PALO ALTO, Calif. — There! Right there! Stop the tape!



This moment is the perfect example of where a lesser-trained eye will see not only why, but also how, Stanford running back Bryce Love is so much more than fast.



“There,” Stanford offensive coordinator Tavita Pritchard says, pointing to the screen. “Imagine yourself in Bryce’s helmet right now.”



But you might not want to, and you shouldn’t want to. Because looking out from Bryce’s helmet right now, you’d see a wall of UCLA defenders. In front of you, there’s a trio of Bruins defensive linemen averaging 293 pounds, which might seem svelte up against some other 300-pound Stanford O-linemen on game film, but at eye level it’s like looking straight into the headlights of three oncoming pickup trucks. UCLA linebacker Kenny Young is shading you, and you see him. But more importantly, he sees you. He’s had his eyes on you, it seems, since...