[OutsiderFan]

[quote author=OutsiderFan link=topic=11641.msg112058#msg112058 date=1422555723]
[quote author=StanfordMatt link=topic=11641.msg112056#msg112056 date=1422555464]
[quote author=Hulk01 link=topic=11641.msg112052#msg112052 date=1422553317]
U$€ seems likely to close like crazy and land the best Pac-12 class by hundreds of miles.  Then UCLA.

Yet another example of the gross competitive disadvantage we're at relative to Oregon who gets to play Colorado more often than not while we're stuck playing the LA schools every year.
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Stanford REALLY should push to end this nonsense.  Maybe it could get Ca.l to go along with it too.  Since UCLA has a seven game losing streak to Stanford, they might even be in favor of not having to play Stanford every year guaranteed.  U$C probably doesn't care one way or the other, other than the fact they like going to NorCal every year.
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That is incorrect. U$€ was a driver in the agreement that the California schools play each other annually.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5711336
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There is nothing that demonstrates any incorrectness about my statement.  There may be other reasons stated in the article linked, but it is also a fact that U$C fans do like going to NorCal every year. 

Stanford played seven teams ranked in the Top 25 when Stanford played them.  Ohio State played, what three before Bama and Oregon?  If Stanford went undefeated or lost one game in the Pac-12 and didn't play USC, nobody would be claiming Stanford doesn't deserve to be in the playoff - Oregon did exactly this in 2014 and was in the playoff.  However, a two-loss Stanford, losing to USC, could keep them out of the playoff.  I'd prefer stacking the odds in my favor to win a National Championship.

[OutsiderFan]

[quote author=OutsiderFan link=topic=11641.msg112058#msg112058 date=1422555723]
[quote author=StanfordMatt link=topic=11641.msg112056#msg112056 date=1422555464]
[quote author=Hulk01 link=topic=11641.msg112052#msg112052 date=1422553317]
U$€ seems likely to close like crazy and land the best Pac-12 class by hundreds of miles.  Then UCLA.

Yet another example of the gross competitive disadvantage we're at relative to Oregon who gets to play Colorado more often than not while we're stuck playing the LA schools every year.
[/quote]

Stanford REALLY should push to end this nonsense.  Maybe it could get Ca.l to go along with it too.  Since UCLA has a seven game losing streak to Stanford, they might even be in favor of not having to play Stanford every year guaranteed.  U$C probably doesn't care one way or the other, other than the fact they like going to NorCal every year.
[/quote]

That is incorrect. U$€ was a driver in the agreement that the California schools play each other annually.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5711336
[/quote]

There is nothing that demonstrates any incorrectness about my statement.  There may be other reasons stated in the article linked, but it is also a fact that U$C fans do like going to NorCal every year. 

Stanford played seven teams ranked in the Top 25 when Stanford played them.  Ohio State played, what three before Bama and Oregon?  If Stanford went undefeated or lost one game in the Pac-12 and didn't play USC, nobody would be claiming Stanford doesn't deserve to be in the playoff - Oregon did exactly this in 2014 and was in the playoff.  However, a two-loss Stanford, losing to USC, could keep them out of the playoff.  I'd prefer stacking the odds in my favor to win a National Championship.