[Goose]

Current mood on the season: for Stanford football to be good (8+ wins, banging on the door of top 25 relevance), we're going to need either miraculous improvement by the defense to be Lance Anderson's best in over half a decade or the offense to put points on the board somewhere in the vicinity of how they did in 2015. My guess is neither quite reaches that level and something mediocre (4-7 wins) is in the cards.

I would be interested in your thought regarding how tempo and ball control affect the equation. Having been around Stanford football more years than I care to count, we have often been in a situation where we relied on the offense to put tons of points on the board. It seldom worked. We would always (it seemed) be in a position where we needed a defensive stop we just couldn't get. Stanford has never had much luck winning football track meets.

Shaw in the past has had better defenses than Stanford typically did, but Shaw also sought to shorten the game. Given out past history, I think that is a good idea if you can be "efficient". Thoughts?

[Goose]

Current mood on the season: for Stanford football to be good (8+ wins, banging on the door of top 25 relevance), we're going to need either miraculous improvement by the defense to be Lance Anderson's best in over half a decade or the offense to put points on the board somewhere in the vicinity of how they did in 2015. My guess is neither quite reaches that level and something mediocre (4-7 wins) is in the cards.

I would be interested in your thought regarding how tempo and ball control affect the equation. Having been around Stanford football more years than I care to count, we have often been in a situation where we relied on the offense to put tons of points on the board. It seldom worked. We would always (it seemed) be in a position where we needed a defensive stop we just couldn't get. Stanford has never had much luck winning football track meets.

Shaw in the past has had better defenses than Stanford typically did, but Shaw also sought to shorten the game. Given out past history, I think that is a good idea if you can be "efficient". Thoughts?