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Also, what if Stanford hadn't declined to participate in a bowl game?  We would have gotten 45 points had we won (presuming we stayed unranked), and 25 points had we lost the bowl game.

45 points would have made it interesting.

BC

Football is not a required counter, so would have displaced another sport at best. It might have helped if we had also become ranked, but wouldn't have got Stanford all that far by itself.

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Also, what if Stanford hadn't declined to participate in a bowl game?  We would have gotten 45 points had we won (presuming we stayed unranked), and 25 points had we lost the bowl game.

45 points would have made it interesting.

BC

Football is not a required counter, so would have displaced another sport at best. It might have helped if we had also become ranked, but wouldn't have got Stanford all that far by itself.