possessions and twice penetrated deep into Stanford territory...but couldn't quite get it done.
If we play like this next weekend, kal will give us a merciless ass-whipping. And we will deserve it."
"
"Regardless of what happens the rest of the season, our football team should get a brobdingnagian trophy for today's game. In all the years I've been watching, no Stanford team has ever tried more desperately to lose a game. Their efforts were ultimately overcome by epic UCLA ineptitude. but nobody can say Stanford didn't make an Olympian effort to blow it.
Among the heroes:
** the defensive backs, who took the day off after the first quarter, giving up 466 yard to a lightweight UCLA quarterback -- a third of his SEASON PASSING TOTAL. Practically the only passes he didn't complete were one that fell out of his hand for a fumble, and one thrown directly into the hands of Paulson Adebo, who was lying on the ground five yard from the nearest Bruin receiver, trying to make himself inconspicuous.
** whichever thoroughgoing imbecile on the offensive line let a UCLA defender come charging through, untouched and even un-breathed-upon, to tackle Bryce Love five yards deep in the end zone on a first and goal from the Stanford two-yard-line.
** the entire kicking team on the subsequent free kick, which let Bruin KR Darnay Holmes go 93 years for a touchdown. The only serious effort to tackle him was by the kicker, Jake Bailey.
** David Shaw. I'm not going to call him a moron because he's the winningest football coach in Stanford history. But he coached like one today. With a bit over five minutes left in the game, Stanford got the ball at its own 36 after UCLA missed a long field goal.
We led by a touchdown; it was obvious to everyone in America that the way our defense was being trampled, we needed to make it a two-score game. Obvious to everyone but Shaw, that is. He tried to run out the clock, calling three straight running plays and then punting with 3:42 left. Incredibly, UCLA got TWO more possessions and twice penetrated deep into Stanford territory...but couldn't quite get it done.
If we play like this next weekend, kal will give us a merciless ass-whipping. And we will deserve it."
"