He hammered Cal’s defense for three more runs, then gave way to short-yardage specialist Remound Wright, who rumbled in for the game’s first touchdown. Despite having only 10 players on the field, the ball was fielded by Kevin Moen, who lateraled to Richard Rodgers, then lateraled to Dwight Garner.
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“I’d trade all the statistics for a win”, said Sweeney, who caught nine passes for 205 yards.
“Has anybody seen a running back – a football player – better than Christian McCaffrey this year?”, asked Stanford head coach afterwards. Overall, he totaled 300 all-purpose yards for the fourth time this season as well as 100 rushing yards for the ninth-straight game.
Scarlett said he is still close to many of his former teammates at Cal and keeps in touch frequently with many of them.
“When I got hurt a year ago, it was a wakeup call as far as football isn’t something that will last forever”, Scarlett said.
Following a Cal field goal with 51 seconds left in half, McCaffrey took the kickoff and burst up a well-protected alley.
The Big Ten now has four playoff-worthy teams in Iowa (11-0), Ohio State (10-1), MI State (10-1 with wins over MI, OR and Ohio State) and, yes, Jim Harbaugh’s MI Wolverines at 9-2 and certainly as attractive as Stanford to a lot of voters, fans and media.
CAL STATS THAT MATTER: Goff is 26 for 50 for 376 yards with two interceptions and two touchdowns in two games against Stanford. He’s truly, truly special.
Losing Ronnie Harris could be a problem for the secondary, but only if Jared Goff has time to work. Kickoff returner, runner, receiver, blocker. And he’ll be supplanted by a redshirt freshman, Alameen Murphy.
The Cardinal players were a little wary of welcoming a rival, giving him odd looks when he toured the weight room before transferring and taking a bit of time to warm up.
Matt Anderson kicked a 20-yard field goal late in the first quarter to reduce the Bears’ deficit to 7-3.
“Has anybody seen a running back…” “Because it’s hard. We just point him in a direction and we wait to hear just like they do”.
Earlier in the drive on a 1st-and-10 from the Cal 41, from the backfield Vic Enwere ran a wheel route up the right sideline, had cleared a defender and likely could have scored if he’d caught the ball, but it was slightly overthrown.
Students on the Stanford campus gather around for a ritual referred to as the Bearial of the Cal Bear.
As the Cougs get set to host Colorado (7:45 p.m. PT/8:45 p.m. MT, ESPN2), you should know that Mike Leach is a Coach of the Year semifinalist by the Maxwell Football Club.
After Notre Dame, it’s onto the Pac-12 championship game at Levi’s Stadium against either USC or UCLA. I believe we have a few line value with a Cal team that really would love to end the Stanford’s Rose Bowl hopes. He leads the nation, averaging 255.2 all-purpose yards per game.
Cal has lost 5 of their last 6 games and will be heading into a showdown with a rejuvenated Arizona State squad looking to make a statement next week in Strawberry Canyon. “It’s disappointing for us and disappointing for him because he’s such a good player”.
At least one victory over rival Stanford in the Big Game. The series began in 1884, but is the most played because the teams met twice a year from 1884-1901 – and three times in 1891.
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Most memorable game? Maybe 1968, when Montana State quarterback Dennis Erickson rallied the Bobcats from a 15-point, fourth quarter deficit to a 29-24 win, capped by Paul Schafer’s dive into the end zone with 12 seconds left.
