I had to see what I missed even though watching the game live. Stanford went up 3 spots in the polls based on that right? Well….
SDSU gained yard after yard running up the gut against Stanford and running by tacklers. They fell behind as Stanford reinforced the D line and Stanford scored enough to put SDSU behind by 2 scores. SDSU had to pass and by giving up the ground game opened up the flood gates.
SDSU had two major problems….their QB couldn't throw on the run and held the ball way too long and got sacked (that safety was the first of it). And, secondly the SDSU secondary was poor and porous. They allowed a less than speed burner in Whiteside to get behind them several times and ended up with pass interference. On one play the DBack was playing BEHIND the taller Whiteside on an easy throw and catch TD.
Stanford couldn't handle the overload blitzing of SDSU. Costello looked flustered and Love was sent time after time into the line (Shaw's stubbornness?). Love is dynamite at the corners and turning on the jets. But he is small and goes down quickly running up the gut. In the second half Stanford threw more. On defense Stanford seemed a little slow to the outside but SDSU didn’t press that at all.
Now I am not demeaning Stanford. They are a real team that I put #1 in the North. But at this stage they are beatable by a balanced offense. Surprisingly USC does well up at the farm. In the last 4 here are the scores (USC first): 35-37 (the timekeeper game, who was let go after that game), 14-21, 13-10, 10-27. Overall in the last 10 USC is 4-6 with a very streaky series. Stanford won 3, USC won 2, then Stanford won 3, USC won 2 again. But watch out for penalty calls up here. SDSU had 100 more yards called against them. Stopped their momentum cold. Maybe national TV tempers the refs up there.
SDSU gained yard after yard running up the gut against Stanford and running by tacklers. They fell behind as Stanford reinforced the D line and Stanford scored enough to put SDSU behind by 2 scores. SDSU had to pass and by giving up the ground game opened up the flood gates.
SDSU had two major problems….their QB couldn't throw on the run and held the ball way too long and got sacked (that safety was the first of it). And, secondly the SDSU secondary was poor and porous. They allowed a less than speed burner in Whiteside to get behind them several times and ended up with pass interference. On one play the DBack was playing BEHIND the taller Whiteside on an easy throw and catch TD.
Stanford couldn't handle the overload blitzing of SDSU. Costello looked flustered and Love was sent time after time into the line (Shaw's stubbornness?). Love is dynamite at the corners and turning on the jets. But he is small and goes down quickly running up the gut. In the second half Stanford threw more. On defense Stanford seemed a little slow to the outside but SDSU didn’t press that at all.
Now I am not demeaning Stanford. They are a real team that I put #1 in the North. But at this stage they are beatable by a balanced offense. Surprisingly USC does well up at the farm. In the last 4 here are the scores (USC first): 35-37 (the timekeeper game, who was let go after that game), 14-21, 13-10, 10-27. Overall in the last 10 USC is 4-6 with a very streaky series. Stanford won 3, USC won 2, then Stanford won 3, USC won 2 again. But watch out for penalty calls up here. SDSU had 100 more yards called against them. Stopped their momentum cold. Maybe national TV tempers the refs up there.
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