Dec 28, 2012

Rose Bowl Prep

Of course there's lots going on in the news with all the prep and anticipation of Stanford going to the Rose Bowl.  Here are a bunch of snippets and thoughts...


Tweet from Zach Ertz
Man what an incredible run! Coach Harbaugh told us what this place had in store for us and three BCS games later he was 100% right #GoCard


Stanford doesn't travel well.  Article about our Inverted Fan Base.



Stanford Defense
Stanford currently ranks No. 1 in the NCAA in rushing defense (71.33 yards/game), sacks (4.42/game) and tackles for loss (9.25/game). Stanford also owns the 11th-best scoring defense (16.92 points/game) and eighth-best third-down defensive efficiency (29.53 percent).



Some stats that will matter at the Rose Bowl

  • 3 - # of bowl eligible teams (out of 3) in our non-conference schedule this season.  All other bowl bound teams this year had at least one game against a whimpy opponent.
  • 11 - average margin of victory this season, down from 21.3 last year.  We have escaped a bunch of close games this year (San Jose State, Arizona, Wash St, Oregon State, Oregon, UCLA)
  • 1442 - record breaking yards by Stephan Taylor, becoming the all time leading rusher for Stanford
  • 30 - # of points scored by the DEFENSE this year


Last Time we Won at the Rose Bowl (tweet from David Lombardi, ESPN analyst)
Another note of interest: Stanford has not won Rose Bowl as the Cardinal. They won in their final game as Indians: 13-12 over Michigan, 1972





Football team heads south, starting with a trip to Disneyland, with Wisconsin, for media day.

Tweet from David Lombardi
@ShayneSkov11 check Google's traffic report on your fwy. "Animals on road." That referring to the front 7?




Lowrys Beef Bowl
Freshman Josh Garnett wins, after eating 7 plates of prime rib. Said he could have kept going, but they ran out of time.

Senior tight end Zach Ertz remarked on Joshua Garnett's performance at the Beef Bowl at Lawry's Prime Rib in Beverly Hills on Wednesday. Garnett ate a team-high seven 24-ounce hunks of prime rib. The next-highest was believed to be four.
"He wasn't even phased at the end," Ertz said. "He said he could have eaten at least three more pieces. He said it could have easily been 10, but he ran out of time."