College Football Betting – 2007 Stanford Cardinal Preview

College football betting fans know that things are looking up for the Stanford Cardinal. NCAA betting fans know that it is up to new head coach Jim Harbaugh to turn things around. T.C. Ostrander, who played in 6 games last year will probably have the starting job. NCAA betting fans know that a lot of starters return on both sides of the ball but whether that is good news is up for debate. NCAA Football betting players know that Harbaugh is installing the West Coast offense at Stanford and that should improve the offensive numbers. NCAA College football betting fans know that Harbaugh comes into Stanford after coaching Division IAA San Diego where he went 29-6 over the last three years. NCAA football betting fans know that Harbaugh at least has some defense returning, especially up front led by junior end Pannel Egboh and sophomore tackle Ekom Udofia. NCAA football betting fans know that the offense has quarterback T.C. Ostrander and good receivers in Evan Moore and Mark Bradford. Football betting players know that the defense gets Scott Shafer, the defensive coordinator who recently turned around the defense at Western Michigan.

NCAA football betting fans know that the good news for Stanford is that they get five Pac 10 home games. NCAA football betting fans believe that is important if the Cardinal are to win a conference game this season. NCAA football betting fans see that the road games are at USC , Arizona , Oregon State and Washington State . Seven of the eight home games are against teams that went to bowl games last year.

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NCAA football betting fans believe that the best offensive player is senior WR Mark Bradford.  Football betting players think that the best defensive player might be sophomore LB Clinton Snyder.  NCAA football betting fans know that the key player this season is quarterback T.C. Ostrander. He is the only real option at quarterback so he has to be better than he was last season if Stanford is to compete. NCAA football betting fans know that the goal for Stanford is to win a few games. NCAA football betting fans know that they are not going to have a winning season but improving up to 3 or 4 wins would be huge.

NCAA football betting players think a key game is on September 15th when Stanford hosts San Jose State. It is one of the few winnable games on the schedule.