Can you put it on the scales, please?
colospace inc Even with cornerstones of the defense like Shayne Skov, Ed Reynolds and Trent Murphy gone; even with defensive coordinator Derek Mason gone to Vanderbilt; even with All-America offensive lineman David Yankey gone; and even with workhorse, chain-moving running back Tyler Gaffney gone; is Stanford really going to take a noticeable step back? Its three losses last year were by a total of 13 points, and it still returns a strong defensive core, an NFL-caliber left tackle in Andrus Peat and a pretty good set of weapons, led by Ty Montgomery, for senior QB Kevin Hogan to work with