Before I deleted the recording I took a look at the last 2-3 minutes of the game. On that fateful 3rd won debacle with Daniels, leaving aside that Shaw put him in there, I was shocked that they ran that type of play i.e. the read option. That slowed the play too much. Watching the play develop. Daniels should have just taken the sanp and sprinted to his left and had Filkins as a blocker. Also, Yourosek, puts a block on his man and then releases as if he were to be going out for a pass. WTF? It was his man that tackled Daniels for a loss. If Daniels just took off, Filkins and Yurosek blocked, it was a good chance he picks up the first down. Did Yurosek make a mistake or was it just a stupid paly design?

Also, on the play that OSU scored and cost us the game, everybody was correct on their criticisms of both Bonner and Fields. But I notices something else weird. Bailey (whom I really like) is seen not rushing the passer at all. Instead he just stands several yards from the LOS in the middle of the field and does essentially nothing. There was an OSU player as a possible check down to Bailey's left, but Bailey is nowhere near him and we have another defender closer to the OSU guy, so I don't know what Bailey was doing. He had a clear path to the QB (OL was already tied up) and at minimum could have applied enough pressure to force an errant pass if not get a sack.

We have mental breakdowns and apparently the guys aren't being coached up.

Read that here.

Write up on McGill is here.


Write up on Karty is here.

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Press conference is underway. Video is here.

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Any info on Bailey and Wilson? Others?

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Trigger warning: those who don't want to read about Stanford Men who are helping other Pac-12 teams grasp for glory rather than being one of the best players on Stanford's roster don't need to keep reading.

Gabe Reid missed Utah's first game while nursing an injury, eased back in with significant but not major snaps in the second game, and then had an expanded role on Saturday. Despite easing back in, he already has 1.5 tackles for loss. Among 477 edge defenders nationally with 40+ snaps, Reid has the #20 PFF grade (second in the Pac-12). Stanford's edge defender ranks: DiCosmo is #270, Herron is #291, and Bailey is #425.

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Ben, next time you interview one of the hoops coaches or anyone in the AD, can you ask why our home opener is on a Monday morning at 11AM?
There are no classes the following day Nov 8 which is election day, but Mon Nov 7 is not a holiday.
I do not want to pay for tickets for something that I no prayer of attending and will have a crowd about the same size as the "secret scrimmage" 2 weeks earlier.

Herewith the list...and the rationales.

Games like this could set the program back another five years.

Our guys played very hard, but ND’s QB is beyond awful.

Winning with 16 points: The Stanford football gods just took a U-turn.

Read that here. This will of course be the game thread.

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Read that here. For those that want to watch tonight's match, I have a link to the livestream provided in the preview.

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Does that make them the current worst in the PAC-12?

#2 Stanford men ran against #2BYU and #3 NAU at the Nuttycombe hosted by Wisconsin. Stanford took first by 19 points ahead of BYU.
The women finished 7th.

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Here’s another article on Stanford football that I don’t believe was posted here. It is written by Gary Cavalli, a Stanford alum and former Sports Information Director at Stanford. The article was written after the Oregon game. Several areas of concern in the article; namely, the excuse of the transfer portal and NIL money as reasons for Stanford’s failures on the gridiron, and the proposal for Stanford to join an “academic conference” which will no doubt send chills down Longwinded’s back.

Read that here.

Read that here.

My fundamental issue w our football team is we have gone from tough winners who were constantly trying to dominate our competitors to a team led by complacent coaches trying to justify their poor performance when it is painfully obvious to all how far we have fallen. We need a real shake up.