Stanford @ Utah

[fishonjazz]

Welcome to the new, "safer" football. That was roughing the passer and it would be called every time. It's just the way it is.

I think you are wrong.
Some refs would have called it, some wouldn't in my opinion.

I have seen plays just like that with no flag

 

[Duck Rodgers]

Who wins the UCLA/Stanford game?

 

[Duck Rodgers]

Who wins the UCLA/Stanford game?

Great question, Duck. Seeing how Stanford is the #70 offense in the country, and #48 defense in the country....I'm guessing they are wildly overrated still. UCLA wins.

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

Great question, Duck. Seeing how Stanford is the #70 offense in the country, and #48 defense in the country....I'm guessing they are wildly overrated still. UCLA wins.

Hey Duck, did you forget to switch to your alt before answering your own question?

 

[Duck Rodgers]

Hey Duck, did you forget to switch to your alt before answering your own question?

I just figured the tumbleweeds might keep blowing by and the game would happen before anybody answered, so I gave my own question a shot. All I've seen of Stanford is that last 5 minutes of that Utah game on DVR replay the night of though so I figured you guys were experts on both teams now that you've seen them back-to-back. Belly-to-Belly.

 

[leftyjace]

I just figured the tumbleweeds might keep blowing by and the game would happen before anybody answered, so I gave my own question a shot. All I've seen of Stanford is that last 5 minutes of that Utah game on DVR replay the night of though so I figured you guys were experts on both teams now that you've seen them back-to-back. Belly-to-Belly.

Feel free to start a separate thread, Duck, seeing as how this is a Stanford @ Utah thread...

Oh wait.

Could it be that you did that on purpose to try and minimize the good feeling Ute fans have due to beating Stanford?

Naaaaaah. You wouldn't do that, would you?

Naaaaaah.

 

[Duck Rodgers]

Feel free to start a separate thread, Duck, seeing as how this is a Stanford @ Utah thread...

Oh wait.

Could it be that you did that on purpose to try and minimize the good feeling Ute fans have due to beating Stanford?

Naaaaaah. You wouldn't do that, would you?

Naaaaaah.

Well, if we all made a new topic for every slight deviation from the stricture of the thread title, we would probably have a lot of 1 or 2 post threads. Doner Kebabs in Canada, in Chicago, in Germany, would all have their own threads. I think UCLA simply looks legit. The stats match their ranking. Stanford's do not. So we might conclude their ranking is a product of living off the past few years and hype and we need a new ranking system to tell us the real story. The Duck Rodgers ranking system seems like the only trustworthy system going, so let's use that instead of media votes and coaches polls to get a real picture of what is going on in the Pac 12 right now since we know their humanity is coming into play and screwing up what's really there:


Oregon - 10
Washington - 14
UCLA - 16
Arizona State - 32
Oregon State - 43
USC - 44
Utah - 52
Arizona - 53
Stanford - 59
Washington State - 69
Cal - 73
Colorado - 103

So there's my contention right there. Stanford is the 8th best team in the Pac 12 right now. I guess we'll see.

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

Well, if we all made a new topic for every slight deviation from the stricture of the thread title, we would probably have a lot of 1 or 2 post threads. Doner Kebabs in Canada, in Chicago, in Germany, would all have their own threads. I think UCLA simply looks legit. The stats match their ranking. Stanford's do not. So we might conclude their ranking is a product of living off the past few years and hype and we need a new ranking system to tell us the real story. The Duck Rodgers ranking system seems like the only trustworthy system going, so let's use that instead of media votes and coaches polls to get a real picture of what is going on in the Pac 12 right now since we know their humanity is coming into play and screwing up what's really there:


Oregon - 10
Washington - 14
UCLA - 16
Arizona State - 32
Oregon State - 43
USC - 44
Utah - 52
Arizona - 53
Stanford - 59
Washington State - 69
Cal - 73
Colorado - 103

So there's my contention right there. Stanford is the 8th best team in the Pac 12 right now. I guess we'll see.

I don't know how you compute your rankings but I do know that you need to learn to count to nine.

 

[Duck Rodgers]

I don't know how you compute your rankings but I do know that you need to learn to count to nine.

Nice eye, detective. If I'm going to stick by those numbers, they are in fact 9th. It was probably a good mistake though since there really isn't much of a difference between 52,53, and 59. My guess is that they will be able to Bully some teams still. As much as it pains me to admit it, Utah's front isn't bad. I just think Stanford belongs with the rest of the pack and not the Pac 12 elite this year. So anywhere from 4-9 is a realistic ending point. That's pretty much the range I dubbed "San Diego States" previously.

 

[green]

Nice eye, detective. If I'm going to stick by those numbers, they are in fact 9th. It was probably a good mistake though since there really isn't much of a difference between 52,53, and 59. My guess is that they will be able to Bully some teams still. As much as it pains me to admit it, Utah's front isn't bad. I just think Stanford belongs with the rest of the pack and not the Pac 12 elite this year. So anywhere from 4-9 is a realistic ending point. That's pretty much the range I dubbed "San Diego States" previously.

Stanford 24 - UCLA 10. Two top ten teams right there.

 

[Duck Rodgers]

Stanford 24 - UCLA 10. Two top ten teams right there.

Yup. Kind of surprising to me, but I guess I've got to give them their due. I thought UCLA would carve them up pretty well, but they got absolutely nothing going. And Washington is getting absolutely destroyed by Arizona State right now. Typical Pac 12, I guess. If you try to make any sense of it, you look like an idiot no matter what. Other than maybe saying Oregon is the best team. That might be the one thing you can be confident of.

 

[Deleted member 848]

Lmao how many accurate predictions has Duck Rogers made this season?