[Mick]

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?

Rizk is unsuccessful? His stats look pretty good compared to the other two

UCF does have five QBs on their roster (four transferred in at one time or another) so it seems that maybe he either was nudged out or didn't like where he thought he was on the depth chart, or maybe he realized that he could go to Stanford and that the Stanford degree was much better than a UCF degree.....

He as recruited by Northwestern, so he has to have something on the ball academically. He came in as a starter last four games of last season, crushed Arizona 56-12, lost a close one to ASU 31-35, lost by 10 to west VA, then by two TDs to Utah. UCF finished 4-8 but started 3-0. He's the best returning QB, my guess is they told him it'd be an open competition. Former Cardinal Scott Frost is the recently named head coach at UCF, and transfer Cam Fancher had 6 starts and transfer Tayven Jackson had the most talent upside, so...adios Rizk.

[Mick]

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?

Rizk is unsuccessful? His stats look pretty good compared to the other two

UCF does have five QBs on their roster (four transferred in at one time or another) so it seems that maybe he either was nudged out or didn't like where he thought he was on the depth chart, or maybe he realized that he could go to Stanford and that the Stanford degree was much better than a UCF degree.....

He as recruited by Northwestern, so he has to have something on the ball academically. He came in as a starter last four games of last season, crushed Arizona 56-12, lost a close one to ASU 31-35, lost by 10 to west VA, then by two TDs to Utah. UCF finished 4-8 but started 3-0. He's the best returning QB, my guess is they told him it'd be an open competition. Former Cardinal Scott Frost is the recently named head coach at UCF, and transfer Cam Fancher had 6 starts and transfer Tayven Jackson had the most talent upside, so...adios Rizk.