Published on: 16th November, 2009
What an exciting week in the Pac-10. Stanford, once again, created more buzz around their squad, annihilating the Trojans and propelling their way up rankings all across the nation. For the first time is seven years, the reigning Pac-10 champions are out of the running and a new champion will be ...Published on: 10th November, 2009
Mere minutes after several future doctors and scientists rushed the Stanford Stadium field to celebrate their improbable win against the Oregon Ducks, a good friend of mine texts me, “The Pac-10 is beating each other up, not good for their rep.” Not an all too uncommon statement by proverbial Pac-10 haters ...Published on: 5th November, 2009
Four, count them, four ranked teams stand in Stanford’s way of their first bowl appearance in almost a decade. This weekend, the No. 8 Oregon Ducks march into the Farm, coming off of their biggest win of the year, but if they are not careful, they could be violently blindsided ...Published on: 4th November, 2009
It was such an exciting Pac-10 weekend that I am officially still recovering...body, mind, soul, and liver. Here is this week’s shortened version of the Pac-10 Power Rankings. (Overall Record, Conference Record | Last Week’s Ranking) 1. Oregon Ducks (7-1, 5-0 | 1) Jeremiah Masoli and LaMichael James stole the show on Saturday. ...Published on: 23rd October, 2009
As the saying goes, football games are either lost or won in the fourth quarter. A pretty obvious statement but when it comes down to it, how a team performs in the fourth is often the determining factor of whether or not they win the game. If a team is able to ...Published on: 19th October, 2009
USC fights their way back to No.1, Cal finally bounces out of their slump, the Wildcats keep chugging their way up the ladder, and three quarterbacks throw their first 300-plus yard games. Here are this week’s power rankings: (Overall Record, Conference Record | Last Week’s Ranking) 1. USC ...Published on: 12th October, 2009
Oregon wins using avenues other than their offense, Stanford loses their first conference game and Washington pulls out more fourth quarter dramatics in yet another exciting weekend in the Pac-10. The Cardinal’s loss allows Oregon to lay claim as the last team to stay undefeated in conference. Several of the one-loss ...Published on: 9th October, 2009
You have heard several coaches mindlessly utter it in the past. “We are focused on [enter this week’s opponent here], not any other team further down our schedule” It has become quite the cliché. In an interview with ESPN College Football Live earlier this week, Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh spat out a version ...Published on: 7th October, 2009
If in the preseason I told you that the Stanford Cardinal would be 3-0 in conference five weeks into the season, you probably wouldn’t have batted an eye after a quick glance at the matchups. With both inept Washington teams and an unproven UCLA squad scheduled, Stanford was perfectly positioned ...Published on: 1st October, 2009
The Heisman Trophy. It’s a peculiar award. It gives the recipient the privilege of knowing that they are the best player in college football because they fall into a very specific yet strangely unknown category. On the front page of B/R the other day, a great article by Dan Scofield pointed out several ...