Steve Starkisian's gameplan tonight on offense is to try and establish the run game early to open up the play action and short/quick passes in order to take some pressure off of Price and their banged up Oline. The problem with that is I really doubt Washington can penetrate the stout front seven of Stanford and even establish a threatening running game. Stanford will apply a lot of pressure from the edges and put Price on the run throughout the game in a similar fashion as the LSU/UW game. Austin Seferian-Jenkins will pose mismatch problems for the Stanford secondary and their up tempo spread offense should be able to put up more points than USC managed. The main reason I love Stanford here is because of their physical play, strong Dline, "smarter" coaching staff and the attention Stepfan Taylor draws being in the backfield. Stanford's entire playbook is open to them simply by having such a dangerous and talented rb at their disposal which will undoubtedly be the primary focus for a Justin Wlicox led defense. Josh Nunes should be able to make plays when it matters especially with the safety blanket in Zach Ertz. I don't think Washington have the talent in personnel or coaching staff to pull off the win tonight, I see a comfortable win for Stanford but I don't trust the spread in weeknight games and I feel like I'm getting great value in -250 ML. Look for Stanford to control the clock and take the win on the road tonight with their superior coaching and physical play. GL Stanford backers!