Instant Replay: The only thing the prevent defense does is prevent you from winning Winston Shi December 1, 2015 9 Comments What a game. Goodness gracious, what a finish. Thirty seconds and three timeouts, with Stanford stuck on its own 27-yard-line? No problem. The thing about wins like these is that when all is said and... Read More »
Football podcast, Thanksgiving edition: Giving thanks for Sonny Dykes, talking Notre Dame Do-Hyoung Park, Vihan Lakshman and Winston Shi November 25, 2015 0 Comments In this week's edition of the Stanford Football Insider Show, Do-Hyoung Park and Vihan Lakshman are joined by special guest Winston Shi and talk about what they're thankful for with Stanford football,... Read More »
Instant Replay: Packaged plays and the Tao of no-calls Winston Shi November 25, 2015 1 Comment For the last two years or so, the new hot tactical philosophy across all levels of football has been the run-pass option, better known as the “packaged play.” Cal runs packaged plays constantly,... Read More »
Wednesday roundtable: How realistic are Cardinal’s Playoff chances? Michael Peterson and Winston Shi November 25, 2015 2 Comments With two games remaining before the College Football Playoff selection committee releases the bowl matchups, Stanford sits at No. 9 in the committee’s rankings, tops among all Pac-12 teams. Though... Read More »
Instant replay: Post-wheel-curl burns Stanford defense Winston Shi November 17, 2015 14 Comments The Oregon loss was not fun. Okay. I think we’ve established that the Oregon loss was not fun. But Instant Replay goes on, win or lose. Look, if my favorite ever non-Stanford player, Matt freakin’... Read More »
Shi: Oregon, Stanford and ‘The Fear’ Winston Shi November 12, 2015 2 Comments Repeat after me: Oregon is not toast. That’s right. Oregon is not toast. Yes, Oregon is 6-3, and even if the Ducks win out, a three-loss season would be their worst regular season performance since... Read More »
Instant replay: In praise of versatility Winston Shi November 11, 2015 0 Comments After an oh-so-close escape in the driving rain at Washington State, it’s good to see Stanford back on track. In case you live under a rock (sorry, yes, this column was delayed this week), Stanford... Read More »
Yes, it’s boots on the ground in Syria Winston Shi November 8, 2015 0 Comments Yes. America is sending military forces to Syria. It may only be 50 troops, but it still deepens America’s presence in the region. And instead of questioning what impact these forces will have or... Read More »
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