SirSaxa
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Post by SirSaxa on Jan 6, 2011 16:27:49 GMT -5
Andrew Luck staying at StanfordExcerpt
Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck, the odds-on favorite to be the No. 1 pick in this spring's NFL draft, announced Thursday that he will stay in school and play his redshirt junior season.
"I am committed to earning my degree in architectural design from Stanford University and am on track to accomplish this at the completion of the spring quarter of 2012," Luck said in a statement.
The Carolina Panthers own the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft and indicated earlier this week that they would be interested in drafting Luck if he decided to leave school.
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Jan 6, 2011 16:39:42 GMT -5
This is a great to see and will be great for Stanford/CFB if it holds up. ESPN will jam it down our throats on television, but at least the attention seems well-deserved. Maybe Stanford has a deflated football in the program's offices.
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Post by CAHoya07 on Jan 6, 2011 23:23:15 GMT -5
Surprising, and some will slam the decision, but good for him. Not sure I would have done the same thing if I were in his situation.
The real question is how this affects Jim Harbaugh's status at Stanford.
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Post by HometownHoya on Jan 7, 2011 2:18:15 GMT -5
Pretty sure Harbaugh will stay at Stanford...Miami is sticking with their coach and 49ers TIPLED their offer. If I were Harbaugh I'd stay one more year with Luck and go for the Nat'l Championship then enter the NFL. Maybe even convince the 'Niners to give another coach a 1 year chance. xD
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Post by SFHoya99 on Jan 7, 2011 3:40:24 GMT -5
Stanford had five fifth year seniors on the O line. I dont know a ton about their roster, but replacing that will be tough.
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Post by SirSaxa on Jan 7, 2011 12:53:33 GMT -5
Stanford had five fifth year seniors on the O line. I dont know a ton about their roster, but replacing that will be tough. Ouch! I believe I read somewhere that a total of 12 (out of 22) starters were seniors. But, I also read Stanford has a very strong recruiting class coming in -- as of now. I think signing is in FEB. But, if Harbaugh does leave, I don't think it would be tough to find a top replacement. Stanford? Palo Alto? Pac 10? 4 years of strong recruiting classes already in house? And the leading candidate for the 2011 Heisman at QB? Pretty attractive package! . |
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Post by SFHoya99 on Jan 7, 2011 13:44:52 GMT -5
Stanford can pay. It's a nice area. Top notch facilities.
But the issue is how strictly the University holds to its academic requirements. They are lower than Stanford proper, but higher than virtually anyone else. The administration there will go back and forth on how many free passes/borderline cases they let in.
It's one thing to have high standards in basketball, but the sheer number of people in football makes it tough if you can only have five mediocre or poor students.
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Post by HometownHoya on Jan 7, 2011 16:06:25 GMT -5
Guess I was wrong...going to the 49rs...5years/$25mil
Interesting choice, Stanford was offering 1year/5mil
Stanford's biggest issue will be replacing that line...I feel like a good line is the difference between a great season and a bad one.
SF...good thing they got Luck who really comes across as a closet nerd. But its a great point about recruiting for football at an academically stringent school.
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Post by Elvado on Jan 7, 2011 16:09:45 GMT -5
He's so wonderful and virtuous, I just can't believe he doesn't play for Hypocritzki...
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Post by hoyarooter on Jan 7, 2011 21:13:02 GMT -5
He's so wonderful and virtuous, I just can't believe he doesn't play for Hypocritzki... Luck must be Tim Tebow's long lost brother... |
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Post by Coast2CoastHoya on Jan 7, 2011 22:51:17 GMT -5
As a Niners fan, I'm glad to see a guy like Harbaugh taking the helm. It'll be interesting to see how that affects Luck and the Cardinals next year.
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Post by The Stig on Jan 8, 2011 16:32:49 GMT -5
Life as the starting QB at Stanford ain't that bad, especially if you're not struggling to make ends meet. Good on Luck for recognizing that the grass isn't always greener on the other side.
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Post by nashvillehoyas on Jan 8, 2011 21:37:09 GMT -5
Best wishes to Luck....He is lucky that he does not have family depending on him for assistance.
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Post by CAHoya07 on Jan 9, 2011 14:52:53 GMT -5
As a Niners fan, I'm glad to see a guy like Harbaugh taking the helm. It'll be interesting to see how that affects Luck and the Cardinals Cardinal next year. Fixed. Sorry, pet peeve of mine. As a Niners fan too, glad that there is excitement for both them and Stanford - Harbaugh coming in and Luck staying. Now, Harbaugh needs to find the Niners a QB. There is a lot of talent on the roster that will hopefully stay, and stay healthy - offensively, Gore, Davis, Crabtree, and defensively, Willis and Spikes, to name a few. Remember, this team was just one game away from switching places with the Seahawks in the playoffs. Hope Stanford can find a head coach to pick up where Harbaugh left off. Luck staying is huge. Now they need to keep as many of the recruits as they can that committed under Harbaugh. Preliminary talks have Stanford talking with Chris Petersen of Boise State, but I would be surprised to see him leave. Stanford still had a hard time filling its new, beautiful, 50,000-seat stadium last year with a Orange Bowl champion team, so I hope that changes for the better too. |
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Post by hifigator on Jan 10, 2011 14:33:56 GMT -5
I applaud Luck for making such a tough decision. Sure, it helps that he's grown up with means to a degree. But still, when you are a 20 year old kid and you have $20 million or more staring you in the face, deciding to put all that money on hold to go back to school and run the risk of injury has got to be really, really tough.
On another note, I have heard Luck catching more than his share of sh!t on this. Some claim that they "don't mind" him going back to school, but openly question his reasoning. They call him out for not being honest on why he's returning. So I guess it's a bit of "damned if you do, damned if you don't." I've got to give him the benefit of the doubt, but even if he weighed in the fact that Carolina has the first pick ... so what! Also, considering a potential lockout and highly structured rookie pay scale is also prudent. I just don't see the flack that he has caught in certain circles.
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Post by SirSaxa on Jan 13, 2011 21:01:59 GMT -5
Stanford names current Offensive Coordinator and Stanford Alum David Shaw as new head coach. Exceprts"We've got a good football team. We've got a team that's tough, that's physical, that's eager to pick up where we left off," Shaw said during his introductory news conference. "Our schemes are going to be the same. It's going to be very similar. We're going to be aggressive on defense. We're going to get after people on defense. We're going to be aggressive on offense."
The Cardinal lose three starting offensive linemen, fullback Owen Marecic and leading receivers Doug Baldwin and Ryan Whalen. But they have plenty of other key offensive players returning, including 1,000-yard rusher Stepfan Taylor, running back Anthony Wilkerson, speedy receiver Chris Owusu and tight end Coby Fleener.
"I'm delighted," Stanford President John Hennessy said. "We couldn't have made a better choice." sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6018486 |
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Post by Coast2CoastHoya on Jan 17, 2011 17:30:46 GMT -5
As a Niners fan, I'm glad to see a guy like Harbaugh taking the helm. It'll be interesting to see how that affects Luck and the Cardinals Cardinal next year. Fixed. Sorry, pet peeve of mine. Thanks, 07. My bad; I knew better than that. And as for a new QB, we need an improved O line first, I think. |
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Post by hifigator on Jan 18, 2011 15:21:43 GMT -5
Fixed. Sorry, pet peeve of mine. Thanks, 07. My bad; I knew better than that. And as for a new QB, we need an improved O line first, I think. Actually, my pet peeve is when people -- especially announcers -- go "out of their way" to use the "correct" word or phrasing. It happens a lot with good/well. Even though it clearly sounds awkward, sometimes you will hear them saying something like "feeling well." You can tell that they are specifically using that word because they think it is right even though they aren't talking about their sense of feeling. Similarly, my pet peeve in this case is when some announcer will refer to the Louisville Cardinal. You can tell that he/she is consumed with going out of his/her way to get the term "right." But ironically, he/she fails miserably. The funny part is that most of the time he/she has no earthly idea WHY it is the Stanford Cardinal. The reason it isn't "Cardinals" is because it isn't the bird, but rather the color. As such, it is neither singular nor plural -- unlike the bird(s). |
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