Meh, it’s 2:something on a Thursday, who needs an intro.
Not I, certainly.
So let’s just get to Stanford’s defense.
Personnel and What to Expect
Let’s start off with the Stanford basics. While the program’s on-field performance has dipped steadily since their juggernaut 2015 year when CMC was a record-breaking sophomore and Kevin Hogan led them to an absolute demolition of undefeated Iowa in the Rose Bowl, one thing has stayed the same on defense: they change up their fronts. A lot.
Before I started doing these defensive previews in 2016, that was something I never really consciously realized, but it becomes clear if you watch just a couple games of theirs and go out of your way to note their front seven’s alignment before each snap.