Stanford Cardinal (NCAA 12)

[Kcordloh]

Tough loss to BYU.
What's the goal now, hoping for Rose Bowl still or Holiday/Alamo?

[gorillapittpray]

WOW!!! Tough stretch of games, that BYU game seemed frustrating 4th and 12 scramble ouch!! Good luck the rest of the way hopefully coach can get these guys motivated!!

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Matchup Preview | October 13, 2012
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#15 Stanford Cardinal (4-2 (2-1), 0-2 Away)		#10 Washington Huskies (5-0 (2-0), 3-0 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 3561 Total Yards 2900 2704 Total Offensive Yards 2363 1549 Passing Yards 1178 1155 Rushing Yards 1185 42.1 Points Per Game 34.6 14 Passing TD 12 14 Rushing TD 10 102 First Downs 127 35 Red Zone Attempts 29 22-8 Red Zone TD-FG 17-5 85 Red Zone Percentage 75 Defensive Stats Comparison 2406 Total Yards Allowed 1730 1971 Passing Yards Allowed 1085 435 Rushing Yards Allowed 645 125 Points Allowed 109 34 Sacks 14 5 Fumble Recoveries 3 17 Interceptions 8 20.8 Points Per Game 21.8 13 Red Zone Attempts 12 8-1 Red Zone TD-FG 9-1 69 Red Zone Percentage 83 Injury Report Ben Riva, LT, broken ankle 6 weeks Desmond Trufant, CB, broken vertebrae Out for season Game Notes This is a very, very bad matchup for Stanford on paper. The Huskies boast one of the conference's best offenses, with star power at quarterback, running back, wideout and tight end. Quarterback Keith Price has 12 touchdowns to three interceptions at a 56% completion rate, and also has 300 yards rushing. Senior running back Chris Polk is one of the best backs in the country, and has 461 yards rushing and five scores while averaging 6.4 yards per carry. Stanford's rush defense has still been strong this year, but the 223-pound Polk and his 200-pound junior backup Jesse Callier (321 yards, 4 TDs, 5.2 YPC) will present a large challenge. Washington also has a trio of star receivers in senior James Johnson, junior Kevin Smith, and sophomore Kasen Williams. Smith leads the team with 297 yards and six touchdowns. However, Washington's biggest pass-catching threat, both literally and figuratively, may be star tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins. The 6'7, 263-pound sophomore is a mismatch against any defense, but against Stanford's dreadful pass defense, he may prove to be a nightmare. Stanford reportedly plans to shake things up in their secondary this weekend, with Wayne Lyons moving to corner, Devon Carrington moving over to free safety, and true freshman Scott Mitchell starting at strong safety. Washington's offense will be a formidable first test for the new lineup. Defensively, the Huskies are young, starting just one senior on defense. Up front, redshirt sophomore Josh Shirley and junior Hau'oli Jamora come off the edge, while defensive tackles Sione Potoa'e and Semisi Tokolahi anchor the run defense. Tokolahi and backups Lawrence Lagafuaina and Danny Shelton are enormous, weighing in at 336, 332, and 343 pounds, respectively. Washington's starting trio at linebacker will be tested heavily by Stanford's running game. Outside linebackers John Timu and Princeton Fuimaono are undersized but agile, while MIKE linebacker Thomas Tutogi is a bruiser at 243 pounds. In the secondary, the Huskies dearly miss star corner Desmond Trufant, out for the season with a broken vertebrae. Without him Washington suffers a significant dropoff at corner, with Anthony Gobern moving to the #1 slot and redshirt freshman corner/safety James Sample moving into the starting lineup. The Huskies are much better at safety, as senior Nate Fellner and junior Sean Parker are the complete package of speed, tackling and awareness, forming one of the Pac-12's best safety tandems.

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#15 Stanford @ #10 Washington
Husky Stadium
Seattle, WA
October 13, 2012



Purple Haze
Still no answers for Stanford as Huskies howl in Seattle

SEATTLE, WA - The lineup was different. But the results were the same.

Stanford's Rose Bowl hopes went up in smoke Saturday in Seattle, as the defense gave up four long touchdowns and lost another 4th quarter lead in a 35-24 loss to Washington.

Coach Brian Kudron shuffled his secondary, moving strong safety Devon Carrington to corner and shifting Wayne Lyons from free safety to strong while inserting touted freshman Scott Mitchell into the lineup. The result was Washington QB Keith Price completing 81% of his passes for 326 yards and four touchdowns, and tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins catching three touchdowns on 165 yards receiving.

Stanford QB Brett Nottingham completed less than 50% of his passes for the third time in four games and was picked off three times.

The Cardinal certainly can't be accused of playing too conservatively, as it erased a 21-3 lead thanks in part to a fake field goal that went for a touchdown, and another that came on a playaction pass on 4th and 1.

Ultimately though, the defense had no answers for Washington's offense, despite a heroic 16-tackle, 5-sack effort by linebacker Shayne Skov. The run defense played valiantly, but even it couldn't withstand Huskie tailback Chris Polk, who gritted out 161 yards on 37 carries and sealed the game with a 46-yard touchdown with under two minutes remaining.

"We're clearly going through a good deal of adversity," Kudron said after the game. "We've got our backs against the wall now, and at this point it's more than just Xs and Os. Our pride is being called into question, and we're going to see what we're made of now. We're going home next weekend, and I'm confident our home crowd will give us the shot in the arm that we need."

Stanford Cardinal at Washington Huskies
Oct 13, 2012	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#15 Stanford Cardinal (4-3, 2-2)	0	10	14	0	24
#10 Washington Huskies (6-0, 3-0)	7	14	0	14	35

Team Stats Comparison
Total Offense	341	462
Rushing Yards	215	136
Passing Yards	126	326
First Downs	11	19
Punt Return Yards	24	7
Kick Return Yards	134	27
Total Yards	499	496
Turnovers	3	1
3rd Down Converstion	3-10	8-16
4th Down Conversion	3-4	2-4
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3/1	1/0
Penalties	3-25	3-32
Posession Time	16:30	31:30

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		STAN	WASH
2:53	(WASH) Price, 9 yard pass to Seferian-Jenkins (McFarland kick)	0	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		STAN	WASH
11:17	(STAN) Williamson, 35 yard FG	3	7
9:45	(WASH) Price, 66 yard pass to Seferian-Jenkins (McFarland kick)	3	14
3:24	(WASH) Price, 38 yard pass to Polk (McFarland kick)	3	21
2:37	(STAN) Gaffney, 5 yard run (Williamson kick)	10	21
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		STAN	WASH
7:53	(STAN) Humphrey, 4 yard pass to Toilolo (Williamson kick)	17	21
3:11	(STAN) Nottingham, 19 yard pass to Toilolo (Williamson kick)	24	21
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		STAN	WASH
11:54	(WASH) Price, 44 yard pass to Seferian-Jenkins (McFarland kick)	24	28
1:47	(WASH) Polk, 46 yard run (McFarland kick)	24	35

Stanford Cardinal PASSING C/A YDS TD INT B. Nottingham 10/25 122 1 3 C. Humphrey 1/1 4 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD A. Wilkerson 11 118 10.7 0 T. Gaffney 6 105 17.5 1 B. Nottingham 4 -12 -3.0 0 T. Montgomery 1 4 4.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Z. Ertz 6 65 10.8 0 L. Toilolo 3 31 10.3 2 R. Hewitt 1 20 20.0 0 J. Rashad-Patterson 1 10 10.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD S. Skov 16 5.0 0 0 B. Lueders 10 1.0 0 0 T. Murphy 13 0 0 0 W. Lyons 9 0 0 0 S. Mitchell 10 0 0 0 C. Hopkins 9 0 0 0 T. Brown 6 1.0 0 0 B. Gardner 7 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG J. Williamson 1/1 3/3 6 35 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 D. Zychlinski 5 230 46.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD W. Lyons 4 113 28.2 0 T. Montgomery 1 21 21.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD D. Terrell 2 24 12.0 0

Washington Huskies PASSING C/A YDS TD INT K. Price 17/21 326 4 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD C. Polk 37 161 4.3 1 K. Price 12 -35 -2.9 0 B. Sankey 6 16 2.6 0 J. Callier 4 -6 -1.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD A. Seferian-Jenkins 7 165 23.5 3 C. Polk 3 56 18.6 1 K. Williams 3 65 21.6 0 K. Smith 2 28 14.0 0 J. Johnson 2 12 6.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD A. Gobern 7 0 1 0 A. Long 5 1.0 0 0 S. Potoa'e 4 0 0 0 S. Parker 4 0 0 0 J. Sample 3 0 1 0 N. Fellner 3 0 1 0 P. Fuimaono 1 1.0 0 0 J. Shirley 3 1.0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG N. McFarland 0/0 5/5 5 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 N. McFarland 4 165 41.2 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD K. Smith 1 27 27.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD C. Polk 1 7 7.0 0

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Week 8 Recap

Week 8 Scoreboard

Results

#1 Alabama 31, Ole Miss 10

#8 Boise State 41, #2 Oregon 37

#3 Nebraska 37, #19 Ohio State 28

#4 USC 28, Arizona State 16

#5 Oklahoma 42, Kansas 10

#6 Pittsburgh 34, Virginia 0

#7 USF 35, UCF 10

#9 Georgia 52, Vanderbilt 7

#10 Washington 35, #15 Stanford 24

#11 Texas A&M 21, Mississippi State 18

#12 BYU 31, Oregon State 11

NC State 37, #13 Florida State 32

#14 South Carolina 38, Missouri 10

#16 Michigan 24, #17 Michigan State 14

Auburn 38, #18 Tennessee 10

West Virginia 30, #20 Kansas State 9

Northwestern 27, #21 Iowa 24

#22 Virginia Tech 38, Marshall 21

#23 Florida 45, Arkansas 27

#24 Wisconsin 34, Minnesota 10

Week 8 Pac-12 Scoreboard
Results	Hi Passing	Hi Rushing	Hi Receiving
#10 Washington 35, #15 Stanford 24	K. Price (WASH): 326	C. Polk (WASH): 161	A. Seferian-Jenkins (WASH): 165
Arizona 35, San Diego State 28	J. Bernards (SDSU): 269	K. Carey (ARIZ): 69	D. Denso (SDSU): 117
Nevada 30, Colorado 0	C. Fajardo (NEV): 259	M. Ball (NEV): 103	D. Roberts (NEV): 65
#12 BYU 31, Oregon State 11	J. Heaps (BYU): 300	J. Quezada (BYU): 75	C. Hoffman (BYU): 132
Utah 45, UCLA 7	J. Wynn (UTAH): 432	J. Jones (UCLA): 95	D. Christopher (UTAH): 225
#4 USC 28, Arizona State 16	M. Barkley (USC): 160	D. Baxter (USC): 136	R. Woods (USC): 99
California 31, Washington State 16	Z. Maynard (CAL): 322	C. Anderson (CAL): 68	S. Hagan (CAL): 106
#8 Boise State 41, #2 Oregon 37	J. Southwick (BSU): 366	L. James (ORE): 157	C. Potter (BSU): 174

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Oct 14, 2012
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama (35)	7	0	1499
2	3	Nebraska (23)	5	0	1459
3	4	USC (2)	7	0	1365
4	5	Oklahoma (1)	6	0	1211
5	6	Pittsburgh	7	0	1181
6	9	Georgia	6	0	1136
7	7	USF	5	0	1126
8	10	Washington	6	0	1114
9	8	Boise State	6	1	1062
10	12	BYU	7	0	1024
11	2	Oregon	5	1	959
12	11	Texas A&M	5	1	837
13	14	South Carolina	6	1	722
14	16	Michigan	5	1	658
15	22	Virginia Tech	5	1	411
16	23	Florida	5	2	378
17	15	Stanford	4	3	367
18	19	Ohio State	4	2	354
19	NR	Auburn	6	1	349
20	24	Wisconsin	4	2	339
21	25	LSU	4	2	294
22	17	Michigan State	3	3	283
23	NR	Notre Dame	5	2	273
24	18	Tennessee	5	2	261
25	13	Florida State	5	2	244

NCAA Football Rankings - BCS Rankings - Updated: Oct 14, 2012
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	Alabama	7	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	0.994
3	USC	7	0	0.989
4	Oklahoma	6	0	0.983
5	Georgia	6	0	0,972
6	Pittsburgh	7	0	0.972
7	BYU	6	0	0.962
8	Washington	6	0	0.961
9	Boise State	6	1	0.956
10	USF	5	0	0.955

Heisman Watch - Updated: Oct 14, 2012
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
Brennan Clay	HB	Oklahoma		791 rushing yards, 6.7 YPC, 9 TDs, 179 receiving yards, 2 TDs
Dillon Baxter	HB	USC		660 rushing yards, 5.7 YPC, 9 TDs
AJ McCarron	QB	Alabama		1972 passing yards, 22 TDs, 4 INTs, 64.6%
Marcus Lattimore	HB	South Carolina		593 rushing yards, 6.0 YPC, 9 TDs
Taylor Martinez	QB	Nebraska		1059 passing yards, 11 TDs, 0 INTs, 64.8%, 319 rushing yards, 5.1 YPC, 5 TDs

Pac-12 North Conference Standings - Updated: Oct 14, 2012
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STRK
#8 Washington	6-0	1.000	3-0	208	133	W6
#10 BYU	7-0	1.000	4-0	215	89	W7
#9 Boise State	6-1	0.850	3-1	211	139	W2
California	5-2	0.710	3-1	216	109	W1
#11 Oregon	5-1	0.830	2-1	229	125	L1
#17 Stanford	4-3	0.570	2-2	277	160	L2
Oregon State	3-3	0.500	1-2	113	122	L1
Washington State	2-4	0.330	0-3	139	184	L4

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Cardinal lands a trio
Stanford goes national to boost 2013 class

PALO ALTO, CA - Despite the on-field struggles and the fact that the season is already a failure compared to the lofty preseason expectations, Stanford coach Brian Kudron hasn't lost his vigor when it comes to recruiting, and when he and the rest of the Stanford coaches returned to The Farm, those relentless efforts paid off.

The Cardinal's one-man class of Sacramento receiver Gary Harris grew to four today, with a trio of nationally recruited four-star defenders - one at each level of defense - all committing to Stanford.

Defensive end Travis Miller of Atlanta (GA) St. Pius X had offers from the Cardinal, Georgia Tech, Auburn and Nebraska, but had been down to Stanford and the hometown Yellow Jackets for a while now. Going back and forth between the two in recent weeks, Miller finally settled on bringing his talents out west. At 6'5, 261, the 9th-ranked defensive end in the country has ideal size to play in Stanford's 3-4 defense, either at outside linebacker, or at one of the DE spots after adding some weight.

Speaking of ideal size for the 3-4, Dallas (TX) Skyline middle linebacker Matt Turner is a truck, at 6'4, 245 pounds, making him the perfect size for one of the two inside linebacker positions in the 3-4, which requires larger than usual linebackers who are capable of shedding blocks. Turner is the 6th-ranked inside linebacker in the 2013 class, and Stanford was able to barely hold off an A+ visit to TCU two weeks ago to secure his pledge.

Finally, Olney (MD) Good Counsel cornerback AJ Grant, who had been favoring Stanford for a while over Iowa, South Carolina and others, finally made it official, going public with his commitment. Grant fits Stanford coach Brian Kudron's mold of a big, physical corner at 6'2, 196 pounds, making him an asset in run support. Grant's teammate, 4-star running back Garrett Cason, is visiting Stanford this weekend for the Washington State game, and rumors suggest that a decision should be coming shortly after he leaves. Boise State is considered the front runner, with Stanford in hot pursuit.

Additionally, the #1 defender on Stanford's board, 340-pound 4-star Chandler (AZ) Hamilton defensive tackle Andrew Edwards, has finalized his top 5 of Stanford, USC, Oklahoma, Texas and Nebraska, and says he has no timetable for a decision, and could possibly decide at any time.

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Matchup Preview | October 20, 2012
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Washington State Cougars (2-4 (0-3), 0-2 Away)		#17 Stanford Cardinal (4-3 (2-2), 4-0 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 3226 Total Yards 4060 2160 Total Offensive Yards 3045 1288 Passing Yards 1675 872 Rushing Yards 1370 23.1 Points Per Game 39.5 12 Passing TD 16 5 Rushing TD 15 125 First Downs 113 27 Red Zone Attempts 40 14-2 Red Zone TD-FG 25-9 59 Red Zone Percentage 85 Defensive Stats Comparison 2602 Total Yards Allowed 2868 1562 Passing Yards Allowed 2297 1040 Rushing Yards Allowed 571 184 Points Allowed 160 15 Sacks 41 4 Fumble Recoveries 6 6 Interceptions 17 30.7 Points Per Game 22.9 30 Red Zone Attempts 14 20-5 Red Zone TD-FG 9-1 83 Red Zone Percentage 71 Injury Report Anthony Laurenzi, DT, sprained ankle 2 weeks Eric Oertel, OLB, torn MCL Out for season Game Notes Despire all the trouble they've been through in recent weeks, Stanford remains a heavy favorite over Washington State, as the Cougars are still scraping the bottom of the 16-team Pac-12. Simply put, something is irreparably broken if the Cardinal doesn't beat Wazzu with relative ease. The Cougars have a solid QB in Jeff Tuel, and a pair of great pass catchers in wideout Marquess Wilson and tight end Skylar Stormo, but besides that, this is a roster largely void of talent and depth. Tuel leads the Cougs in rushing with 302 yards and 3.9 yards a carry. After Stormo's 45 and Wilson's 43, no one on the roster has more than seven catches. After Wilson's 565 and Stormo's 447, wideout Bobby Ratliff is next on the team with 96 yards receiving. Wilson and Stormo have caught 11 of the 12 touchdowns thrown by WSU quarterbacks this season. No offensive line has proven able to slow down Stanford's pass rush this season, and the Cougars' line is probably the worst in the conference.

[gorillapittpray]

nice pick ups for recruiting!! Will be interesting to see how they fit with your 3-4