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Leaving aside all the existential discussion about Stanford football, that was an old school Big Game sans a big Stanford contingent in the stands. One mediocre team salvaging a season in close fashion over a worse team. As I told Calfan wife to ever-increasing irritation as the game wore on: "Don't worry. Stanford knows how to lose. They'll find a way to lose." Right after the kickoff fumble recovery before Stanford puked on its own shoes, I started, briefly, to think I was full of ****. Briefly.
This is as simple as Stanford really knows how to lose. I mean 98 yards. Really?
One small correction to a point made above. Stanford has absolutely cemented 16th place in the ACC. They, along with Clemson, Louisville, Georgia Tech, and FSU (the half pairs of ACC-SEC rivalry games) have completed the 8-game conference schedule. Stanford has six losses and will end with six losses. Of the remaining teams that could also end with six losses - Cal, NC State, and Wake Forest - all of them beat Stanford, so Stanford doesn't tie any one of them. All of those teams also have better overall records with only Wake Forest not having already won five games.
Thanks FSU for sucking so badly this year, or Stanford could be the anchor. Pretty damn close to the anchor, so well done Coach Taylor.....