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From what I read here and elsewhere nobody actually has any real idea of what will happen in the next season. Everybody has potential, has some great players, and has lots of question marks. This year I think even the PAC-12 coaches don't have a real idea how their teams will perform, let alone other teams in the conference. Could be pretty exciting.

This is true, even more so than in most years. Last year was a weird, abbreviated season with relatively little predictive value. 2019 is too long ago to be very helpful. Stanford doesn't seem to be facing a lot more change over than others. Most predictions on this thread reflect the personality of the poster more than anything.

BUT ... there is one clear issue that leads to expecting a poor record. At this time, the schedule looks legitimately brutal. There's the all Power 5 OOC opponents and our two misses from the Pac 12 South are Arizona and Colorado, predicted to be the weakest teams in that half. It would be difficult for Stanford to manage to create a more difficult schedule. Who actually ends up being good or not will be at least somewhat different than expected, so I hope that plays to our favour.

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From what I read here and elsewhere nobody actually has any real idea of what will happen in the next season. Everybody has potential, has some great players, and has lots of question marks. This year I think even the PAC-12 coaches don't have a real idea how their teams will perform, let alone other teams in the conference. Could be pretty exciting.

This is true, even more so than in most years. Last year was a weird, abbreviated season with relatively little predictive value. 2019 is too long ago to be very helpful. Stanford doesn't seem to be facing a lot more change over than others. Most predictions on this thread reflect the personality of the poster more than anything.

BUT ... there is one clear issue that leads to expecting a poor record. At this time, the schedule looks legitimately brutal. There's the all Power 5 OOC opponents and our two misses from the Pac 12 South are Arizona and Colorado, predicted to be the weakest teams in that half. It would be difficult for Stanford to manage to create a more difficult schedule. Who actually ends up being good or not will be at least somewhat different than expected, so I hope that plays to our favour.