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Should Shaw Still Get a Pass?

What’s left to say? Stanford football is a dumpster fire and the only four-leaf clovers remaining are the ones on Notre Dame logos coming into town on Saturday. Stanford opened as a 16.5-point underdog to Notre Dame, and the worst part of the impending beatdown is that Stanford fully deserves it. Stanford is going into this weekend with the likes of UCONN, Tulsa, Kansas, Rutgers, and the rest of the bottom feeders of the college football world. It’s a tough pill to swallow. Old-school fans might say: “Welcome to Stanford football, where sustained success just isn’t possible and down years are inevitable.