10-01-2021, 07:18 AM
(10-01-2021, 06:55 AM)CTcard Wrote: Losing four starters off that OL was a blow that Stanford never really recovered from, though the 2016 OL was better at run blocking than popular memory seems to hold (pass blocking was a significant problem).You may be correct about popular memory, but my memory is greatly influenced by the Colorado game where Burns was wearing the offensive center on virtually every play, run or pass. Hard to hand off when you have that much company. CMac got 92 yards that day on the ground but virtually none of that was inside the tackles. He also got hurt. The trick was getting to the corner before the penetration tackled you. Once you did that, at least half the defense was two yards behind you. In that game none of the blocking was very good, run ot pass. I also remember watching the Arizona game, a game we won handily. Arizona wasn't good, to be generous. However, even in that game CMac got his yards outside either on designed stretch plays or improvising when nothing else was available. We weren't exactly pushing guys around that day either. It was "Get a stalemate and led CMac run around them".