Immediately following the 44-6 loss to Washington, Stanford coach David Shaw addressed the media about what happened in the game and the importance of perspective. Shaw’s explanation of what happened on Friday night was quite simple, Stanford just did not play well. The Cardinal did not block well, the running game was stifled and the offense could not consistently complete passes.
Shaw did not blame the loss on injuries, particularly in the secondary, he also did not blame it on crowd noise, Washington playing more physical, nor losing their poise. Shaw said that the team that beat UCLA last week, and the team he saw all week in practice was not the team that showed up in Seattle to play the Huskies.