Daniel Gilbert: Being superstitious can be your whole world for better or worse and last week, it was definitely for the worst. Things got busy in my personal life as I could not predict last weeks game and I would’ve projected incorrectly as I thought Stanford would win but the fact that I missed last week made me feel somewhat responsible, so I’ll guarantee Stanford finds a way through Love’s injury and the offensive line woes and beats Utah at Stanford for the first time 33-17.
Charlie Foy: Still bummed about last week’s game? Not sure about what lies ahead for the Cardinal? Yeah, me too. Against Utah, I think Stanford doesn’t fix the run game and the defense gets pushed around a bit. However, I think the defense will force enough turnovers to get to the ball back in the hands of K.J. Costello, who has his best game of the year. Stanford wins 31-24.
Marlaina Calhoun: The students are back for this critical game versus Utah. But the loss to Notre Dame pushed it to a night game, a late one at that and Shaw will need and appreciate a good crowd in going up against an excellent defensive Utes team. Stanford has yet to beat the Utes in Stanford Stadium. I say the run game stalls this week, and the offensive line does just enough, with the help of the students, to get KJ the ball to the receivers and edge out the win. Stanford wins 24-20.
Colton Molesky: It will be good to get back in front of the home crowd, as Stanford takes on Utah while still licking their wounds dealt by Notre Dame. This game is pretty simple for the Cardinal: score lots of points to put pressure on a Utah offense ill-equipped to keep up (they average 22.2 points per game, ranked 107th in the country). Stanford needs to go aerial with K.J. Costello and keep their foot on the gas pedal. Stanford wins 28-17.
Comments
All my teams have come up just short today. Why should Stanford be any different?
I predict a one-score loss.
By Cardinal&Orange on 10.06.18 4:40pm
You've lost enough today. You are due for a win
By Jeff Tarnungus on 10.06.18 4:49pm
Not sure that’s how it works, but if so, I’ll take it.
By Cardinal&Orange on 10.06.18 7:30pm
This game
will set the tenor for the rest of the season. A loss, and we are headed to 7-5. A win, and 10-2 is still in play. How will the team show up today? I am an optimist and think they will meet the challenge … in a close one. 27-21. Something like that.
By Jeff Tarnungus on 10.06.18 4:45pm
Agree
If we lose this one, I think we lose a few more and are 7-5 or 8-4. If we win, we have a shot at 10-2, but my guess would still be 9-3.
My concern is the challenge for the OL (again). Utah always plays physically in the trenches, and they did in their game against UW as well (which also has great line play). This will be a critical test — can the line up their play against a physical team. If not, it will portend more losses moving forward, I think. If they do, then there’s cause for some optimism.
My guess is that we win this one close, maybe by a TD, maybe by less.
By Brendan Ross on 10.06.18 6:30pm