Football Question: Which Team Lost the Most?

HeretoBeatmyChest

PurpleBaze

UCLA- Evans, Sua-Filo, Barr, Marsh, Zumwalt

Zumwalt!

AZDuck

UW- Coons, Price, Sankey, ASJ, Parker, Smith, Ducre

Price and Sankey were like 81% of your offense.

dnc

UW- Coons, Price, Sankey, ASJ, Parker, Smith, Ducre

UW was clearly the biggest looser

GrundleStiltzkin

Stanford- Murphy, Reynolds, Skov, Yankey, Gardner, Gaffney, Hewitt, a few other OL

PurpleBaze

UCLA- Evans, Sua-Filo, Barr, Marsh, Zumwalt

@HeretoBeatmyChest, I don't know why you included ASJ on your UW list. I think losing him is a case of addition by subtraction.

haie

Stanford- Murphy, Reynolds, Skov, Yankey, Gardner, Gaffney, Hewitt, a few other OL

Smith, Ducre, and Parker - all good players but we'll miss them mostly from an experience standpoint.

ASJ - imo can be reasonably replaced (as in TE won't be a weakness of the offense).

Sankey - definitely a loss but we'll still have great production in the running game and a new threat from the qb.

Price - imo Miles will prove to be an upgrade wrt our system.

Coons - a legit loss.

I will say that I'm probably underestimating Kevin Smith a bit. Dude was great for us at times.

DerekJohnson

Stanford- Murphy, Reynolds, Skov, Yankey, Gardner, Gaffney, Hewitt, a few other OL

This is an outstanding question and thread idea. Not to mention a tough question to answer.

Gladstone

Stanford- Murphy, Reynolds, Skov, Yankey, Gardner, Gaffney, Hewitt, a few other OL

I'm glad we get Stanford when we do.

greenblood

Stanford- Murphy, Reynolds, Skov, Yankey, Gardner, Gaffney, Hewitt, a few other OL

DerekJohnson said:

This is an outstanding question and thread idea. Not to mention a tough question to answer.

I don't know how tough though. Stanford offensively struggled at times. That top 5 defense last year made them elite. Now going into this season with 80% of it gone, it's going to be tough. Every one talks about how great their quarterback play was last year, but I didn't see it. Hogan single handedly cost Stanford the USC game. This will be a down year for the Furd. I'm thinking 8-4 or 7-5 this year.

RoadDawg55

Stanford- Murphy, Reynolds, Skov, Yankey, Gardner, Gaffney, Hewitt, a few other OL

greenblood said:

DerekJohnson said:

This is an outstanding question and thread idea. Not to mention a tough question to answer.

I don't know how tough though. Stanford offensively struggled at times. That top 5 defense last year made them elite. Now going into this season with 80% of it gone, it's going to be tough. Every one talks about how great their quarterback play was last year, but I didn't see it. Hogan single handedly cost Stanford the USC game. This will be a down year for the Furd. I'm thinking 8-4 or 7-5 this year.

I agree about Stanford going 8-4. They are ranked as a top 10 team solely based on the reputation they have earned the past four years. I understand giving them the benefit of the doubt based on their recent success, but this is certainly not a preseason top 10. On offense, they lost an 1,800 yard rusher and 4 of 5 OL. I think it's almost a certainty that their running game drops off this year. We'll see if Hogan has what it takes when the pressure is on him. Montgomery is the only skill player they have that will put fear into opposing defenses.

On defense, they lost the best player in the conference. Some think it was Barr, but Murphy was better imo. Skov was a great leader at MLB, Gardner was a very good DL. Reynolds was an all conference safety. That's a lot of departing talent for a team ranked in the top 10. I haven't even mentioned their schedule. UW, Oregon, UCLA, Notre Dame, and ASU all on the road. I will bet anyone that UW finishes ahead of Stanford in the North this year.