No coach in college football is catching as much flak these days as Stanford’s David Shaw after the Cardinal’s offensive output in Week 1 was, let’s just say, less than robust.

The then-ranked No. 21 Cardinal managed just 240 yards of offense and 85 rushing yards on 3.1 yards per carry. The result was only a pair of field goals in a 16-6 loss to Northwestern.

David Shaw and Stanford are moving on from a terrible Week 1. AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

Earlier in the week, Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News gave the offense an “F” grade in his Week 1 report card.

Writes Wilner:

Six points is difficult to comprehend for a veteran offense (senior QB, four returning OL starters) with skill-position talent facing an opponent that’s anything but a defensive powerhouse.

No doubt, Cal fans are giggly wondering what a team has to do to earn an F-minus in Wilner’s grade book. But he’s not the only one writing about it.

Stewart Mandel of Fox Sports fielded a question about the Stanford offense in his weekly mailbag. He called the outcome one of the “strangest results of the entire weekend,” citing many of the same shortcomings people have pointed to since Saturday.

Writes Mandel:

Like many Week 1 outcomes, I don't think we can say yet what it all meant. Northwestern figured to have a solid, experienced defense, but I would not have foreseen it smothering that offense. Maybe it means the Wildcats are going to have a great year. I do think you'll see a much better Stanford offense over the course of the year.

And for you UCLA fans, there's also a question in there about the budding Josh Rosen hype.

And for a final link, the man himself got the opportunity to defend his philosophy. Coachingsearch.com pulled out a few of the choice cuts from his news conference earlier this week. You can also hear Shaw on the weekly Pac-12 teleconference.