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6. Arguably the biggest story: two true freshmen immediately emerging as essentially starter-level players up at the line of scrimmage. Bailey broke the record for a Shaw true freshman's first game snaps (41 to the previous highs of 36 by Wedington and 35 by Little, shattering the previous front seven record of 16 by Vaughters. Were it not for Bailey, Moi would have the record thanks to his 19 snaps, which itself shattered the DL true freshman record of 9 by Booker. Presumably it will only go up for these two. Bailey, of course, has had constant, over-the-top hype from all comers. This was a learning opportunity. He only had two tackles, both first downs for Colgate, and was our worst starter on defense according to PFF (Yurosek actually graded worse). Moi is a guy whose hype has started to get really significant. If you listen to Troy Clardy's TreeCast from Thursday, Anderson is starting to talk about Moi like the coaches talk about Bailey. In this game Moi didn't fill the stat sheet but he did have the hurry and held us own at the line, with PFF liking what they saw (higher grade than all 15+ snap defenders other than Miezan). 

7. Aside from those two, Reuben, Roush, Harris, Wright, and Daniels (even though it was a penalty and never got a real play in) saw the field, so start those four game countdowns to see who burns a redshirt (maybe all of them, though that would be strange in Daniels' case). The other true freshmen sat. Otherwise, we cleared the bench. I count only seven scholarship players who didn't play: the three injuries we knew about (Bragg, Aybar, Pogorelc), another guy I spotted out of uniform (Leyrer), and three others (Uke, Ungar, Edwards), who others maybe can say if they were suited up or not.

8. The special teams was ugly. Yikes. Need to clean up that punt return game considerably. Even beyond that, Smith had a crappy opening kickoff return and a backup kicker missed an extra point. Sanborn did ok, net punts of 35, 38, and 43. I guess Parsons' snaps were fine?

9. Game balls: McKee, Miezan, Sanborn (holding my nose here), Sanders

10. I can't wait to fly out in a few days, not least for the opportunity to tailgate and roam Chuck Taylor Grove on Saturday. Holler if you are going to be enjoying the best the Farm has to offer and want some company. TBD on whether the game itself is as enjoyable as the pre-game. In recent weeks I've allowed some optimism to creep in with regard to the season and, fundamentally, the Colgate game doesn't change that as I view an opener against an FCS team as basically irrelevant. Still, would have been nice to see more from Stanford's run game and run defense against such a lowly opponent. Season starts for real Saturday.

Excellent analysis.  Since the game transpired in the middle of my night and highlight videos were scarce, this summary has provided a great deal of insight that no other source could provide.  Thanks.

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6. Arguably the biggest story: two true freshmen immediately emerging as essentially starter-level players up at the line of scrimmage. Bailey broke the record for a Shaw true freshman's first game snaps (41 to the previous highs of 36 by Wedington and 35 by Little, shattering the previous front seven record of 16 by Vaughters. Were it not for Bailey, Moi would have the record thanks to his 19 snaps, which itself shattered the DL true freshman record of 9 by Booker. Presumably it will only go up for these two. Bailey, of course, has had constant, over-the-top hype from all comers. This was a learning opportunity. He only had two tackles, both first downs for Colgate, and was our worst starter on defense according to PFF (Yurosek actually graded worse). Moi is a guy whose hype has started to get really significant. If you listen to Troy Clardy's TreeCast from Thursday, Anderson is starting to talk about Moi like the coaches talk about Bailey. In this game Moi didn't fill the stat sheet but he did have the hurry and held us own at the line, with PFF liking what they saw (higher grade than all 15+ snap defenders other than Miezan). 

7. Aside from those two, Reuben, Roush, Harris, Wright, and Daniels (even though it was a penalty and never got a real play in) saw the field, so start those four game countdowns to see who burns a redshirt (maybe all of them, though that would be strange in Daniels' case). The other true freshmen sat. Otherwise, we cleared the bench. I count only seven scholarship players who didn't play: the three injuries we knew about (Bragg, Aybar, Pogorelc), another guy I spotted out of uniform (Leyrer), and three others (Uke, Ungar, Edwards), who others maybe can say if they were suited up or not.

8. The special teams was ugly. Yikes. Need to clean up that punt return game considerably. Even beyond that, Smith had a crappy opening kickoff return and a backup kicker missed an extra point. Sanborn did ok, net punts of 35, 38, and 43. I guess Parsons' snaps were fine?

9. Game balls: McKee, Miezan, Sanborn (holding my nose here), Sanders

10. I can't wait to fly out in a few days, not least for the opportunity to tailgate and roam Chuck Taylor Grove on Saturday. Holler if you are going to be enjoying the best the Farm has to offer and want some company. TBD on whether the game itself is as enjoyable as the pre-game. In recent weeks I've allowed some optimism to creep in with regard to the season and, fundamentally, the Colgate game doesn't change that as I view an opener against an FCS team as basically irrelevant. Still, would have been nice to see more from Stanford's run game and run defense against such a lowly opponent. Season starts for real Saturday.

Excellent analysis.  Since the game transpired in the middle of my night and highlight videos were scarce, this summary has provided a great deal of insight that no other source could provide.  Thanks.