[terry]

Stanford was ahead or tied in the 4th quarter against TCU, Wake Forest, Cal, and San Jose State. Stanford let all of those games slip away. Stanford just failed to take advantage of good opportunities in all of those games. Think how different this season would look if Stanford had seized the moment in those games.

I respect your optimism and support for the program. That said, every one of those teams beat or even annihilated Stanford in total yards and yards per play. Every one of those teams outplayed Stanford not just in the head-to-head matchup but also statistically across the season. They deserved to beat Stanford and most of those games were not as close as the score. 

We were 2-4 in close games - our two FBS wins were also squeakers. While we could have won any of those games you mentioned, we also could have lost the two that we won. I think 3-9 is exactly what this team deserved and it has nothing to do with luck, a fine line between winning and losing, or a few plays here or there. The program needs to grapple with the full scale of its terribleness if anything is going to change.

Oh, that wasn't optimism. Just the opposite. The fact that Stanford lost all of those winnable games in the 4th quarter is the sign of a bad team. Good teams take advantage of their opportunities. Bad teams find a way to lose.

[terry]

Stanford was ahead or tied in the 4th quarter against TCU, Wake Forest, Cal, and San Jose State. Stanford let all of those games slip away. Stanford just failed to take advantage of good opportunities in all of those games. Think how different this season would look if Stanford had seized the moment in those games.

I respect your optimism and support for the program. That said, every one of those teams beat or even annihilated Stanford in total yards and yards per play. Every one of those teams outplayed Stanford not just in the head-to-head matchup but also statistically across the season. They deserved to beat Stanford and most of those games were not as close as the score. 

We were 2-4 in close games - our two FBS wins were also squeakers. While we could have won any of those games you mentioned, we also could have lost the two that we won. I think 3-9 is exactly what this team deserved and it has nothing to do with luck, a fine line between winning and losing, or a few plays here or there. The program needs to grapple with the full scale of its terribleness if anything is going to change.

Oh, that wasn't optimism. Just the opposite. The fact that Stanford lost all of those winnable games in the 4th quarter is the sign of a bad team. Good teams take advantage of their opportunities. Bad teams find a way to lose.