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We established the identity because for the last two years, we did not have to pass to set up the run -- Luck was a sublime proven commodity.

This year everyone knew that Stanford had an iffy passing potential and then Shaw decided that he didn't need to prove it.

The identity hasn't been validated this year, and the only way it would have as if our offensive line was actually better than it  was last year.  Or if our quarterback and receivers had lit it up.

Neither happened.  And it has been exacerbated by a running game that is very unimaginative.

[oman]

We established the identity because for the last two years, we did not have to pass to set up the run -- Luck was a sublime proven commodity.

This year everyone knew that Stanford had an iffy passing potential and then Shaw decided that he didn't need to prove it.

The identity hasn't been validated this year, and the only way it would have as if our offensive line was actually better than it  was last year.  Or if our quarterback and receivers had lit it up.

Neither happened.  And it has been exacerbated by a running game that is very unimaginative.