[akiddoc]

I'm not as worried about FS as some are. Antoine was passable last season as a redshirt soph in his first full year playing the position

Sorry I thought Antoine was positively awful last year. The one thing a safety must do is stop a runner who breaks through the front 7. Antoine was horribly out of position and easily beaten in the open field too many times last year.

I REALLY think you're thinking of Buncom, but maybe I'm wrong. Dude couldn't take angles at all.

Your point about lacking a STRONG safety is well-taken, and sadly there really isn't anyone on the roster with the size to fill that role. So we will likely have two FS's again this season.

The likely starters opposite Antoine, Stuart Head 6'4" 210 or Kendall Williamson 6'1" 201, seem plenty big enough to play strong safety to me. (Justin Reid was 6'1" 204 as a junior.)

I'll bet dollars to doughnuts he's thinking of Buncom. Buncom seemed to get faked out every time he was isolated in the open field with a ball carrier.

Buncom was not healthy at any time during his Stanford career, and in fact retired from football after last year for medical reasons. It's amazing he played at all.

[akiddoc]

I'm not as worried about FS as some are. Antoine was passable last season as a redshirt soph in his first full year playing the position

Sorry I thought Antoine was positively awful last year. The one thing a safety must do is stop a runner who breaks through the front 7. Antoine was horribly out of position and easily beaten in the open field too many times last year.

I REALLY think you're thinking of Buncom, but maybe I'm wrong. Dude couldn't take angles at all.

Your point about lacking a STRONG safety is well-taken, and sadly there really isn't anyone on the roster with the size to fill that role. So we will likely have two FS's again this season.

The likely starters opposite Antoine, Stuart Head 6'4" 210 or Kendall Williamson 6'1" 201, seem plenty big enough to play strong safety to me. (Justin Reid was 6'1" 204 as a junior.)

I'll bet dollars to doughnuts he's thinking of Buncom. Buncom seemed to get faked out every time he was isolated in the open field with a ball carrier.

Buncom was not healthy at any time during his Stanford career, and in fact retired from football after last year for medical reasons. It's amazing he played at all.