My take
QB - If Book plays the way he did last week, or even progresses a little with a full, clean game of experience under his belt, then I actually give us the edge here
RB - Ehhh, I'd call it closer to even...with Dex back that Gap between their #1 and our #1 is closed considerably and we have a stable while they are a one trick pony. Now the question is, does Kelly use our RBs as well as they do in this game...does Dex get 8 touches or 20+..??
O Line - "Not even close"...yeah I agree with this if looking at how our line has been for bulk of season, but if only going by last game then the Gap is not that big
TE's - "Not even close and Stanford actually has a game plan that uses their TE's in game planning"
True
Head Coach - Sigh...2 of 8 says all that needs said here.
I think it will come down to which defense does better at getting the other team off the field quickly vs which offense does a better job of possessing the ball.
Reason why is that when our D front gets pressure, our D is borderline elite and when our D is fresh, the D front gets pressure. But when they are on the field a lot, our D becomes very average and I have big concerns about our DBs vs their WRs if their QB gets to stand back there and throw from a clean pocket.
I'm not too concerned with stopping their run game, the question is can we do it without committing extra assets to that which let's their WRs and TEs have a field day. We'll see, the way I look at this one is The Good, Bad and Ugly...don't care how it happens or by how much, just get the W and then the rest of the season shapes up nicely, as long as Kelly doesn't shit to bed in Blacksburg ala Miami.