11-02-2021, 11:52 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-02-2021, 11:54 AM by OutsiderFan.)
Talked with a Cal buddy today about the sad state of affairs for both programs (though Cal is a way better team than Stanford). We started out talking about how great the Michigan-Michigan State game was, until he wondered if Cal and Stanford would ever play each other undefeated that late in the season.
I said that's been my lifelong wish since the 1980s, to have the (not) Big Game decide the Rose Bowl participant, or at least actually be a big game in terms of national implications. Then I said the only time I can ever remember both teams being good was in 1991. So I went to wikipedia and learned #6 Cal went down 38-21 to #21 Stanford in 1991, in front of 86,000+ at Stanford Stadium! I said I don't know if those two will ever meet again with such a "low" combined ranking.
Think about this. In the span of 30 years, Stanford will go from having 86,000+ fans in its stadium to see a football game against Cal, to I would be shocked if even 30,000 come to see it this year.
This is what happens when schools care and when they don't.
I said that's been my lifelong wish since the 1980s, to have the (not) Big Game decide the Rose Bowl participant, or at least actually be a big game in terms of national implications. Then I said the only time I can ever remember both teams being good was in 1991. So I went to wikipedia and learned #6 Cal went down 38-21 to #21 Stanford in 1991, in front of 86,000+ at Stanford Stadium! I said I don't know if those two will ever meet again with such a "low" combined ranking.
Think about this. In the span of 30 years, Stanford will go from having 86,000+ fans in its stadium to see a football game against Cal, to I would be shocked if even 30,000 come to see it this year.
This is what happens when schools care and when they don't.