Brief thoughts:
Going in, I thought 200 yards of offense and the RBs averaging 3.0 ypc would be good signs of life for the offense moving forward (passing game clearly DOA with Gulbranson in as the starter, so didn't bother to establish any kind of similar benchmarks for the passing game).
Stanford's total offense: 161 yards
Stanford RB ypc: 2.2
[Insert frowny face emoji]
Defensively, I thought if the team held BYU's offense to five TDs or less, that would be a positive sign.
BYU offensive TDs: Two
As long as Gulbranson is playing QB, his "ceiling" is too low for the team to be a true threat offensively against a defense with any kind of talent. I believe the coaches think his floor is higher-to-much-higher compared to the other QBs, but he has very limited mobility and has thrown more interceptons so far this year (3) than all but three five FBS QBs (I'll amend if the Sunday morning stats show this to be false). His worst is not good enough to offset his severe limitations as a passer and runner.
Not a bad day for Bobby April's crew.
Going in, I thought 200 yards of offense and the RBs averaging 3.0 ypc would be good signs of life for the offense moving forward (passing game clearly DOA with Gulbranson in as the starter, so didn't bother to establish any kind of similar benchmarks for the passing game).
Stanford's total offense: 161 yards
Stanford RB ypc: 2.2
[Insert frowny face emoji]
Defensively, I thought if the team held BYU's offense to five TDs or less, that would be a positive sign.
BYU offensive TDs: Two
As long as Gulbranson is playing QB, his "ceiling" is too low for the team to be a true threat offensively against a defense with any kind of talent. I believe the coaches think his floor is higher-to-much-higher compared to the other QBs, but he has very limited mobility and has thrown more interceptons so far this year (3) than all but three five FBS QBs (I'll amend if the Sunday morning stats show this to be false). His worst is not good enough to offset his severe limitations as a passer and runner.
Not a bad day for Bobby April's crew.