[OutsiderFan]

I can’t in my lifetime remember a team led by an accomplished Senior QB doing poorly in the PAC-12.

Trent Edwards was an accomplished senior QB who would later be drafted in the third round; he was winless in 7 games until he got injured and Stanford went 1-11.

BC

I don't consider Edwards to have been that accomplished before his Senior season.  My greater point is the Top 4 QBs in the Pac-12 this year are all projected to be Seniors - Oregon (Hebert), Stanford (Costello), Utah (Huntley), Arizona (Tate) - and such teams perform well in the Pac-10/12 historically.

That's why I would be quite surprised to see Stanford finish 5-7 or worse.

[OutsiderFan]

I can’t in my lifetime remember a team led by an accomplished Senior QB doing poorly in the PAC-12.

Trent Edwards was an accomplished senior QB who would later be drafted in the third round; he was winless in 7 games until he got injured and Stanford went 1-11.

BC

I don't consider Edwards to have been that accomplished before his Senior season.  My greater point is the Top 4 QBs in the Pac-12 this year are all projected to be Seniors - Oregon (Hebert), Stanford (Costello), Utah (Huntley), Arizona (Tate) - and such teams perform well in the Pac-10/12 historically.

That's why I would be quite surprised to see Stanford finish 5-7 or worse.