07-24-2025, 11:55 AM
BobK, I read Jackson Moore's 247 free article. I learned that:
(1) Coach Reich thinks the players made significant progress working on their own during the offseason.
(2) QB is an open competition between Elijah Brown (QB3 last season), Ben Gulbranson (QB2 at Oregon State the last two seasons) and Dylan Rizk (unsuccessful QB1 at UCF at the end of last season).
(3) Stanford's transfer class has 17(!) incoming student-athletes.
(4) Stanford's freshman class, which ranks 56th nationally, has a 4-star WR.
Overall, according to 247, Stanford has 35 incoming players total. Not that rankings are perfect, but there are only three 4-stars among that group. Overall, 247 ranks this group as 54th nationally.
Maybe the VIP article has more info that would instill confidence that 2025 will be better than 2024?
(1) Coach Reich thinks the players made significant progress working on their own during the offseason.
(2) QB is an open competition between Elijah Brown (QB3 last season), Ben Gulbranson (QB2 at Oregon State the last two seasons) and Dylan Rizk (unsuccessful QB1 at UCF at the end of last season).
(3) Stanford's transfer class has 17(!) incoming student-athletes.
(4) Stanford's freshman class, which ranks 56th nationally, has a 4-star WR.
Overall, according to 247, Stanford has 35 incoming players total. Not that rankings are perfect, but there are only three 4-stars among that group. Overall, 247 ranks this group as 54th nationally.
Maybe the VIP article has more info that would instill confidence that 2025 will be better than 2024?
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)