One year ago today, Sept. 6, 2015, Stanford was terrible. David Shaw was uncreative. Unimaginative. He was lost without Jim Harbaugh's coattails and was completely exposed as a coach. And what was with all that talk about Ed McCaffrey's kid and his whopping 66 rushing yards in a 16-6 loss to Northwestern?
One year ago today, Sept. 6, 2015, Washington State was in ruins. A loss to FCS Portland State showed that Mike Leach had lost control of the team and his system simply wouldn’t work in Pullman.
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Stanford, of course, went on to win the Rose Bowl and Christian McCaffrey blasted the all-purpose yards record previously held by Barry Sanders.