[SamuelMcF]

It is interesting how competitive we were against UW, a legitimately good team, versus how non-competitive we were against USC and UCLA. I'm still trying to figure out why. (I was going to add Colorado to the UW datum, but I think that we now know that the Buffs are a fairly average team with a really good QB.)

-m.

My guess is that Stanford simply was too green in early September to be the least bit competitive against $C. My guess is Stanford would give them a better - likely much better - game now. UCLA is an extremely physical team that Stanford simply can't match along the line of scrimmage.

Agreed, but note that "extremely physical" is code for "one of the oldest teams in the country on both lines thanks to the portal."

Very simple formula. Just get old in the trenches.

[SamuelMcF]

It is interesting how competitive we were against UW, a legitimately good team, versus how non-competitive we were against USC and UCLA. I'm still trying to figure out why. (I was going to add Colorado to the UW datum, but I think that we now know that the Buffs are a fairly average team with a really good QB.)

-m.

My guess is that Stanford simply was too green in early September to be the least bit competitive against $C. My guess is Stanford would give them a better - likely much better - game now. UCLA is an extremely physical team that Stanford simply can't match along the line of scrimmage.

Agreed, but note that "extremely physical" is code for "one of the oldest teams in the country on both lines thanks to the portal."

Very simple formula. Just get old in the trenches.