This video is part of an extended Big Game preview. For the rest of the breakdown, check out my Livecast Wednesday, November 15th at 7pm PDT. Check back in this post for the link roughly 15 minutes before broadcast. Now for the video itself.
Stanford’s known as a run-heavy team, but in their recent game against Washington they often had to rely on their passing game to convert on third down. In this video, we see how Stanford used J.J. Arcega-Whiteside (6’3” 207 lbs.) and Trent Irwin (6’2” 205 lbs.) as big, physical intermediate targets on third down, and how the success of these receivers opened things up for some long third down runs by Bryce Love.