[OutsiderFan]

If we beat UCLA twice in two weeks and finish 10-2 I will be thrilled to go to the Rose Bowl. I think it is intriguing and fun to speculate on getting to Miami, but that just seems so hard to fathom. Yes, we got screwed at ND and they could be us, but we shit the bed in those two losses and I am OK suffering the consequences. I also think given the speculation that a strong performance in a loss to UCLA puts us in the Fiesta Bowl shows a lot of respect. When you peel back the onion, no loss teams are ranked a head of one loss teams who are ranked ahead of two loss teams. Kinda the way it is.

Just because that is "kinda the way it is" it does not follow it always has to be that way.

I'm not inquiring about what anyone can fathom.  I'm inquiring about what is possible.  Stanford seems to have an opportunity - albeit small - to play for the college football national championship.  I can't believe Stanford fans wouldn't be interested in looking at the possibilities, no matter how remote.  They aren't as remote as it seems, IMO.

I mean it doesn't take Auburn beating Alabama or Georgia Tech beating Georgia for it to happen.  It may not even take Oregon losing to Oregon State or LSU losing to Arkansas.  It may simply take the right combination of very possible outcomes, like Notre Dame losing to USC, Florida losing to Florida State, and Texas beating Kansas State.  And of course, Stanford beating UCLA two times in a row.

[OutsiderFan]

If we beat UCLA twice in two weeks and finish 10-2 I will be thrilled to go to the Rose Bowl. I think it is intriguing and fun to speculate on getting to Miami, but that just seems so hard to fathom. Yes, we got screwed at ND and they could be us, but we shit the bed in those two losses and I am OK suffering the consequences. I also think given the speculation that a strong performance in a loss to UCLA puts us in the Fiesta Bowl shows a lot of respect. When you peel back the onion, no loss teams are ranked a head of one loss teams who are ranked ahead of two loss teams. Kinda the way it is.

Just because that is "kinda the way it is" it does not follow it always has to be that way.

I'm not inquiring about what anyone can fathom.  I'm inquiring about what is possible.  Stanford seems to have an opportunity - albeit small - to play for the college football national championship.  I can't believe Stanford fans wouldn't be interested in looking at the possibilities, no matter how remote.  They aren't as remote as it seems, IMO.

I mean it doesn't take Auburn beating Alabama or Georgia Tech beating Georgia for it to happen.  It may not even take Oregon losing to Oregon State or LSU losing to Arkansas.  It may simply take the right combination of very possible outcomes, like Notre Dame losing to USC, Florida losing to Florida State, and Texas beating Kansas State.  And of course, Stanford beating UCLA two times in a row.