(09-05-2021, 08:25 AM)Maple Leaf Wrote:(09-05-2021, 07:55 AM)Mick Wrote: I'm going to reserve judgment. This was a 9 a.m. body clock game, and I think it impacted Stanford players pretty hard.
Oregon plays Ohio State at 9 AM Pacific time, if the quackies can give the buckies a hard close game then the early start time impact concept may need to be reassessed.
I think back to playing Texas away and home in back to back years, getting crushed by Texas 69-17 in Austin in a very early game in 1999 (QB was Husak), then playing a late night game in 2000 against #5 Texas in Stanford one year later and coming away with a 27-24 win (QBs were Fasani and Lewis). Texas QB Major Applewhite called it a bizarre game. Yeah...cuz your entire team was wiped out tired that late at night.
Add in the fact that David Shaw complained long and loud about it, particularly about the players having to get up at 6 a.m. body clock time, and I'm going to say...yes, it's a problem.
Incidentally, the week after Stanford lost to Texas 69-17, they came back to beat Washington State 54-17 and went to the Rose Bowl.
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