Stanford's O-line: Was it Harbaugh, Drevno, or the players? What will it take..? | Page 2

Jan 9, 2011 at 5:37 AM

Envy
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Originally posted by RogerCraig:
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=rivals-1130148

Average weight of Stanford OL 300.8 lbs. not the largest line in college ball.

Leverage, positioning and Red Bull to get the adrenaline going will do it all the time.

Gatorade ain't go to keep you pumped up for 60 minutes of football. Red Bull - it's legal, gives you a long lasting buzz, plus your threshold for pain skyrockets.

Hell we used to run Roger Craig through the same size of line. In the end its about technique.

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Jan 9, 2011 at 7:30 AM

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49erThrowback
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Originally posted by Envy:
Originally posted by RogerCraig:
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=rivals-1130148

Average weight of Stanford OL 300.8 lbs. not the largest line in college ball.

Leverage, positioning and Red Bull to get the adrenaline going will do it all the time.

Gatorade ain't go to keep you pumped up for 60 minutes of football. Red Bull - it's legal, gives you a long lasting buzz, plus your threshold for pain skyrockets.

Hell we used to run Roger Craig through the same size of line. In the end its about technique.

But then again, we weren't running against DLs that averaged 320 lbs.

Jan 9, 2011 at 9:14 AM

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There are lots of players around the US who are very talented, get very good grades and are thrilled to go to a school like Stanford.

Players like that are easier to coach and look at how many plays they supposedly had. Wasn't it like 150 or 300 or something? Sing had 7 plays (3 off right guard, 3 off of left guard and A.Smith rolling right).

Then you add an obviously superior coach and staff and you get a college team that probably would win a national championship if there was a playoff instead of a payoff system.

Jan 9, 2011 at 9:22 AM

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smithgdwg
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Originally posted by niner4life21:
I heard that Harbaugh runs the ball a lot. Hopefully he realizes that we aren't veery good at running, and decides to play to our strengths.

We can run the ball effectively, but Singletary's style of running the ball was to run it right up the centers backside. No imagination on the running game. Plus we started the game running the ball when the opposing defenses KNEW that was what we were going to do. And Singletary would blame the players for not executing.

Harbaugh brings the WCO offense, which means we use the pass to setup the run. I also expect more runs to the outside.