09-01-2019, 12:57 PM
<p>FWIW, the Northwestern players at the post game presser said that Stanford did nothing unexpected. <br></p><p><br></p><p>from WR Bennett Skowronek<strong></strong> <strong></strong><!--StartFragment--><!--EndFragment-->
<!--StartFragment-->Shaw teams have a history of pretty strong defensive performances in
game 1. 7 points vs. Northwestern, 10 points last year vs. SDSU, 7
points vs. Rice, 13 points vs K State. No opponent in the Shaw era has scored more than 17 in a season opener (SJS in 2012). <br></p><p><br></p><p>The challenge really ramps up next week. I expect USC to try to attack Stanford's nickel. Appeared to me that JJ Parson was the nickelback for much of the game with Kyu Blu Kelly playing some at the end. Neither has much game experience.
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Quote:They played their base defense against us, but we made adjustments to</p><p><br></p><p>from DB Travis Whillock
what they did and they didn’t throw anything special at us.
Quote:<!--StartFragment-->We got what we expected, we just need to make the plays to get our offense back on the field and putting up points for us.<!--EndFragment--></p><p><br></p><p>
<!--StartFragment-->Shaw teams have a history of pretty strong defensive performances in
game 1. 7 points vs. Northwestern, 10 points last year vs. SDSU, 7
points vs. Rice, 13 points vs K State. No opponent in the Shaw era has scored more than 17 in a season opener (SJS in 2012). <br></p><p><br></p><p>The challenge really ramps up next week. I expect USC to try to attack Stanford's nickel. Appeared to me that JJ Parson was the nickelback for much of the game with Kyu Blu Kelly playing some at the end. Neither has much game experience.
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"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000