Cal & Stanford kind of care about football

[ivan brunetti]

Which is fine. Nowhere is it written that a school MUST really care about football; must care enough to pour many tens of millions into the program every year. Many excellent schools also kind of care about football. Harvard, Yale, UChicago, etc.

But you can't always have it both ways. You can't refuse to invest in your football programs for decades, AND demand that they forever be included in the top echelon of the sport. If you only care enough to invest FCS levels of money and effort into your football program, then you should expect to compete with other FCS schools.

 

[NDblitz]

Stanford is horrrrrrrible. Being in ACC will end them. They will become Northwestern.


Whole PAC 12 ranges from good or excellent this year. Except Stanford. Even ASU Cal and AU are competitive

 

[Granite45]

I would argue that other schools should invest more and support all their sports. There is a reason that Stanford has many more Director's Cups than other schools.

 

[NDblitz]

Which is fine. Nowhere is it written that a school MUST really care about football; must care enough to pour many tens of millions into the program every year. Many excellent schools also kind of care about football. Harvard, Yale, UChicago, etc.

But you can't always have it both ways. You can't refuse to invest in your football programs for decades, AND demand that they forever be included in the top echelon of the sport. If you only care enough to invest FCS levels of money and effort into your football program, then you should expect to compete with other FCS schools.

I’d argue North Dakota State Montana, etc more than Stanford.

 

[banmate6]

Stanford combines elite academics and excellent sports. They did well under Harbaugh and most of the Shaw tenure. And are currently in a down cycle.

I hope they recover, finding a way in an era of NIL and transfers. Odds are against it. You don’t just transfer to Stanford, for obvious reasons.

Stanford might go the way of the Ivy League this time. Their pool of players was never large. Have more choices now.

 

[deadirishpoet]

Stanford is horrrrrrrible. Being in ACC will end them. They will become Northwestern.


Whole PAC 12 ranges from good or excellent this year. Except Stanford. Even ASU Cal and AU are competitive

They need what Nebraska just did for a HC but the fanbase or lack of is what will kill them