[teejers1]

I came over to the CardBoard for some optimism about my football team after last Saturday's debacle. All I found was a rehash of what is on Rivals and 24/7. Come on Shaw defenders Represent! Why does 2010-2015 look like such an anomaly now and we are back to sustained mediocrity?

I'm pessimistic in the short term, but I am not a terminal declinist; I think that while Shaw is often slow to come around to changes in college football (which is why people here have a tendency to view him as "stubborn"), he usually does eventually come around.  

Was it on this board or TOS where this topic led to quote attributed to Winston Churchill about America:  "America will always do the right thing. . .  once it has exhausted all alternatives."  (Or words to that effect)?  If that's applicable to Shaw, then I'm not sure his (lower case c) conservatism is all that comforting.

IDK, it sure seems - when watching almost all other college games on TV - that Stanford is unique in that its offense is mired in the quicksand of its own making.  Its effect is program-enervating.  And it's been going on for a long, long time.

[teejers1]

I came over to the CardBoard for some optimism about my football team after last Saturday's debacle. All I found was a rehash of what is on Rivals and 24/7. Come on Shaw defenders Represent! Why does 2010-2015 look like such an anomaly now and we are back to sustained mediocrity?

I'm pessimistic in the short term, but I am not a terminal declinist; I think that while Shaw is often slow to come around to changes in college football (which is why people here have a tendency to view him as "stubborn"), he usually does eventually come around.  

Was it on this board or TOS where this topic led to quote attributed to Winston Churchill about America:  "America will always do the right thing. . .  once it has exhausted all alternatives."  (Or words to that effect)?  If that's applicable to Shaw, then I'm not sure his (lower case c) conservatism is all that comforting.

IDK, it sure seems - when watching almost all other college games on TV - that Stanford is unique in that its offense is mired in the quicksand of its own making.  Its effect is program-enervating.  And it's been going on for a long, long time.