[fullmetal]

The funny thing is that it doesn't look like U$C was beaten physically so much as just either by speed or scheme.  Some of the slide blocking schemes were followed so closely that the OL would take a step in whatever predetermined direction--before realizing that the man they were lined up against was headed the opposite way rather quickly.  Maybe U$C would have stood a fighting chance if they had just man-blocked rather than zone-blocked.

Did you see the third/fourth gifs in the post where the corners bite on a fake screen?  That was scary--the tight end was all alone downfield...and Nelson Agholor still almost scored a touchdown anyway as one Stanford defender tripped up another.

This is their version of the kal-$C preview: http://goo.gl/jZk7F

Some excerpts.

And as the game wore on, you knew that pass rush was coming. USC’s offensive line had no chance against Stanford’s front-seven and combine that with a lack of running game and Barkley’s receivers not able to sniff daylight, it’s no reason why the offense as a whole really struggled.

That was worrying - part of Stanford’s plan was plainly to knock the ish out of ‘SC players and exploit the lack of depth. (I’m not suggesting that Stanford was being deliberately dirty on their hits, they were using their size advantage.)

(My edit in italics.)

8. Who do you want to punch in the face?

DCT: whatever MBA-holding nitwit came up with the plan for rolling out the PAC12 channel, because they plainly badly estimated the appeal, especially outside of the conference footprint. I’m all the more vexed because the gamesmanship meant that the bar in Virginia that caters to SC alumni sensibly waited until the last minute to get a Dish subscription, which meant that I had already bought theater tickets for Saturday night. Harrumph.

[fullmetal]

The funny thing is that it doesn't look like U$C was beaten physically so much as just either by speed or scheme.  Some of the slide blocking schemes were followed so closely that the OL would take a step in whatever predetermined direction--before realizing that the man they were lined up against was headed the opposite way rather quickly.  Maybe U$C would have stood a fighting chance if they had just man-blocked rather than zone-blocked.

Did you see the third/fourth gifs in the post where the corners bite on a fake screen?  That was scary--the tight end was all alone downfield...and Nelson Agholor still almost scored a touchdown anyway as one Stanford defender tripped up another.

This is their version of the kal-$C preview: http://goo.gl/jZk7F

Some excerpts.

And as the game wore on, you knew that pass rush was coming. USC’s offensive line had no chance against Stanford’s front-seven and combine that with a lack of running game and Barkley’s receivers not able to sniff daylight, it’s no reason why the offense as a whole really struggled.

That was worrying - part of Stanford’s plan was plainly to knock the ish out of ‘SC players and exploit the lack of depth. (I’m not suggesting that Stanford was being deliberately dirty on their hits, they were using their size advantage.)

(My edit in italics.)

8. Who do you want to punch in the face?

DCT: whatever MBA-holding nitwit came up with the plan for rolling out the PAC12 channel, because they plainly badly estimated the appeal, especially outside of the conference footprint. I’m all the more vexed because the gamesmanship meant that the bar in Virginia that caters to SC alumni sensibly waited until the last minute to get a Dish subscription, which meant that I had already bought theater tickets for Saturday night. Harrumph.