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Cardinal focus on Irish (Rivals.com)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:59:00 PST

Stanford regroups after tough Big Game loss to Cal (AP)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:01:30 PST

Football players at almost every level subscribe to the 24-hour rule. The celebration of any win or dejection over a loss needs to be out of the system within a day so a team can move on to its next task. That proved to be a little harder than usual for Stanford, whose crushing Big Game loss to rival California cost the Cardinal a chance at a Pac-10 title and lingered all the way into Monday...

Stanford Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:36:17 PST

It's hard to say what Stanford is playing for in its final regular-season game against Notre Dame on Nov. 28 at Stanford, and that absence of a tangible incentive might show up in the Cardinal's performance.

Stanford's conference season is over, and the Cardinal lost its chance to earn a share of the Pac-10 title with its deflating upset loss to California last week.

The Cardinal could move up in the Pac-10 bowl pecking order, but even if it wins, Stanford will probably wind up in the Emerald or Las Vegas Bowl, and there wouldn't be much of ego boost if the Cardinal jumped up to the Sun Bowl anyway. Stanford's shot at the Pac-10's two prestige bowls, the Roe and the Holiday, are virtually gone.

Toby Gerhart could reinitiate Heisman Trophy talk with a big game,...

Stanford, Luck take step back against Cal (Rivals.com)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:24:00 PST

Cal beats No. 14 Stanford 34-28 in Big Game (AP)

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:20:07 PST

The California players listened quietly all week to the pregame talk about how powerful Stanford had a chance to go to the Rose Bowl. The Golden Bears provided their emphatic answer in one of the most exciting and important Big Games in recent memory. Shane Vereen ran for a career-high 193 yards and three touchdowns on 42 carries and Mike Mohamed intercepted a pass from Andrew Luck at the 3 with...

LIVE CHAT Stanford vs. Cal - Big Game (Rivals.com)

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:14:00 PST

Big Game is really big for Cardinal (Rivals.com)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:23:00 PST

Ex-Stanford players to watch '72 Rose Bowl win (AP)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:11:54 PST

Former coach John Ralston and members of Stanford's 1972 Rose Bowl champion team will reunite Wednesday night to watch their special performance and gear up for the Cardinal's annual showdown with archrival California in the Big Game. This is a special time for the Stanford program, ranked No.

Stanford close to finalizing new deal for Harbaugh (AP)

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:50:46 PST

Stanford football coach Jim Harbaugh is close to completing a contract extension with the school. Athletic director Bob Bowlsby said Sunday in an e-mail that a formal announcement of a new deal was expected to come shortly. The two sides were close to announcing an extension after last season but talks were put on hold in February because of the poor economy.

Stanford stuns USC at Coliseum again, 55-21 (AP)

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:43:59 PST

While Toby Gerhart rampaged through the Southern California defense in an awfully quiet Coliseum, the star tailback and his Cardinal teammates flattened a bunch of recent college football certainties as well. USC's streaks of seven straight BCS bowls, 11-win seasons and top-four AP poll finishes?