11-29-2017, 05:41 PM
38 to 28 the good guys
Put a glide in your stride and a dip in your hip.
Pac-12 Championship Predictions
11-29-2017, 06:51 PM
North champions, 30
South posers, 28
Nailbiter. Costello outshines D'arnold.Â
Vengeance is ours! Go Cardinal!
South posers, 28
Nailbiter. Costello outshines D'arnold.Â
Vengeance is ours! Go Cardinal!
Pax et Bonum
North champions, 30
South posers, 28
Nailbiter. Costello outshines D'arnold.Â
Vengeance is ours! Go Cardinal!
South posers, 28
Nailbiter. Costello outshines D'arnold.Â
Vengeance is ours! Go Cardinal!
Pax et Bonum
11-30-2017, 12:19 PM
Stanford 34
University of Satan's Children 28
University of Satan's Children 28
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)
Stanford 34
University of Satan's Children 28
University of Satan's Children 28
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)
11-30-2017, 02:11 PM
I was wrong on this prediction the first time against these guys, but it's not that the prediction was wrong so much as it was made for the wrong Stanford-SC game this year! Here it (mostly) is again, with a few tweaks:
Stanford 34
SC 30
The running game plays out with Stanford having fewer big plays as SC responds to the first matchup by limiting Love's chances in the second level, but there are a whole lot of 4- to 6-yard runs as our OL generally wins the battle in the first level of the defense. Our tight ends have a good day. The game is tight the entire time, with SC actually leading going into the half, 20-17. SC extends the lead to 23-17 coming out of the break, but Stanford answers right back with a long touchdown drive to take a 24-23 lead. SC is forced to punt, and Stanford is able to extend the lead to 27-23 on a drive that started explosively but stalled in the red zone, forcing us to settle for a 32-yard Toner FG. We trade a couple of unsuccessful drives before SC retakes the lead 30-27 in the fourth quarter. With the chips down, and the eyes of the nation turned to us, Costello leads a masterfully-called go-ahead drive where our game-long commitment to the run game pays dividends, with Love getting steady gains, Costello finding Irwin for key conversions, and ultimately, a go-ahead TD to Schultz on 3rd and 2 in the red zone (off play action, and out of a jumbo set, to our collective delight). We're up 34-30, but there's a problem: we left too much darn time left on the clock, and Darnold has 1:30 (though no timeouts) to try and get a game-winning score. He almost does it, moving the ball quickly to midfield and beyond to the point that SC has the ball at our 20 with 20 seconds left. They spike the clock on first down to get a chance to talk over what to do next. The pass is incomplete on second and 10 (00:15 remaining). On 3rd and 10, Darnold floats a dime inside the 5 for a first down, but it's called back on a clear holding penalty to keep Phillips from sacking Darnold (SC fans whine about the call, but as the commentators point out on the replay, Phillips basically gets tackled--it's an easy call to make). What looked to be 1st and goal is now 3rd and 20 on the 30 with 7 seconds remaining. Darnold makes all of our hearts stop by first evading not one but two sacks, and then lofting a pass to the end zone. It's on target to a WR crossing in the back of the end zone who has a step on Meeks, but the pressure means that Darnold doesn't see Justin Reid, who jumps in front of the pass and seals the win with the interception as the clock hits zeroes.
Onto the Fiesta Bowl!
Stanford 34
SC 30
The running game plays out with Stanford having fewer big plays as SC responds to the first matchup by limiting Love's chances in the second level, but there are a whole lot of 4- to 6-yard runs as our OL generally wins the battle in the first level of the defense. Our tight ends have a good day. The game is tight the entire time, with SC actually leading going into the half, 20-17. SC extends the lead to 23-17 coming out of the break, but Stanford answers right back with a long touchdown drive to take a 24-23 lead. SC is forced to punt, and Stanford is able to extend the lead to 27-23 on a drive that started explosively but stalled in the red zone, forcing us to settle for a 32-yard Toner FG. We trade a couple of unsuccessful drives before SC retakes the lead 30-27 in the fourth quarter. With the chips down, and the eyes of the nation turned to us, Costello leads a masterfully-called go-ahead drive where our game-long commitment to the run game pays dividends, with Love getting steady gains, Costello finding Irwin for key conversions, and ultimately, a go-ahead TD to Schultz on 3rd and 2 in the red zone (off play action, and out of a jumbo set, to our collective delight). We're up 34-30, but there's a problem: we left too much darn time left on the clock, and Darnold has 1:30 (though no timeouts) to try and get a game-winning score. He almost does it, moving the ball quickly to midfield and beyond to the point that SC has the ball at our 20 with 20 seconds left. They spike the clock on first down to get a chance to talk over what to do next. The pass is incomplete on second and 10 (00:15 remaining). On 3rd and 10, Darnold floats a dime inside the 5 for a first down, but it's called back on a clear holding penalty to keep Phillips from sacking Darnold (SC fans whine about the call, but as the commentators point out on the replay, Phillips basically gets tackled--it's an easy call to make). What looked to be 1st and goal is now 3rd and 20 on the 30 with 7 seconds remaining. Darnold makes all of our hearts stop by first evading not one but two sacks, and then lofting a pass to the end zone. It's on target to a WR crossing in the back of the end zone who has a step on Meeks, but the pressure means that Darnold doesn't see Justin Reid, who jumps in front of the pass and seals the win with the interception as the clock hits zeroes.
Onto the Fiesta Bowl!
I was wrong on this prediction the first time against these guys, but it's not that the prediction was wrong so much as it was made for the wrong Stanford-SC game this year! Here it (mostly) is again, with a few tweaks:
Stanford 34
SC 30
The running game plays out with Stanford having fewer big plays as SC responds to the first matchup by limiting Love's chances in the second level, but there are a whole lot of 4- to 6-yard runs as our OL generally wins the battle in the first level of the defense. Our tight ends have a good day. The game is tight the entire time, with SC actually leading going into the half, 20-17. SC extends the lead to 23-17 coming out of the break, but Stanford answers right back with a long touchdown drive to take a 24-23 lead. SC is forced to punt, and Stanford is able to extend the lead to 27-23 on a drive that started explosively but stalled in the red zone, forcing us to settle for a 32-yard Toner FG. We trade a couple of unsuccessful drives before SC retakes the lead 30-27 in the fourth quarter. With the chips down, and the eyes of the nation turned to us, Costello leads a masterfully-called go-ahead drive where our game-long commitment to the run game pays dividends, with Love getting steady gains, Costello finding Irwin for key conversions, and ultimately, a go-ahead TD to Schultz on 3rd and 2 in the red zone (off play action, and out of a jumbo set, to our collective delight). We're up 34-30, but there's a problem: we left too much darn time left on the clock, and Darnold has 1:30 (though no timeouts) to try and get a game-winning score. He almost does it, moving the ball quickly to midfield and beyond to the point that SC has the ball at our 20 with 20 seconds left. They spike the clock on first down to get a chance to talk over what to do next. The pass is incomplete on second and 10 (00:15 remaining). On 3rd and 10, Darnold floats a dime inside the 5 for a first down, but it's called back on a clear holding penalty to keep Phillips from sacking Darnold (SC fans whine about the call, but as the commentators point out on the replay, Phillips basically gets tackled--it's an easy call to make). What looked to be 1st and goal is now 3rd and 20 on the 30 with 7 seconds remaining. Darnold makes all of our hearts stop by first evading not one but two sacks, and then lofting a pass to the end zone. It's on target to a WR crossing in the back of the end zone who has a step on Meeks, but the pressure means that Darnold doesn't see Justin Reid, who jumps in front of the pass and seals the win with the interception as the clock hits zeroes.
Onto the Fiesta Bowl!
Stanford 34
SC 30
The running game plays out with Stanford having fewer big plays as SC responds to the first matchup by limiting Love's chances in the second level, but there are a whole lot of 4- to 6-yard runs as our OL generally wins the battle in the first level of the defense. Our tight ends have a good day. The game is tight the entire time, with SC actually leading going into the half, 20-17. SC extends the lead to 23-17 coming out of the break, but Stanford answers right back with a long touchdown drive to take a 24-23 lead. SC is forced to punt, and Stanford is able to extend the lead to 27-23 on a drive that started explosively but stalled in the red zone, forcing us to settle for a 32-yard Toner FG. We trade a couple of unsuccessful drives before SC retakes the lead 30-27 in the fourth quarter. With the chips down, and the eyes of the nation turned to us, Costello leads a masterfully-called go-ahead drive where our game-long commitment to the run game pays dividends, with Love getting steady gains, Costello finding Irwin for key conversions, and ultimately, a go-ahead TD to Schultz on 3rd and 2 in the red zone (off play action, and out of a jumbo set, to our collective delight). We're up 34-30, but there's a problem: we left too much darn time left on the clock, and Darnold has 1:30 (though no timeouts) to try and get a game-winning score. He almost does it, moving the ball quickly to midfield and beyond to the point that SC has the ball at our 20 with 20 seconds left. They spike the clock on first down to get a chance to talk over what to do next. The pass is incomplete on second and 10 (00:15 remaining). On 3rd and 10, Darnold floats a dime inside the 5 for a first down, but it's called back on a clear holding penalty to keep Phillips from sacking Darnold (SC fans whine about the call, but as the commentators point out on the replay, Phillips basically gets tackled--it's an easy call to make). What looked to be 1st and goal is now 3rd and 20 on the 30 with 7 seconds remaining. Darnold makes all of our hearts stop by first evading not one but two sacks, and then lofting a pass to the end zone. It's on target to a WR crossing in the back of the end zone who has a step on Meeks, but the pressure means that Darnold doesn't see Justin Reid, who jumps in front of the pass and seals the win with the interception as the clock hits zeroes.
Onto the Fiesta Bowl!
11-30-2017, 04:16 PM
Honest, Hard Working, Class Attending, Smart, Well Behaved Palo Alto Players=Â 31
Wish they were in Palo Alto but couldn't get in - 27
Wish they were in Palo Alto but couldn't get in - 27
Honest, Hard Working, Class Attending, Smart, Well Behaved Palo Alto Players=Â 31
Wish they were in Palo Alto but couldn't get in - 27
Wish they were in Palo Alto but couldn't get in - 27
11-30-2017, 04:18 PM
Stanford - 38
Unusually Self-absorbed Culture - 27
Unusually Self-absorbed Culture - 27
"It's not what you don't know that gets you in trouble. It's what you think you know that just isn't so."
Mark Twain
11-30-2017, 06:02 PM
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 = 21
"We should all be better." --- Bill Walton, UCLA telecast, Feb. 16, 2013
 = 37 = 21
"We should all be better." --- Bill Walton, UCLA telecast, Feb. 16, 2013
11-30-2017, 10:21 PM
Tough to predict a turnaround on a team that beat us by 18 last time, with Love not at full strength. We will be better, but love wont 18 points better.
SC 30
Stanford 27
Hope Im wrong.
BC
SC 30
Stanford 27
Hope Im wrong.
BC
Tough to predict a turnaround on a team that beat us by 18 last time, with Love not at full strength. We will be better, but love wont 18 points better.
SC 30
Stanford 27
Hope Im wrong.
BC
SC 30
Stanford 27
Hope Im wrong.
BC
11-30-2017, 10:58 PM
(11-30-2017, 10:21 PM)Boston Card link Wrote:Tough to predict a turnaround on a team that beat us by 18 last time, with Love not at full strength. We will be better, but love wont 18 points better.
SC 30
Stanford 27
Hope Im wrong.
BC
No respect for what KJ brings to the table?
Free Phogge!!!! And no, crimson doesn't refer to the Tide.
(11-30-2017, 10:21 PM)Boston Card link Wrote:Tough to predict a turnaround on a team that beat us by 18 last time, with Love not at full strength. We will be better, but love wont 18 points better.
SC 30
Stanford 27
Hope Im wrong.
BC
No respect for what KJ brings to the table?
Free Phogge!!!! And no, crimson doesn't refer to the Tide.
12-01-2017, 12:47 AM
(11-30-2017, 10:58 PM)cardcrimson link Wrote:[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=18188.msg215923#msg215923 date=1512105703]
Tough to predict a turnaround on a team that beat us by 18 last time, with Love not at full strength. We will be better, but love wont 18 points better.
SC 30
Stanford 27
Hope Im wrong.
BC
No respect for what KJ brings to the table?
[/quote]
Scoring by month:
August/September: 39 ppg
October: 29 ppg
November: 26.5 ppg
Total offense by month:
August/September: 461 ypg
October: 370 ypg
November: 327.5 ypg
Yards per play by month:
August/September: 7.8 ypp
October: 6.0 ypp
November: 5.4 ypp
The difference since Costello became starter has been... the defense.
BC
(11-30-2017, 10:58 PM)cardcrimson link Wrote:[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=18188.msg215923#msg215923 date=1512105703]
Tough to predict a turnaround on a team that beat us by 18 last time, with Love not at full strength. We will be better, but love wont 18 points better.
SC 30
Stanford 27
Hope Im wrong.
BC
No respect for what KJ brings to the table?
[/quote]
Scoring by month:
August/September: 39 ppg
October: 29 ppg
November: 26.5 ppg
Total offense by month:
August/September: 461 ypg
October: 370 ypg
November: 327.5 ypg
Yards per play by month:
August/September: 7.8 ypp
October: 6.0 ypp
November: 5.4 ypp
The difference since Costello became starter has been... the defense.
BC
12-01-2017, 01:26 AM
Must be my lying eyes again.
They keep telling me they see sustained drives, movement in the pocket that buys time and an awareness of developing plays we didn't see against USC the last time we played them. They also told me that when the D was getting gassed and needed some time to recover, they got it with a critical Costello led drive against both ND and UW.
I just can't trust those eyes!
(Yeah, the D has improved but I think the O has also progressed.)
They keep telling me they see sustained drives, movement in the pocket that buys time and an awareness of developing plays we didn't see against USC the last time we played them. They also told me that when the D was getting gassed and needed some time to recover, they got it with a critical Costello led drive against both ND and UW.
I just can't trust those eyes!
(Yeah, the D has improved but I think the O has also progressed.)
In 1938 Neville Chamberlain declared "Peace in our time", Superman first appeared in Action Comics, Seabiscuit beat War Admiral ....... and C.a.l last won the Rose Bowl.
Must be my lying eyes again.
They keep telling me they see sustained drives, movement in the pocket that buys time and an awareness of developing plays we didn't see against USC the last time we played them. They also told me that when the D was getting gassed and needed some time to recover, they got it with a critical Costello led drive against both ND and UW.
I just can't trust those eyes!
(Yeah, the D has improved but I think the O has also progressed.)
They keep telling me they see sustained drives, movement in the pocket that buys time and an awareness of developing plays we didn't see against USC the last time we played them. They also told me that when the D was getting gassed and needed some time to recover, they got it with a critical Costello led drive against both ND and UW.
I just can't trust those eyes!
(Yeah, the D has improved but I think the O has also progressed.)
In 1938 Neville Chamberlain declared "Peace in our time", Superman first appeared in Action Comics, Seabiscuit beat War Admiral ....... and C.a.l last won the Rose Bowl.
12-01-2017, 01:52 AM
(11-30-2017, 10:21 PM)Boston Card link Wrote:Tough to predict a turnaround on a team that beat us by 18 last time, with Love not at full strength. We will be better, but love wont 18 points better.
SC 30
Stanford 27
Hope Im wrong.
BC
BC, no disrespect intended, but didnt you pick against us in two of the last three games?
Just sayin/askin.
(11-30-2017, 10:21 PM)Boston Card link Wrote:Tough to predict a turnaround on a team that beat us by 18 last time, with Love not at full strength. We will be better, but love wont 18 points better.
SC 30
Stanford 27
Hope Im wrong.
BC
BC, no disrespect intended, but didnt you pick against us in two of the last three games?
Just sayin/askin.
12-01-2017, 04:58 AM
(12-01-2017, 12:47 AM)Boston Card link Wrote:[quote author=cardcrimson link=topic=18188.msg215932#msg215932 date=1512107909]
[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=18188.msg215923#msg215923 date=1512105703]
Tough to predict a turnaround on a team that beat us by 18 last time, with Love not at full strength. We will be better, but love wont 18 points better.
SC 30
Stanford 27
Hope Im wrong.
BC
No respect for what KJ brings to the table?
[/quote]
Scoring by month:
August/September: 39 ppg
October: 29 ppg
November: 26.5 ppg
Total offense by month:
August/September: 461 ypg
October: 370 ypg
November: 327.5 ypg
Yards per play by month:
August/September: 7.8 ypp
October: 6.0 ypp
November: 5.4 ypp
The difference since Costello became starter has been... the defense.
BC
[/quote]
Opponents by month:
August/September: Rice, #6 USC, UCLA, SDSU, Arizona State
October: 29 ppg: #20 Utah, Oregon, Oregon State
November: 26.5 ppg; #25 WSU, #9 Wash, Ca.l, #9 Noter Dame
May I respectfully suggest that strength of schedule by month had a bit to do with it? (rankings taken from gostanford.com schedule)
Audaces fortuna iuvat
(12-01-2017, 12:47 AM)Boston Card link Wrote:[quote author=cardcrimson link=topic=18188.msg215932#msg215932 date=1512107909]
[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=18188.msg215923#msg215923 date=1512105703]
Tough to predict a turnaround on a team that beat us by 18 last time, with Love not at full strength. We will be better, but love wont 18 points better.
SC 30
Stanford 27
Hope Im wrong.
BC
No respect for what KJ brings to the table?
[/quote]
Scoring by month:
August/September: 39 ppg
October: 29 ppg
November: 26.5 ppg
Total offense by month:
August/September: 461 ypg
October: 370 ypg
November: 327.5 ypg
Yards per play by month:
August/September: 7.8 ypp
October: 6.0 ypp
November: 5.4 ypp
The difference since Costello became starter has been... the defense.
BC
[/quote]
Opponents by month:
August/September: Rice, #6 USC, UCLA, SDSU, Arizona State
October: 29 ppg: #20 Utah, Oregon, Oregon State
November: 26.5 ppg; #25 WSU, #9 Wash, Ca.l, #9 Noter Dame
May I respectfully suggest that strength of schedule by month had a bit to do with it? (rankings taken from gostanford.com schedule)
Audaces fortuna iuvat
12-01-2017, 05:03 AM
Not sure how to pick this one. If you watched the first Stanford U$C game, victory is a little hard to see.
However, given that this is close to a home game for us, and given how we and the rest of the Pac-12 teams have played at home vs on the road this year, I think we have a shot.
Cards 30
Condoms 23.
However, given that this is close to a home game for us, and given how we and the rest of the Pac-12 teams have played at home vs on the road this year, I think we have a shot.
Cards 30
Condoms 23.
Not sure how to pick this one. If you watched the first Stanford U$C game, victory is a little hard to see.
However, given that this is close to a home game for us, and given how we and the rest of the Pac-12 teams have played at home vs on the road this year, I think we have a shot.
Cards 30
Condoms 23.
However, given that this is close to a home game for us, and given how we and the rest of the Pac-12 teams have played at home vs on the road this year, I think we have a shot.
Cards 30
Condoms 23.
12-01-2017, 06:09 AM
Stanford 38
My safety school 27
in the form.
My safety school 27
in the form.
Heroism is not defined by one great act, but by a lifetime of right action.
12-01-2017, 07:35 AM
KJ has been a boost to the offense but the impact has been statistically obscured due to:
1) gimpy Bryce Love
2) tougher defenses
Of course 1) wont really matter for Champ game purposes. 2) will, as SC is a worse defense than WSU, ND and UW.
that said, my head says Stanford loses this. My hearts doing the picking though:
Stanford 37
SC 27
1) gimpy Bryce Love
2) tougher defenses
Of course 1) wont really matter for Champ game purposes. 2) will, as SC is a worse defense than WSU, ND and UW.
that said, my head says Stanford loses this. My hearts doing the picking though:
Stanford 37
SC 27
KJ has been a boost to the offense but the impact has been statistically obscured due to:
1) gimpy Bryce Love
2) tougher defenses
Of course 1) wont really matter for Champ game purposes. 2) will, as SC is a worse defense than WSU, ND and UW.
that said, my head says Stanford loses this. My hearts doing the picking though:
Stanford 37
SC 27
1) gimpy Bryce Love
2) tougher defenses
Of course 1) wont really matter for Champ game purposes. 2) will, as SC is a worse defense than WSU, ND and UW.
that said, my head says Stanford loses this. My hearts doing the picking though:
Stanford 37
SC 27
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