Awesome win by WBB tonight. They are so much fun to watch.

But you folks hate the good news.

So, no comments here.

Yeah, yeah.

Shaw is a downer. I get it. I agree.

We still have by far the best athletic program in the land. That's true regardless of how many of you can't cope with acknowledging it.

Two observations. First, Pac-12 is no longer the bottom scraper of FBS. Lincoln Riley, Oregon’s resurgence, generally some quality teams. Second, there are basically two levels of teams: ranked teams and bottom feeders.

USC and UCLA are of course part of that improvement so some of this is temporary. I wonder what Riley is thinking now that he is going to be back in the mix with the Big-10? No easy path through tOSU/Michigan/whoever else is hot.

Has Shaw ever faked a punt in a dozen seasons?

Has he ever gone for it on 4th and short from his own 34 in the first quarter?

Has he ever gone for it on 4th and long from just outside his kicker’s range in the first quarter, or twice in the first half?

I know Shaw’s issues extend far beyond game management, but it must be nice to root for a coach who isn’t chickenbleep. Or play for one.

While attempting to fill an overall boring second half... I feel the broadcasters last night used the entire second half to dissect and basically crucify Stanford and Shaw's football program. I got the impression that they 'tipped-toed' into the pool of 'criticizing' the program & Shaw in the middle of the 3rd, but by the end of the 4th they had been able to dissect Shaw's years and Stanford's future problems (not accepting transfer's) in detail. Even I was getting uncomfortable by the end of the game with their continual crushing criticism of the programs downfall and questionable future... even though I am a supporter of this needed collapse to get Shaw replaced, it was hard to hear constantly.

Author clearly doesn't understand Stanford, as there's no way they're firing Shaw before end of season, even if we lose 100-0, but this is the 3rd major article in the last 10 days about how we suck and need to do something about it,

25-23, 25-23, 25-19

Onward

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for Utah, with Stanford favored to get 0 more first downs.

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On the USC broadcast tonight, Austin Jones’ father told Perris that Austin left Stanford in part to have fun. Pathetic comment for our program.

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Watch that here. On the injury front, Shaw said Levani Damuni, Patrick Fields, Ricky Miezan, and Kendall Williamson are all questionable. Not as bad as they feared. Wednesday is going to be key of as to whether or not they can go. Brendon Barrow will be out. Connor McLaughlin and Jack Leyrer on the offensive line will travel and are fine. Shaw said the offensive line is the healthiest it has been in a while, which is a good thing. I'll get my thoughts and notes added later on in this thread.

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This is a real dilemna. What a shit show.

Read that here. I decided to turn this into a mini-feature on him. He deserves it.

And it's official. I was getting good vibes over the weekend and also today. 2023 4-star SF Andrej Stojakovic has committed to Stanford. He just announced. I'll add a write up in here once I get it done. Really nice get for the Cardinal. They needed someone to join Carlyle in this class.

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I used to work in Watts where she grew up. Many years ago. Hoping she picks Stanford.

At least they take several real concerns head-on instead of lauding Shaw and letting the injury/NIL/transfer excuses carry most of the weight...

Also is the lead story on their college football page (covering rebuilds of four other programs as well), so it gets eyes and brings Shaw into the national spotlight a bit more.

• 5 -- Win or be fired
• 4 -- Start improving now
• 3 -- Pressure is mounting
• 2 -- All good ... for now
• 1 -- Safe and secure
• 0 -- Untouchable

This adds onto the ESPN+ article discussion, and indeed there is significant overlap between the teams/coaches mentioned in that article and this one, but notable that publicity is continuing to stir.

I hate the bolded sentence so so so much. That's not how this works. However...

I love the italicized phrase right afterwards and how the preseason rating has changed. From "1 -- Safe and secure" to "3 -- Pressure is mounting" honestly sounds about right from a not-on-this-board wider audience's perspective.

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