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November 29, 2025​
 
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Stanford seems to be in pretty bad shape right now. I could not understand why Tim O'Malley on the II podcast a couple weeks ago had Frank Reich as a good coach. I think this will be another bad year for Stanford. O/U 3.5 wins for the Trees this year and I hammered the under.
 
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zelezo vlk said:
Stanford seems to be in pretty bad shape right now. I could not understand why Tim O'Malley on the II podcast a couple weeks ago had Frank Reich as a good coach. I think this will be another bad year for Stanford. O/U 3.5 wins for the Trees this year and I hammered the under.
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their recruiting is actually quite respectable but yeah it will take them a while to get back. Large amount of incoming transfers this year
 
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dublinirish said:
their recruiting is actually quite respectable but yeah it will take them a while to get back. Large amount of incoming transfers this year
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I remember hearing this, and it surprises me. Who knew Stanford could take undergrad football transfers? Or that their admin even cares about the football team at all
 
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Gulbranson played QB for Oregon St in the bowl game vs us a couple years ago. He was awful. Can’t throw beyond ten yards, can’t run at all.
He’ll be holding a clipboard by the time we play them.
 
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stpeteirish said:
Gulbranson played QB for Oregon St in the bowl game vs us a couple years ago. He was awful. Can’t throw beyond ten yards, can’t run at all.
He’ll be holding a clipboard by the time we play them.
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I thought he sounded/looked familiar.
 
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zelezo vlk said:
You hate to see it
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I actually do hate to see it. Even if Stanford was a major pain in ND's ass during the 2010's. I hated seeing recruits pick them during that time period and Harbough/Shaw we're insufferable but them being a complete joke of a program with no end in sight is bad for college football. More academically minded schools being at least semi successful is better than the usual football factory with players that didn't go there to "play school". Shows that higher academic achievement is not a burden to athletic success. Plus beating a good Stanford team is way more satisfying.
 
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irishknight35 said:
I actually do hate to see it. Even if Stanford was a major pain in ND's ass during the 2010's. I hated seeing recruits pick them during that time period and Harbough/Shaw we're insufferable but them being a complete joke of a program with no end in sight is bad for college football. More academically minded schools being at least semi successful is better than the usual football factory with players that didn't go there to "play school". Shows that higher academic achievement is not a burden to athletic success. Plus beating a good Stanford team is way more satisfying.
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Completely agree with this. At their best in the Harbaugh/Shaw years, Stanford was many of the same things that we aspire to be. If anything, their being good pushed us to be better. I hope they can turn it around, but I'm not sure the wide-open-transfer and NIL era will be kind to them, not to mention the weirdness of being a west coast school in the ACC.
 
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irishknight35 said:
I actually do hate to see it. Even if Stanford was a major pain in ND's ass during the 2010's. I hated seeing recruits pick them during that time period and Harbough/Shaw we're insufferable but them being a complete joke of a program with no end in sight is bad for college football. More academically minded schools being at least semi successful is better than the usual football factory with players that didn't go there to "play school". Shows that higher academic achievement is not a burden to athletic success. Plus beating a good Stanford team is way more satisfying.
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Yeah but I HATE losing to schools with better academic rankings than us
 
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stlnd01 said:
Completely agree with this. At their best in the Harbaugh/Shaw years, Stanford was many of the same things that we aspire to be. If anything, their being good pushed us to be better. I hope they can turn it around, but I'm not sure the wide-open-transfer and NIL era will be kind to them, not to mention the weirdness of being a west coast school in the ACC.
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I mean to be fair if their alumni actually cared about football and supported a NIL program I'm gonna go out on a limb and say they could probably generate a respectable war chest.
 
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