STANFORD (AP) — After watching his team fall flat in the season opener a year ago, Stanford coach David Shaw decided to change his approach this season. Shaw eliminated one two-a-day practice, cut out two more practices and reduced a few others all in hopes of making sure the eighth-ranked Cardinal are fresher for Friday night’s game against Kansas State than they were a year ago in a loss at Northwestern. “I don’t think it put us at any disadvantage because we still went scrimmages, we still went live,” Shaw said.