08-18-2012, 02:17 PM
Somnambule, agree with your post top to bottom, including this line:
"Perhaps we should wait a bit before we start acting like we are a perennial title contender."
However, even with the supposed lack of marquis wins in the last 2 seasons, I can confidently make the following statements:
Stanford was one of the Top 3 teams at the end of the 2011-2012 season (no one wanted any part of the Cardinal in bowl season); and
Stanford was a better football team than Oklahoma State - which finished the season ranked, what? #3 (?) - at the end of this past season, n/w/s the final score in the Fiesta Bowl. Stanford outplayed Oklahoma State and was just better.Â
The point is, even without the marquis Ws, it's safe to say that Stanford was a very, very elite football team the past 2 seasons (and arguably a title contender). Of course, it's a 2-year sample set - the best in history - and I agree 100% that it is folly to act like the Cardinal is a perennial title contender. But I would sure enjoy Stanford earning its way into that discussion.
"Perhaps we should wait a bit before we start acting like we are a perennial title contender."
However, even with the supposed lack of marquis wins in the last 2 seasons, I can confidently make the following statements:
Stanford was one of the Top 3 teams at the end of the 2011-2012 season (no one wanted any part of the Cardinal in bowl season); and
Stanford was a better football team than Oklahoma State - which finished the season ranked, what? #3 (?) - at the end of this past season, n/w/s the final score in the Fiesta Bowl. Stanford outplayed Oklahoma State and was just better.Â
The point is, even without the marquis Ws, it's safe to say that Stanford was a very, very elite football team the past 2 seasons (and arguably a title contender). Of course, it's a 2-year sample set - the best in history - and I agree 100% that it is folly to act like the Cardinal is a perennial title contender. But I would sure enjoy Stanford earning its way into that discussion.