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Well, it turns out Stanford's non-spring-game was the best Spring Game I've seen in a while.  The Season Ticket Holder event today was a big improvement over recent spring games.  It started in Maples with AL giving his thoughts and answering questions -- nothing really new there other than that he makes pancakes for his kids every morning. :)  After the Q&A, we went to the practice field where they started with position drills and then quickly moved on to a full red/white scrimmage. Lots of energy on the field -- more so than recent years.  During the Q&A, AL said they had a real QB competition on their hands, which I discounted as him just giving props to the QBs, but I have to say it was not at all clear who was best QB today, though you could make strong arguments for Brown, Bachmeier, OR Jackson.  On production/results alone, I think Bachmeier won the day.  Brown threw a pick, but otherwise looked good.  Jackson had a lot of people on their phones trying to figure out who THIS guy is and where's he been? (Where HAS he been?).  He looked like a guy competing to start, not to be the best back-up.  Running game and line looks improved, and I suspect Tiger will have his biggest year yet, both from his own development and all the outgoing transfers.  He's also had 20 years or so to get familiar to a pretty strong looking QB....  Might be tough to win more than 3 games again this year, but AL says all the right things and brings much needed hope back to the program.  Pretty cool that we'll see a Belicheck v Reich rematch in the college ranks too. :)  Go Stanford!

Thanks for the recap :)  It seems that maybe the team has been buoyed by the prospect of fresh chances and energy.

[fullmetal]

Well, it turns out Stanford's non-spring-game was the best Spring Game I've seen in a while.  The Season Ticket Holder event today was a big improvement over recent spring games.  It started in Maples with AL giving his thoughts and answering questions -- nothing really new there other than that he makes pancakes for his kids every morning. :)  After the Q&A, we went to the practice field where they started with position drills and then quickly moved on to a full red/white scrimmage. Lots of energy on the field -- more so than recent years.  During the Q&A, AL said they had a real QB competition on their hands, which I discounted as him just giving props to the QBs, but I have to say it was not at all clear who was best QB today, though you could make strong arguments for Brown, Bachmeier, OR Jackson.  On production/results alone, I think Bachmeier won the day.  Brown threw a pick, but otherwise looked good.  Jackson had a lot of people on their phones trying to figure out who THIS guy is and where's he been? (Where HAS he been?).  He looked like a guy competing to start, not to be the best back-up.  Running game and line looks improved, and I suspect Tiger will have his biggest year yet, both from his own development and all the outgoing transfers.  He's also had 20 years or so to get familiar to a pretty strong looking QB....  Might be tough to win more than 3 games again this year, but AL says all the right things and brings much needed hope back to the program.  Pretty cool that we'll see a Belicheck v Reich rematch in the college ranks too. :)  Go Stanford!

Thanks for the recap :)  It seems that maybe the team has been buoyed by the prospect of fresh chances and energy.