09-29-2025, 02:42 PM
Here's Ivan Maisel's story from the September 29, 1980 Stanford Daily:
https://archives.stanforddaily.com/1980/...D_ARTICLE1
I love his opening line: "Neither cold nor rain nor the gloom of not having Darrin Nelson--and certainly not the vaunted Oklahoma defense--could prevent Stanford from its appointed touchdowns Saturday."
And for the young ones who might be wondering...yes, back then we were the Stanford Cardinals.
https://archives.stanforddaily.com/1980/...D_ARTICLE1
I love his opening line: "Neither cold nor rain nor the gloom of not having Darrin Nelson--and certainly not the vaunted Oklahoma defense--could prevent Stanford from its appointed touchdowns Saturday."
And for the young ones who might be wondering...yes, back then we were the Stanford Cardinals.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)