Stanford Cardinal football: 2016 Spring Game Reflections

The good, the bad, and the ugly from the 2016 Stanford spring game.Stanford had its spring game on Saturday and there were plenty of fans in the house. Even Mother Nature was a Stanford fan on Saturday as much of the heavy rains went away before the game started and stayed dry for the majority of the game. Going into the game, I wasn't looking for much as I know what we have on defense and it is still as good as advertised. I know we have a quarterback competition that will likely be decided the last week of August, and we have the best player in country in Christian McCaffrey. Still, there are always surprises whether they are good or bad that pop up during the spring game. Now before we get into the 2016 edition, remember that many players have turned in terrible spring game performances but still had impressive seasons the same year so a scrimmage game in April isn't a death sentence.

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