At Palo Alto, Sept. 15
Stanford:
By GLENN GARVIN
Sports Editor
The Stanford Daily
STANFORD, Calif. There's a sort of
sneaky optimism on the Stanford campus
this fall. Everyone is ignoring the Cardinal
football team again.
That makes it just like old times, and
that's why Stanford fans feel a touch of
optimism about the upcoming season.
It seems the Cards play their best football
when nobody is paying attention. That's
what happened in the 1970 and 1971 seasons,
when Stanford dominated the Pacific-8
conference and upset heavily-favored Bid 10
opponents in the Rose Bowl.
Last year everyone expected the team to
be headed for big , times but they never
materialized. Without much a an offensive
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line, the'Cards had moments of brilliance,
but stumbled to a 6-5 record.
Now the spotlight has shifted down south
to the University of Southern California, and
Stanford fans are hopeful that the return to
obscurity will work some magic, as it did in
1970-1971.
The tools are certainly there. Returning
quarterback Mike Boryla was named to
Playboy magazine'4, All America first team,
no surprise to those who saw him destroy
enemy secondaries for three months last
fall.
As a sophomore, Boryla was injured in the
first game and never made it back but
gained an extra year of eligibility. His
junior year was spent backing up All
America Don Bunce and last year he finally
got a chance to play.
Boryla connected on 183 of 350 passes fcr
2284 yards and 14 touchdowns, totals good
enough to make him the fourth leading
passer in the nation last year. They might
have been even higher if the Stanford line
had offered any protection.
But it didn't. Boryla was sacked for 295
yards last season, and the biggest Stanford
problem will be to plug those holes, which
also severely damaged the Card running
game. It won't be easy, since five starters
graduated, but coach Jack ChriStiansen
hopes that veteran tight end Glen Stone will
be able to anchor a capable group of young
players in the line.
The other question mark is the defensive
line. Seniors Roger Stilwell and Pete
Hanson can hold down one side but that
leaves two spots open, and so far no one has
been particularly impressive trying to fill
them.
The rest of the defense is excellent. Junior
Forrie Martin, a 6-1, 225-pound human
wrecking machine, leads a fine corps of
linebackers, and senior Randy PoRI is a pre
erry season first team All America at defensive
a sneaky gptirnism awaits
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QB Mike Boryla and center Bill Reid
back. James Ferguson, Craig Zoltosky and
Max Goldstein round out what is generally
regarded as one of the top two or three
secondaries in the country.
Stanford's running game looks good if
John Winesberry can stay healthy.
Winesberry, another pre-season All
America, hurt his ankle in the third game of
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the season last year, and was never
right after that. Junior fullback
Laidlaw adds muscle to the backfield,
Winesberry is an explosive break
threat.
If the Stanford line can give him I
room, and provide Boryla with time to
the spotlight may return to Stanford.
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