#21 Stanford at Northwestern (noon, ESPN)

[govols120]

Look, it's either this or Chopped reruns.

Stanford up 3-0.

 

[BruiserVol]

Look, it's either this or Chopped reruns.

Stanford up 3-0.

I'm watching Georgia until we play.

 

[govols120]

I'm watching Georgia until we play.

Understood. This feels like the only reasonably competitive matchup of the noon slate.

 

[95 Vol Alum]

Understood. This feels like the only reasonably competitive matchup of the noon slate.

Agree.

 

[zjcvols]

Stanford's offense looks bad. They are trying way too much fancy ****. Just pound the rock up the gut.

 

[govols120]

Stanford's offense looks bad.

It is. Hogan sucks.

 

[govols120]

Touchdown Northwestern off of a 42 yard Dobbs option. (I have no idea who their QB is now.)

 

[Paper_Towel]

Is this the year of inept offenses or something?

 

[govols120]

Is this the year of inept offenses or something?

Nah, Stanford and NW are just as bad on offense as they always are.

 

[Orange_Crush]

Nah, Stanford and NW are just as bad on offense as they always are.

This is true, but NW looks slightly less inept.

 

[Orange_Crush]

Oh, and I predict UT jumps stanford in the polls Tues.

 

[Boston Vol]

David Shaw is the most conservative coach I've ever seen.

 

[Forever151]

Only game remotely close right now

 

[govols120]

Can we please stop acting like David Shaw is a good coach.

 

[vol-un-tear]

Is Stanford that bad or is Northwestern good? Wow! Anyway fellow BA alum at center for Stanford.. schuler looks good.

 

[Boston Vol]

Is Stanford that bad or is Northwestern good? Wow! Anyway fellow BA alum at center for Stanford.. schuler looks good.

They both suck

 

[govols120]

Northwestern's substantially better than most think - good shot at 8-4 or better - but Stanford is also much, much worse on offense than I thought.

 

[Boston Vol]

Northwestern's substantially better than most think - good shot at 8-4 or better - but Stanford is also much, much worse on offense than I thought.

Kevin Hogan has regressed every year. No athletes at the skill positions. Defense front seven is the worst it has been in seven years. As for Northwestern, can't see them winning more than seven. Schedule gets pretty tough.

 

[govols120]

NW schedule is cake. No Ohio State, no Michigan State, could potentially start 5-0. And yes Kevin Hogan is awful, his throwing motion looks like me if I was throwing with my off hand.

 

[UTCVol]

Can we please stop acting like David Shaw is a good coach.

I think they're going to be stuck in the 7-9 win mire as long as Shaw is there.

 

[Boston Vol]

NW schedule is cake. No Ohio State, no Michigan State, could potentially start 5-0. And yes Kevin Hogan is awful, his throwing motion looks like me if I was throwing with my off hand.

road games at Duke, Michigan, Nebraska, Wisconsin. They'll be fortunate to win two of those. Plus home games against Penn St and Minnesota.

 

[Boston Vol]

I think they're going to be stuck in the 7-9 win mire as long as Shaw is there.

Now that Harbaugh's recruits are gone, I agree. He was exposed last year. He needs to get to the NFL asap.

 

[govols120]

road games at Duke, Michigan, Nebraska, Wisconsin. They'll be fortunate to win two of those. Plus home games against Penn St and Minnesota.

They'll get two of those six. (I say Minnesota and possibly Nebraska.) 7-5 or 8-4 is better than the 5-7 or 6-6 I've seen most project. Anyway, not worth caring much about a Northwestern win total of all things.

 

[Pepe_Silvia]

Kevin Hogan's throwing motion looks so awkward.

 

[govols120]

David Shaw just punted on 4th and 5 at the NW 38, no more please.