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Orange Blooded [2455]
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Looking at ND's schedule, their best win was
Jan 7, 2013, 9:25 PM
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A slightly above average Stanford. Michigan and Michigan St looked like good wins earlier on, but both ended up being frauds. Oklahoma was exposed, as well.
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Re: Looking at ND's schedule, their best win was
Jan 7, 2013, 9:31 PM
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Above average Stanford? Stanford would give Bama a ballgame. They are good, no doubt about it.
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Orange Blooded [2455]
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Losses to unranked Washington and this terrible ND team
Jan 7, 2013, 9:32 PM
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Have to disagree there...
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Ummmm...Stanford is going to finish in the top-5.
Jan 7, 2013, 10:01 PM
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When someone says "above-average" I think of a 7-5 team, not the Pac-12 champion that beat Oregon and was one play away from a national title appearance.
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Stanford is pretty good.***
Jan 7, 2013, 9:33 PM
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Orange Blooded [2455]
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We are "pretty good"
Jan 7, 2013, 9:39 PM
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That doesn't get it done in the title game, as ND is illustrating.
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Re: Looking at ND's schedule, their best win was
Jan 7, 2013, 9:40 PM
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Yea a slightly above average team ranked #6 in the nation, who beat Oregon in Autzen.
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Orange Blooded [2455]
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Played above their heads for a game
Jan 7, 2013, 9:42 PM
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Does not a championship team make.
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Re: Played above their heads for a game
Jan 7, 2013, 9:45 PM
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The also beat a very good UCLA team twice, a very good Oregon State team, and a quality Arizona team. Stanford was a #### good team.
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Orange Blooded [2455]
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Except for that time they lost to Washington
Jan 7, 2013, 9:46 PM
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That seems like a dealbreaker to me.
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Re: Except for that time they lost to Washington
Jan 7, 2013, 9:52 PM
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Not really. Losing @ Washington the week after beating Southern Cal (who was #2 in the nation at the time) makes perfect sense. It's the ultimate let-down situation. Washington isn't a great team, but they're a pretty high quality program who plays well at home (only home loss was to Southern Cal and they also beat Oregon State at home). Washington's losses came @Oregon, @LSU, vs Southern Cal, @Arizona...and then later @Washington State & Boise State in the bowl game.
You're just trying to make excuses, but your argument has far too many holes.
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Orange Blooded [2455]
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Holes? They lost to Washington
Jan 7, 2013, 9:53 PM
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After beating a ##### USC team.
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Re: Holes? They lost to Washington
Jan 7, 2013, 9:57 PM
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After a very emotional win against Southern Cal, who was ranked #2 at the time. Southern Cal was also a very good team at the beginning of the season. The wheels definitely fell off at the end, but it was a big deal for them to go down against Stanford.
Having a let down after an emoitional win isn't good, but it's somewhat understandable.
Either way, you're trying to prove Stanford is just a "slightly above average team" when it's obvious they're not.
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Orange Blooded [2455]
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We beat Auburn, who was expected to be better
Jan 7, 2013, 9:57 PM
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But you saw how that turned out. Ditto for USC.
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Re: We beat Auburn, who was expected to be better
Jan 7, 2013, 10:01 PM
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There's no point in continuing this argument because you're not going to budge on this apparently. If you saw Stanford play, you'd see they're a very, very good team.
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Re: Looking at ND's schedule, their best win was
Jan 7, 2013, 9:45 PM
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ND schedule was strong. They had some nice wins...Alabama has great players but at the center is Nick Saban. Like him or not, just a great coach. Give him a month to prepare in a game of this magnitude and this is what he does.
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"Slightly above average Stanford"?
Jan 7, 2013, 9:53 PM
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What was the score of the Rose Bowl???
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