[BostonCard]

I am struggling with the thought that throughout much of the game, our lead seemed precarious, but that the game was pretty much decided by the middle of the third quarter, and was completely out of reach 5 minutes into the fourth, when we got a 29 point lead.  SC's last two TD's made it look respectable, but we had a pretty big domination score.  But again, the lead felt a bit fragile in the first half.

Some key moments, that, had they turned out differently, might have led to a very different outcome in the game:
Obviously, the big touchdown by Peat, to set the tone.
Going for it, and converting on fourth and goal after the penalty on the field goal.
Slovis missing his wide open tight end underneath on third and goal, and overthrowing his receiver deep in the end zone on third down
Helton electing to kick the field goal down on fourth and goal down 21-10 to keep us in the lead; a touchdown would have tied the game
The McCaffrey pass to Jones with about a minute left in the half, which enabled us to score on the last possession of the first half and take a two touchdown lead into halftime
Holding SC to a field goal on their first possession of the second half
The pick-six by Kyu Kelly (and the play before that, where DWP blew up a running play on second and short for a three yard loss, forcing SC into a passing situation).

And that's where SC gave up and we totally took control.  After our punt on our first drive in the second half, it went: USC: 3 plays, INT return for a TD; USC 3 plays, 0 yards, PUNT; Stanford 5 plays, 55 yards (30 of which were gained on pass interference) TD; USC 3 plays, 0 yards, punt; Stanford 10 plays, 67 yards TD

We broke open what had been a tight, one score game, into a bloodbath.

BC

[BostonCard]

I am struggling with the thought that throughout much of the game, our lead seemed precarious, but that the game was pretty much decided by the middle of the third quarter, and was completely out of reach 5 minutes into the fourth, when we got a 29 point lead.  SC's last two TD's made it look respectable, but we had a pretty big domination score.  But again, the lead felt a bit fragile in the first half.

Some key moments, that, had they turned out differently, might have led to a very different outcome in the game:
Obviously, the big touchdown by Peat, to set the tone.
Going for it, and converting on fourth and goal after the penalty on the field goal.
Slovis missing his wide open tight end underneath on third and goal, and overthrowing his receiver deep in the end zone on third down
Helton electing to kick the field goal down on fourth and goal down 21-10 to keep us in the lead; a touchdown would have tied the game
The McCaffrey pass to Jones with about a minute left in the half, which enabled us to score on the last possession of the first half and take a two touchdown lead into halftime
Holding SC to a field goal on their first possession of the second half
The pick-six by Kyu Kelly (and the play before that, where DWP blew up a running play on second and short for a three yard loss, forcing SC into a passing situation).

And that's where SC gave up and we totally took control.  After our punt on our first drive in the second half, it went: USC: 3 plays, INT return for a TD; USC 3 plays, 0 yards, PUNT; Stanford 5 plays, 55 yards (30 of which were gained on pass interference) TD; USC 3 plays, 0 yards, punt; Stanford 10 plays, 67 yards TD

We broke open what had been a tight, one score game, into a bloodbath.

BC