Andrew's 9-0 email

Here's another great writeup by Andrew, making us all sit back and realize what a GREAT YEAR this is, regardless of what happens from here out.

We are 9-0, people. NINE and FREAKIN' ZERO.

How many times has Stanford won 9 games in a season?

2011 - 12-1 (I'm guessing you haven't forgotten last year's Orange Bowl yet)
2001 - 9-3 (this was actually the Seattle Bowl year, not the Rose Bowl season under Willingham when we went 8-4)
1992 - 10-3 (the only winning season in Walsh II - Blockbuster Bowl)
1971 - 9-3 (Rose Bowl)
1970 - 9-3 (Rose Bowl)
1951 - 9-2 (Rose Bowl)
1940 - 10-0 (Rose Bowl - did not win the National Championship)
1934 - 9-1-1 (Rose Bowl)
1930 - 9-1-1 (no bowl!)
1929 - 9-2 (no bowl)
1926 - 10-0-1 (Rose Bowl, National Championship)

That's right, in 105 years of Stanford football (12 years where we only played rugby, 4 years total pre-empted by WWI and WWI), we've only done it 11 times before. Only 5 times in our lifetimes.

So on to Oregon...Injuries are becoming a problem.

Shaw indicated that Toilolo will likely play against Oregon.
Ertz was announced as being out for 2 weeks right after the USC game, so I would imagine he is not going to play.
Delano Howell has been questionable for the past 2 games - I have to think that they've been cautious in order to have him available for the Oregon game...gosh I hope he can play.
Jordan Williamson has a groin problem...so it's totally up in the air. I think we need his kickoffs...
Cameron Fleming (right tackle) is a question mark.
Owusu is a question mark (I'm hoping he decides to retire, because I don't want to be watching the game where he suffers some kind of permanent brain damage).

I think the most critical of the injuries are Howell, Toilolo/Ertz (we need at least 1 of them back) and Williamson.

By the way, our chances for making a BCS bowl (assuming that Oregon is our only loss) improved yesterday, as multiple members of the Big 10 choked. If you recall, I think we are competing with the #2 teams from the Big 10, ACC and Big East for the final BCS spot.