03-05-2021, 11:57 AM
Yesterday, I made a comment in which I put "bench" for Stanford in quarters. That wasn't a typo. Looking at the game against USC yesterday -- in which the "bench" outscored the starters, as well as the opposing team, and watching the play, it's evident that nearly all of the 7 Stanford players who don't start could be starting for lots of teams in the country. In fact, of Stanford's 7 people who didn't start yesterday, 5 have started games at some point either this year or last. The only two who haven't, Jana and Agnes. This is a year in which we really don't seem to have much of an "end of the bench," and for the most part, play doesn't drop off all that much when the starters sit. Yes, the same 5 people have been starting all games for the past few weeks, but it's been a variety of people who have been first in "off the bench." Depends on which starter need to go out, for whatever reason. It will be interesting to see what happens today. When we played OSU before, one of our "bench" players was absent -- Prechtel -- and she's been doing really well recently. Will OSU be ready for her? Lots to think about for this upcoming game.