[Mick]

This Forbes article, now a dozen years old, describes the reasons behind Stanford's new prominence. Our newly hired General Managers is featured prominently.

The Secrets Behind Stanford's Emergence as a Football Powerhouse

And this two-month-old article attempts to answer "so...what happened?"

BTW and FWLIW, Stanford appreciates and honors excellence in all its forms. It tends not to venerate areas that are not excellent. So unless and until the football team returns to excellence...and I appreciate the host of reasons why it may not...it will lack fans. But given that we're committed to the ACC for the next decade or so, doesn't it make sense to get as close to excellence as possible?

[Mick]

This Forbes article, now a dozen years old, describes the reasons behind Stanford's new prominence. Our newly hired General Managers is featured prominently.

The Secrets Behind Stanford's Emergence as a Football Powerhouse

And this two-month-old article attempts to answer "so...what happened?"

BTW and FWLIW, Stanford appreciates and honors excellence in all its forms. It tends not to venerate areas that are not excellent. So unless and until the football team returns to excellence...and I appreciate the host of reasons why it may not...it will lack fans. But given that we're committed to the ACC for the next decade or so, doesn't it make sense to get as close to excellence as possible?