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It happens roughly every 20 years at Stanford. I am going to be so sad and so mad if Stanford decides to step back from competing in major college football. Those who don't follow college football in a thoughtful way don't realize how, even in the current landscape, Stanford would have a very high chance of relevance by the second half of this decade if we committed to a rebuild. Maybe there's only a coin flip's chance Shaw's successor works out, given inherent uncertainty of coaching hires and what he'd be inheriting, but the odds a program with Stanford's advantages/disadvantages getting 7-8+ win seasons with either this hire or the one after it is high. What those paying a modicum of attention realize is that the odds of it while continuing to do what we're doing are vanishing.

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It happens roughly every 20 years at Stanford. I am going to be so sad and so mad if Stanford decides to step back from competing in major college football. Those who don't follow college football in a thoughtful way don't realize how, even in the current landscape, Stanford would have a very high chance of relevance by the second half of this decade if we committed to a rebuild. Maybe there's only a coin flip's chance Shaw's successor works out, given inherent uncertainty of coaching hires and what he'd be inheriting, but the odds a program with Stanford's advantages/disadvantages getting 7-8+ win seasons with either this hire or the one after it is high. What those paying a modicum of attention realize is that the odds of it while continuing to do what we're doing are vanishing.