11-10-2023, 11:49 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-10-2023, 11:50 AM by OutsiderFan.)
What does moral victory look like for this game? This is probably the only season I've been OK with Stanford getting moral victories.
In retrospect, the Arizona game might be considered one, though at the time it seemed like a game to be upset about not winning given Karty's misses. Washington to me counts as one. Oregon was close, given the 14-6 halftime score, but the 28-0 second half wiped that out.
So Stanford has one moral victory for sure, one maybe moral victory, and three actual victories. So I could argue Stanford is actually 5-4 or 4-5 in terms of whether the game outcome was Horrible or Not Horrible.
As I see it, Stanford has chances for two more moral victories this year, against the Beavers and Irish, with Cal being no chance for moral victory.
Is moral victory against Beavers holding them to 31 or less? Losing by no more than 14? Scoring at least 24?
In retrospect, the Arizona game might be considered one, though at the time it seemed like a game to be upset about not winning given Karty's misses. Washington to me counts as one. Oregon was close, given the 14-6 halftime score, but the 28-0 second half wiped that out.
So Stanford has one moral victory for sure, one maybe moral victory, and three actual victories. So I could argue Stanford is actually 5-4 or 4-5 in terms of whether the game outcome was Horrible or Not Horrible.
As I see it, Stanford has chances for two more moral victories this year, against the Beavers and Irish, with Cal being no chance for moral victory.
Is moral victory against Beavers holding them to 31 or less? Losing by no more than 14? Scoring at least 24?