Read that here.

Here is an article from the Stanford Daily tha discusses the ”Buck Sweep” running scheme that Stanford is expected to install under Coach Taylor.

https://stanforddaily.com/2023/01/05/stanford-film-study-buck-sweep/

OK,

I now feel comfortable will a full fledged thread on who Stanford can target to replace Haase.

I did a cursory search of D1 coaches who have done a good job and places that, theoretically, should be tougher to coach and win than Stanford. Here’s my list. This is hardly exhaustive and I’m sure there are plenty of names here who have no interest or aren’t good fits, but I wanted to get the ball rolling.

These are in approximate order of preference:

Ed Cooley (Providence)

Randy Bennett (St Mary’s)

James Jones (Yale)

Steve Pikiell (Rutgers)

Brian Dutcher (SDSU)

Matt Langel (Colgate)

Anthony Grant (Dayton)

Mark Madsen (Utah Valley State)

Joe Pasternack (UCSB)

Robert Jones (Norfolk State)

Cooley and Bennett are my dream targets, but likely not realistic. James Jones at Yale seems like a great fit. Pikiell has won at a place where it’s super hard to compete in the B1G. Dutcher impressed me in the Stanford game this year. Madsen has already been discussed thoroughly.

The others are your classic “good mid major coach” looking to step up.

Cooley, Jones and Jones are AA, FWIW

Fun fact: Pasternack is Roxy Bernstein’s BIL

We need a new men’s basketball coach and ad while we are at it. This is is just atrocious.

Stanford/NY Jets fan here
Rumpus out of NY Shaw mentioned as QB coach
Before the wife had to call 911 it was quickly refuted

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David Shaw said meddling was occurring with the transfer portal. I wonder..........................he got our two best linemen.

A discussion on another board gave me occasion to refresh my breakdown of OL seniority and quality. Sharing here so I can access later and in case anybody has reactions:

2009 (Drevno and Roman)

Rough metrics: 6th in yards per carry, 2nd in sacks allowed per game, 1st in tackles for loss allowed per game

Sixth year senior: #140 Allen Smith

Redshirt seniors: #613 Chris Marinelli, #252 Matt Kopa, #277 James McGillicuddy

Redshirt juniors: #414 Chase Beeler, #752 Andrew Phillips, #783 Bert McBride, #654 Derek Hall, NR Joe Dembesky

Redshirt sophomores: #569 Brad Hallick, #698 Tyler Mabry, #895 George Halamandaris, #1153 Matt Bentler

Redshirt freshmen: #299 David DeCastro, #445 Jonathan Martin, #907 Sam Schwartzstein

True freshmen: #490 Khalil Wilkes, #524 Kevin Danser


2010 (Drevno and Roman)

Rough metrics: 16th in yards per carry, 2nd in sacks allowed per game, 13th in tackles for loss allowed per game

Sixth year senior: #277 James McGillicuddy

Redshirt seniors: #414 Chase Beeler, #752 Andrew Phillips, #654 Derek Hall

Redshirt juniors: #569 Brad Hallick, #698 Tyler Mabry, #895 George Halamandaris, #1153 Matt Bentler

Redshirt sophomores: #299 David DeCastro, #445 Jonathan Martin, #907 Sam Schwartzstein

Redshirt freshmen: #490 Khalil Wilkes, #524 Kevin Danser

True freshmen: #382 Cole Underwood, #419 Dillon Bonnell, #535 David Yankey, #546 Cameron Fleming


2011 (Bloomgren and Crook)

Rough metrics: 13th in yards per carry, 7th in sacks allowed per game, and 1st in tackles for loss allowed per game

Redshirt seniors: #698 Tyler Mabry, #1153 Matt Bentler

Redshirt juniors: #299 David DeCastro, #445 Jonathan Martin, #907 Sam Schwartzstein

Redshirt sophomores: #490 Khalil Wilkes, #524 Kevin Danser

Redshirt freshmen: #382 Cole Underwood, #419 Dillon Bonnell, #535 David Yankey, #546 Cameron Fleming

True freshmen: #187 Brendon Austin, #472 Kevin Reihner


2012 (Bloomgren and Crook)

Rough metrics: 53rd in yards per carry, 34th in sacks allowed per game, and 24th in tackles for loss allowed per game

Redshirt seniors: #907 Sam Schwartzstein

Redshirt juniors: #490 Khalil Wilkes, #524 Kevin Danser

Redshirt sophomores: #382 Cole Underwood, #419 Dillon Bonnell, #535 David Yankey, #546 Cameron Fleming

Redshirt freshmen: #187 Brendon Austin, #472 Kevin Reihner

True freshmen: #11 Kyle Murphy, #30 Andrus Peat, #38 Joshua Garnett, #268 Graham Shuler, #423 Nick Davidson, #1066 Johnny Caspers


2013 (Bloomgren)

Rough metrics: 29th in yards per carry, 11th in sacks allowed per game, and 7th in tackles for loss allowed per game

Redshirt seniors: #490 Khalil Wilkes, #524 Kevin Danser

Redshirt juniors: #382 Cole Underwood, #419 Dillon Bonnell, #535 David Yankey, #546 Cameron Fleming

Redshirt sophomores: #187 Brendon Austin, #472 Kevin Reihner

True sophomores: #11 Kyle Murphy, #30 Andrus Peat, #38 Joshua Garnett

Redshirt freshmen: #268 Graham Shuler, #423 Nick Davidson, #1066 Johnny Caspers

True freshmen: #628 Thomas Oser, #897 David Bright


2014 (Bloomgren)

Rough metrics: 61st in yards per carry, 42nd in sacks allowed per game, and 13th in tackles for loss allowed per game

Advanced metrics: 59th in Adjusted Line Yards, 59th in Adjusted Sack Rate

Redshirt seniors: None

Redshirt juniors: #187 Brendon Austin, #472 Kevin Reihner

True juniors: #11 Kyle Murphy, #30 Andrus Peat, #38 Joshua Garnett

Redshirt sophomores: #268 Graham Shuler, #423 Nick Davidson, #1066 Johnny Caspers

Redshirt freshman: #628 Thomas Oser, #897 David Bright

True freshmen: #82 Casey Tucker, #326 Brandon Fanaika, #571 AT Hall, #726 Jesse Burkett


2015 (Bloomgren)

Rough metrics: 20th in yards per carry, 31st in sacks allowed per game, and 9th in tackles for loss allowed per game

Advanced metrics: 41st in Adjusted Line Yards, 62nd in Adjusted Sack Rate

Redshirt seniors: #187 Brendon Austin

True seniors: #11 Kyle Murphy, #38 Joshua Garnett

Redshirt juniors: #268 Graham Shuler, #423 Nick Davidson, #1066 Johnny Caspers

Redshirt sophomore: #897 David Bright

True sophomore: #82 Casey Tucker

Redshirt freshmen: #326 Brandon Fanaika, #571 AT Hall, #726 Jesse Burkett

True freshmen: #310 Nick Wilson, #515 Brian Chaffin, #651 Jack Dreyer, #917 Austin Maihen

2016 (Bloomgren)

Rough metrics: 28th in yards per carry, 100th in sacks allowed per game, and 53rd in tackles for loss allowed per game

Advanced metrics: 48th in Adjusted Line Yards, 125th in Adjusted Sack Rate

Redshirt senior: #1066 Johnny Caspers

Redshirt junior: #897 David Bright

True junior: #82 Casey Tucker

Redshirt sophomores: #326 Brandon Fanaika, #571 AT Hall, #726 Jesse Burkett

Redshirt freshmen: #310 Nick Wilson, #515 Brian Chaffin, #651 Jack Dreyer, #917 Austin Maihen

True freshmen: #193 Clark Yarbrough, #252 Devery Hamilton, #488 Henry Hattis, #921 Nate Herbig, #1147 Dylan Powell


2017 (Bloomgren)

Rough metrics: 6th in yards per carry, 15th in sacks allowed per game, 35th in tackles for loss allowed per game

Advanced metrics: 74th in Adjusted Line Yards, 17th in Adjusted Sack Rate

Redshirt senior: #897 David Bright

True senior: #82 Casey Tucker

Redshirt juniors: #326 Brandon Fanaika, #571 AT Hall, #726 Jesse Burkett

Redshirt sophomores: #310 Nick Wilson, #515 Brian Chaffin, #651 Jack Dreyer, #917 Austin Maihen

True sophomore: #921 Nate Herbig

Redshirt freshmen: #252 Devery Hamilton, #488 Henry Hattis, #1147 Dylan Powell

True freshmen: #5 Foster Sarell, #9 Walker Little, #651 Drew Dalman

2018 (Carberry)

Rough metrics: 112th in yards per carry, 44th in sacks allowed per game, 56th in tackles for loss allowed per game

Advanced metrics: 114th in Adjusted Line Yards, 32nd in Adjusted Sack Rate

Redshirt seniors: #326 Brandon Fanaika, #571 AT Hall, #726 Jesse Burkett

Redshirt juniors: #310 Nick Wilson, #515 Brian Chaffin

True junior: #921 Nate Herbig

Redshirt sophomores: #252 Devery Hamilton, #488 Henry Hattis, #1147 Dylan Powell

True sophomores: #5 Foster Sarell, #9 Walker Little

Redshirt freshman: #651 Drew Dalman

True freshman: #528 Trey Stratford


2019 (Carberry)

Rough metrics: 108th in yards per carry, 94th in sacks allowed per game, 63rd in tackles for loss allowed per game

Advanced metrics: 58th in Adjusted Line Yards, 71st in Adjusted Sack Rate

Redshirt seniors: None

Redshirt juniors: #252 Devery Hamilton, #488 Henry Hattis, #1147 Dylan Powell

True junior: #9 Walker Little

Redshirt sophomore (if he wants to get a medical redshirt): #5 Foster Sarell

Redshirt sophomore: #651 Drew Dalman

Redshirt freshman: #528 Trey Stratford

True freshmen: #125 Branson Bragg, #470 Walter Rouse, #559 Barrett Miller, #697 Jake Hornibrook, #1141 Drake Nugent

2020 (Carberry)

Rough metrics: 77th in yards per carry, 32nd in sacks allowed per game, 7th in tackles for loss allowed per game

Advanced metrics: 23rd in Line Yards, 28th in Sack Rate

Redshirt seniors: None

Redshirt juniors: #5 Foster Sarell, #651 Drew Dalman

True sophomores: #470 Walter Rouse, #559 Barrett Miller, #697 Jake Hornibrook

Redshirt freshmen: #125 Branson Bragg, #1141 Drake Nugent

True freshmen: #74 Myles Hinton, #284 Levi Rogers, #318 Connor McLaughlin, #387 James Pogorelc, #399 Drake Metcalf

2021 (Heffernan)

Rough metrics: 117th in yards per carry, 96th in sacks allowed per game, 87th in tackles for loss allowed per game

Advanced metrics: 126th in Average Line Yards, 108th in Sack Rate

Redshirt seniors: None

Redshirt juniors: None

True juniors: #470 Walter Rouse, #559 Barrett Miller, #697 Jake Hornibrook [Sophomores with COVID-19 mulligan]

Redshirt sophomores: #125 Branson Bragg, #1141 Drake Nugent [Freshmen with COVID-19 mulligan]

True sophomores: #74 Myles Hinton, #284 Levi Rogers, #318 Connor McLaughlin, #387 James Pogorelc, #399 Drake Metcalf [Freshmen with COVID-19 mulligan]

True freshmen: #476 Austin Uke, #755 Jack Leyrer



2022 (Heffernan)

Rough metrics: 107th in yards per carry, 122nd in sacks allowed per game, 70th in tackles for loss allowed per game

Advanced metrics: 110th in Average Line Yards, 98th in Sack Rate

Redshirt seniors: None

True seniors: #470 Walter Rouse, #559 Barrett Miller, #697 Jake Hornibrook [Juniors with COVID-19 mulligan]

Redshirt juniors: #1141 Drake Nugent [Sophomores with COVID-19 mulligan]

True juniors: #74 Myles Hinton, #284 Levi Rogers, #318 Connor McLaughlin, #387 James Pogorelc, #399 Drake Metcalf [Sophomores with COVID-19 mulligan]

Redshirt freshmen: #755 Jack Leyrer

True freshmen: #268 Fisher Anderson, #305 Lucas Heyer, #721 Kenji Swanson, #854 Jake Maikkula

Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle Harrison Phillips, who spent the previous four seasons playing for Buffalo, had dinner delivered to the hospital for Hamlin’s family and medical staff.

Good for him.

Very gracious response on his part.

Gotta be among my favorite Stanford teams ever.

Very frustrated by the inability to decide on a starting lineup.

I assume that is good news. We have so many good players that it is hard to choose.

We not only smoke these guys, we smoke all the other guys going forward

Read that here.

…is anyone else miffed/annoyed that that vaunted Kal loser Sonny Dykes is coaching the NCG?

No logical reason but eats at me.

Football suffered a body blow this evening. We all hope Hamlin recovers. Some may wonder whether football has been injured, too. Millions watched the event.

Years ago, I suggested on the Bootleg that colleges and pros restrict players to less than 250 pounds. A salubrious result would be that high school players, whose chances of a career in football are zilch, as well as college and pro players, might lead lighter, healthier lives. The response was physics -- you got to love Stanford alums -- force = mass x velocity. Lighter players would be faster players.

What would you suggest?

I feel partial towards the PAC-12 establishing some credibility but it is always fun ti see the Trojans go down!

The PAC-12 is now 3-3 with Utah-Penn St still remaining. Oregon St over Florida and the Washington’s win over Texas were good wins for the conference.

The Tulane turnaround story is one we can hope to replicate!

Read that here.

Read that here. Adam Gorney gave out his grades for all the Pac-12 teams.

Read that here.

Read that here.

Gonna be an interesting game, win or lose.

Who starts?

Well, obviously Jones. And, now, it is also obvious that Lepolo plays. Lepolo had the most minutes of anyone against ASU. But interesting that Nivar played so much and Tara gave her a big shout out. Looks like we are in good shape when Jones leaves.

And, of course, Brink.

But then, who? Down arrows for Belibi and Prechtel. I see the last game as a down arrow for Iriafen as well. Will it be Kiki or Lauren? Dunno.

Pretty sure that Tara is a big Jump fan. And when she's hot, she's awesome. I just worry, as with Prechtel, if they have an off night they can easily shoot us out of the game with misses.

Alrighty, I'm finally getting the men's basketball recruiting notes up for December! The November thread is here.


@SamuelMcF posted this at the end of the November thread, but just to lead things off in here, Stanford offered a scholarship to 2025 point guard JJ Mandaquit out of Real Salt Lake Academy in Herriman, UT. He also balls for Utah Prospects, who tweeted out his offer on Friday.

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Published earlier this month was my breakdown of the 2023 signings of Kanaan Carlyle & Andrej Stojakovic. Check that out if you haven't already done so.


Just touching quickly on the 2024 class, one of the first big things to look for is what 5-star center Yves Missi out of Prolific Prep does. He's visited and Stanford is definitely in the mix. However, latest I heard, Stanford wasn't sure where things sit with him in terms of their chances. So, work still needs to be done to reel him in. He's also hoping to have a decision soon. If they could land him, especially if he were to reclassify, that would be massive. But as of now, hard to read Stanford's odds.

4-star shooting guards Gicarri Harris, Sir Mohammad, and Kon Knueppel are guys who visited in the fall, so they're key targets at the moment. I'll see if I can learn more about where things sit with them.

And then Harvard-Westlake point guard Trent Perry I feel they have really good odds with. He's visited, he seems to like the academics, and then they have also been on him for a while, one of the first if not the first high major offer he landed.

There's others they're on as well, but those are the ones standing out at the moment from the 2024 class. Check out the full offers list here.


For 2025, Mandaquit is the 5th offer they've put out. To refresh yourself on who the other four are, check that out here.

Or at least his mantra from yesteryear?


I admit to not "getting" virtual real estate companies and the like; regardless, it sounds like one messed up company. . .

Read that here.