With Kevin Hogan announcing his decision to return to Stanford, we now have a pretty good idea of how the Cardinal's offensive personnel will shake out in 2015.
The Cardinal will return its QB, four of five starting OL, its top four RB's, three of its top four WR's and its top three TE's (four, including Dalton Schultz).
There are several ways to measure offensive efficiency, of course. For the sake of discussion, however, let's focus on scoring average in this thread.
For reference, here is what Stanford averaged in the last five years.
2010: 40.3 PPG
2011: 43.2 PPG
2012: 27.9 PPG
2013: 32.3 PPG
2014: 27.2 PPG
Bearing in mind that a)those numbers include special teams and defensive touchdowns and b)there's no UC Davis on the schedule this year, but also c) given the departures on defense, it seems like that Stanford will find itself in more shootouts, rather than chewing clock on the ground at the end of games - what, in your view, would constitute a successful offensive season by the points per game metric?
The Cardinal will return its QB, four of five starting OL, its top four RB's, three of its top four WR's and its top three TE's (four, including Dalton Schultz).
There are several ways to measure offensive efficiency, of course. For the sake of discussion, however, let's focus on scoring average in this thread.
For reference, here is what Stanford averaged in the last five years.
2010: 40.3 PPG
2011: 43.2 PPG
2012: 27.9 PPG
2013: 32.3 PPG
2014: 27.2 PPG
Bearing in mind that a)those numbers include special teams and defensive touchdowns and b)there's no UC Davis on the schedule this year, but also c) given the departures on defense, it seems like that Stanford will find itself in more shootouts, rather than chewing clock on the ground at the end of games - what, in your view, would constitute a successful offensive season by the points per game metric?
