[SamuelMcF]

Early in the year, when many quality programs are hunting for an identity, Haase can get some decent wins and the team shows promise.
By mid year, many of the teams in conference know which one or two Stanford athletes to shutdown, but some of the weakest teams are not quite able to beat Stanford, especially in Maples.
By the end of the season, almost everybody knows how to stop the Stanford star of the year, and Stanford loses to almost everyone in every arena.

Last part is still TBD this season. 2 losses to the #2 and #3 team in the conference don't constitute "almost everyone." We have 5 easier games than those coming up (and a slaughter @ Arizona that we should just start our walk-ons in to avoid injury).

A loss @ Oregon State or @ Cal or vs. Utah, of course, would certainly confirm it and probably feel all too familiar to us and the team.

[SamuelMcF]

Early in the year, when many quality programs are hunting for an identity, Haase can get some decent wins and the team shows promise.
By mid year, many of the teams in conference know which one or two Stanford athletes to shutdown, but some of the weakest teams are not quite able to beat Stanford, especially in Maples.
By the end of the season, almost everybody knows how to stop the Stanford star of the year, and Stanford loses to almost everyone in every arena.

Last part is still TBD this season. 2 losses to the #2 and #3 team in the conference don't constitute "almost everyone." We have 5 easier games than those coming up (and a slaughter @ Arizona that we should just start our walk-ons in to avoid injury).

A loss @ Oregon State or @ Cal or vs. Utah, of course, would certainly confirm it and probably feel all too familiar to us and the team.