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This week's Big Game will be the 48th Big Game I've attended. That's every Big Game since 1975, except the 2020 Covid quarantine game.

Stanford's record in the 47 games I've attended is 28-18-1.

Some of my favorite Big Game memories, in no particular order:

1990 -- A great game. Glyn Milburn had 379 all-purpose yards. Then came the miracle finish, with Stanford scoring 9 points in the last 12 seconds to win it on John Hopkins' field goal.

2000 -- The only overtime Big Game. Stanford won on a TD pass from Randy Fasani to Casey Moore.

1976 -- An entertaining back-and-forth game. Stanford recovered a fumble at the Cal 2 yard line late in the fourth quarter to set up the winning TD.

1999 -- Casey Moore's 94-yard "Run for the Roses" clinched Stanford's first Rose Bowl appearance in 28 years.

2007 -- Nick Sanchez clinched the game with an interception in the last 2 minutes. Stanford's win broke a 5-game Big Game losing streak.

1991 -- Tommy Vardell ran for 182 yards and Stanford upset #6 ranked Cal.

2010 -- Andrew Luck led Stanford to a dominant win, highlighted by Luck's 58-yard run during which he flattened a would-be tackler.

 

Stanford was actually a 2 point favorite in the 1991 Big Game. 

I was drinking heavily at a bar the night before and bet my friend that Stanford would win...and I gave him 14 points.

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In the 1990 highlights, look for the effort of 26 JJ Lasley on the onside kick. In the scrum he taps the ball away from a Cal player so that it could be recovered by Dan Byers. Byers admitted later that his feet were out of bounds when he recovered the ball then he quickly got up before the officials could notice.

Who is the play by play guy? Hal ??? A classic finish needs a classic call and he nailed it.

The 1991 highlights are also pretty sweet.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liO4n7rortg

but they don't show Bob Whitfield flipping off the Cal bench...



https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x25hjbu

In the 4th quarter of the '91 BG, Whitfield was repeatedly telling the cal DL, "Here comes Tommy, right up my back."

[Red80]

This week's Big Game will be the 48th Big Game I've attended. That's every Big Game since 1975, except the 2020 Covid quarantine game.

Stanford's record in the 47 games I've attended is 28-18-1.

Some of my favorite Big Game memories, in no particular order:

1990 -- A great game. Glyn Milburn had 379 all-purpose yards. Then came the miracle finish, with Stanford scoring 9 points in the last 12 seconds to win it on John Hopkins' field goal.

2000 -- The only overtime Big Game. Stanford won on a TD pass from Randy Fasani to Casey Moore.

1976 -- An entertaining back-and-forth game. Stanford recovered a fumble at the Cal 2 yard line late in the fourth quarter to set up the winning TD.

1999 -- Casey Moore's 94-yard "Run for the Roses" clinched Stanford's first Rose Bowl appearance in 28 years.

2007 -- Nick Sanchez clinched the game with an interception in the last 2 minutes. Stanford's win broke a 5-game Big Game losing streak.

1991 -- Tommy Vardell ran for 182 yards and Stanford upset #6 ranked Cal.

2010 -- Andrew Luck led Stanford to a dominant win, highlighted by Luck's 58-yard run during which he flattened a would-be tackler.

 

Stanford was actually a 2 point favorite in the 1991 Big Game. 

I was drinking heavily at a bar the night before and bet my friend that Stanford would win...and I gave him 14 points.

---

In the 1990 highlights, look for the effort of 26 JJ Lasley on the onside kick. In the scrum he taps the ball away from a Cal player so that it could be recovered by Dan Byers. Byers admitted later that his feet were out of bounds when he recovered the ball then he quickly got up before the officials could notice.

Who is the play by play guy? Hal ??? A classic finish needs a classic call and he nailed it.

The 1991 highlights are also pretty sweet.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liO4n7rortg

but they don't show Bob Whitfield flipping off the Cal bench...



https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x25hjbu

In the 4th quarter of the '91 BG, Whitfield was repeatedly telling the cal DL, "Here comes Tommy, right up my back."