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Okay raise your hands. Who picked Stanford over USC in a total blowout today ? Not me obviously.

Stanford offense vs. USC defense USC DEs Everson Griffen and Nick Perry have combined for 17 sacks through nine games.

Stanford is close to completing Coach Jim Harbaugh's contract extension, which was put on hold last winter.

It's the middle of November, and Stanford has a better chance to reach the Rose Bowl than Cal does.

Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 4:47 p.m. -Mississippi tailback Dexter McCluster rushed for 282 yards and finished with 324 all-purpose yards, both school records, as the Rebels beat Tennessee 42-17. -Wisconsin quarterback Scott Tolzie threw for four touchdowns and sneaked in for another as the 21st-ranked Badgers ripped Michigan 45-24. -Texas ...

As institutions, Stanford, Northwestern and Notre Dame have a lot in common. All are academically renowned private schools with Division I-A football programs.

USC has won 46 of its last 48 home games. It's a well-known stat - one that dates back all the way to September 2001.

Two years ago, Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh took his team into the Los Angeles Coliseum as a 41-point underdog and won 24-23. This week he'll take the Cardinal down the same path, with a much tighter line and much more at stake.

PA Weekly Online Sports It could have turned into a day of reminiscing. Instead, Stanford football coach Jim Harbaugh was intent on keeping the focus on the here and now.

After learning the USC Trojans completed all of seven passes the entire afternoon, accrued almost 100 yards in penalties, and converted only 15% of their third downs against Arizona State, one would have been shocked to learn that Southern Cal did not endure their first two-game losing streak for the first time since Pete Carroll took over as head ...

When time expired, the freshman quarterback celebrated on the field with his teammates.

The Guaranty Bank SMU Athletic Forum Board of Directors announced today the 10 semifinalists for the 2009 Doak Walker Award.

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller Some results in college football are shocking. Their dramatic, unexpected flash imprints on our brains like a photograph.

While most of you were out Trick-or-Treating last Saturday one man was hard at work preparing for next Saturday.

Nobody is laughing at Stanford anymore. That was the mood two years ago, on Oct.

The realities of the new, anything-can-happen-because-it-already-has Pacific-10 Conference seemed to strike Jim Harbaugh and Pete Carroll with equivalent force Tuesday.

This autumn, college football in the Bay Area has been one nutty ride. Ever think Stanford would still be in the Rose Bowl hunt come November? Or that Cal would be clawing to finish in the top half of the Pac-10? Or that San Jose State would be desperate to win three games? Yet some things don't change.

They're the young and the relentless. A handful of first-year players have begun asserting themselves as Stanford prepares for a make-or-break month of football, starting Saturday against No.

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller If you think Stanford plans to just give it the ole college try Saturday against Oregon, you don't know coach Jim Harbaugh and the mindset he's installed at Stanford.

After the last four weeks, and especially after last week's blowout of USC, I thought we were invincible.