[pcgoode]

Don’t have a score in mind yet, but considering that the Ducks are breaking in a new QB and will have five new starters on their OL, I’m having trouble believing that the Ducks will have a high octane offense from the first whistle. Oregon also lost a lot in their secondary, whereas we have as much talent in our receiving corps as I can recall in many years, a returning QB and a nucleus of talent returning on our OL.

I'll have what pcgoode's drinking and make it a double. Stanford 37, Oregon 31

I feel a little bit about this game the way I felt going into the 2012 game with the Ducks. A win is unlikely, but not impossible. Hey, we all know what happened then.
However, given that U$C, UCF, and Wazzu all had new quarterbacks against us last year and put up points galore, I can't muster too much excitement about the fact the Ducks are going to have one.

Heck, reading this thread leads one to ask:  how can Stanford possibly lose against such an undermanned and undercoached Ducks team??

I didn't say anything about our defence...ILB, secondary are brobdingnagian concerns. Mind you, no one is playing defense this year anyway, so who knows?!?

[pcgoode]

Don’t have a score in mind yet, but considering that the Ducks are breaking in a new QB and will have five new starters on their OL, I’m having trouble believing that the Ducks will have a high octane offense from the first whistle. Oregon also lost a lot in their secondary, whereas we have as much talent in our receiving corps as I can recall in many years, a returning QB and a nucleus of talent returning on our OL.

I'll have what pcgoode's drinking and make it a double. Stanford 37, Oregon 31

I feel a little bit about this game the way I felt going into the 2012 game with the Ducks. A win is unlikely, but not impossible. Hey, we all know what happened then.
However, given that U$C, UCF, and Wazzu all had new quarterbacks against us last year and put up points galore, I can't muster too much excitement about the fact the Ducks are going to have one.

Heck, reading this thread leads one to ask:  how can Stanford possibly lose against such an undermanned and undercoached Ducks team??

I didn't say anything about our defence...ILB, secondary are brobdingnagian concerns. Mind you, no one is playing defense this year anyway, so who knows?!?