10-21-2025, 03:41 PM
One of my all time favorite Stanford football memories was playing in Miami in 2011. I recall meeting many of you that Orange Bowl year as well.
(10-22-2025, 09:48 AM)Papa John Wrote: I just noticed that this is Miami's 7th game this season, their 6th at home. The one away game was in Tallahassee vs FSU, so they haven't left Florida yet this season! Meanwhile, this will be Stanford's 8th game, our 5th away from home. Our closest away game is BYU.
Not that this is a new issue, but by the end of the regular season Miami will have 4 away games--only one will be outside the Eastern time zone (SMU so one hour earlier). Stanford has 6 away games and not a single one will be played in the Pacific time zone.
(10-22-2025, 09:48 AM)Papa John Wrote: I just noticed that this is Miami's 7th game this season, their 6th at home. The one away game was in Tallahassee vs FSU, so they haven't left Florida yet this season! Meanwhile, this will be Stanford's 8th game, our 5th away from home. Our closest away game is BYU.
Not that this is a new issue, but by the end of the regular season Miami will have 4 away games--only one will be outside the Eastern time zone (SMU so one hour earlier). Stanford has 6 away games and not a single one will be played in the Pacific time zone.
(10-22-2025, 08:11 PM)Mick Wrote:(10-22-2025, 09:48 AM)Papa John Wrote: I just noticed that this is Miami's 7th game this season, their 6th at home. The one away game was in Tallahassee vs FSU, so they haven't left Florida yet this season! Meanwhile, this will be Stanford's 8th game, our 5th away from home. Our closest away game is BYU.
Not that this is a new issue, but by the end of the regular season Miami will have 4 away games--only one will be outside the Eastern time zone (SMU so one hour earlier). Stanford has 6 away games and not a single one will be played in the Pacific time zone.
Yes, it's not fair. But we didn't want to be an independent, and we didn't want to join a conference with too many schools ending in "State." So we signed up for the ridiculous, mind-numbing, jaw-dropping, bad-for-athletes travel.
(10-22-2025, 08:11 PM)Mick Wrote:(10-22-2025, 09:48 AM)Papa John Wrote: I just noticed that this is Miami's 7th game this season, their 6th at home. The one away game was in Tallahassee vs FSU, so they haven't left Florida yet this season! Meanwhile, this will be Stanford's 8th game, our 5th away from home. Our closest away game is BYU.
Not that this is a new issue, but by the end of the regular season Miami will have 4 away games--only one will be outside the Eastern time zone (SMU so one hour earlier). Stanford has 6 away games and not a single one will be played in the Pacific time zone.
Yes, it's not fair. But we didn't want to be an independent, and we didn't want to join a conference with too many schools ending in "State." So we signed up for the ridiculous, mind-numbing, jaw-dropping, bad-for-athletes travel.
(10-23-2025, 02:37 PM)Papa John Wrote:(10-22-2025, 08:11 PM)Mick Wrote:(10-22-2025, 09:48 AM)Papa John Wrote: I just noticed that this is Miami's 7th game this season, their 6th at home. The one away game was in Tallahassee vs FSU, so they haven't left Florida yet this season! Meanwhile, this will be Stanford's 8th game, our 5th away from home. Our closest away game is BYU.
Not that this is a new issue, but by the end of the regular season Miami will have 4 away games--only one will be outside the Eastern time zone (SMU so one hour earlier). Stanford has 6 away games and not a single one will be played in the Pacific time zone.
Yes, it's not fair. But we didn't want to be an independent, and we didn't want to join a conference with too many schools ending in "State." So we signed up for the ridiculous, mind-numbing, jaw-dropping, bad-for-athletes travel.
All true, but I really wasn't angling for the "not fair" claim. I was implying that Stanford should schedule nonconference games more like Miami. Other than Notre Dame, only schedule teams in the Pacific time zone, ideally with a 2-home-1-away arrangement. We would only need two or three non-P4 schools from Wazzu down to SDSU who would go for it. If that doesn't work then schedule a home game vs. an FCS opponent every year. Mimimum 7 home games every season.
(10-23-2025, 02:37 PM)Papa John Wrote:(10-22-2025, 08:11 PM)Mick Wrote:(10-22-2025, 09:48 AM)Papa John Wrote: I just noticed that this is Miami's 7th game this season, their 6th at home. The one away game was in Tallahassee vs FSU, so they haven't left Florida yet this season! Meanwhile, this will be Stanford's 8th game, our 5th away from home. Our closest away game is BYU.
Not that this is a new issue, but by the end of the regular season Miami will have 4 away games--only one will be outside the Eastern time zone (SMU so one hour earlier). Stanford has 6 away games and not a single one will be played in the Pacific time zone.
Yes, it's not fair. But we didn't want to be an independent, and we didn't want to join a conference with too many schools ending in "State." So we signed up for the ridiculous, mind-numbing, jaw-dropping, bad-for-athletes travel.
All true, but I really wasn't angling for the "not fair" claim. I was implying that Stanford should schedule nonconference games more like Miami. Other than Notre Dame, only schedule teams in the Pacific time zone, ideally with a 2-home-1-away arrangement. We would only need two or three non-P4 schools from Wazzu down to SDSU who would go for it. If that doesn't work then schedule a home game vs. an FCS opponent every year. Mimimum 7 home games every season.
(10-23-2025, 10:41 PM)chrisk Wrote: The future of Notre Dame's annual games with Stanford and USC still has not been announced. Currently, Stanford has not P4 games on its schedule 2026, 2028, 2029, and 2030. In years Stanford does not play ND, it will be scrambling to meet the requirement of at least one P4 non-conference game.
(10-23-2025, 10:41 PM)chrisk Wrote: The future of Notre Dame's annual games with Stanford and USC still has not been announced. Currently, Stanford has not P4 games on its schedule 2026, 2028, 2029, and 2030. In years Stanford does not play ND, it will be scrambling to meet the requirement of at least one P4 non-conference game.
(10-24-2025, 11:35 AM)Papa John Wrote:(10-23-2025, 10:41 PM)chrisk Wrote: The future of Notre Dame's annual games with Stanford and USC still has not been announced. Currently, Stanford has not P4 games on its schedule 2026, 2028, 2029, and 2030. In years Stanford does not play ND, it will be scrambling to meet the requirement of at least one P4 non-conference game.
I can see USC-ND going away, but ND has an affiliation with the ACC, so maybe that will impact their decision to keep the Stanford series? Or is it Stanford who wants to discontinue the series?
In any case you are, of course, correct that w/o ND Stanford will be scrambling to meet the one P4 nonconference game requirement. In that case, I would encourage Stanford to drop Vanderbilt and schedule a mountain or west coast P4 team. Unfortunately, there aren't that many of them: 4 in the B1G (Oregon, UW, USC, UCLA), 5 in the Big 12 (UA, ASU, Utah, BYU, Colorado). I think that's all of them.
(10-24-2025, 11:35 AM)Papa John Wrote:(10-23-2025, 10:41 PM)chrisk Wrote: The future of Notre Dame's annual games with Stanford and USC still has not been announced. Currently, Stanford has not P4 games on its schedule 2026, 2028, 2029, and 2030. In years Stanford does not play ND, it will be scrambling to meet the requirement of at least one P4 non-conference game.
I can see USC-ND going away, but ND has an affiliation with the ACC, so maybe that will impact their decision to keep the Stanford series? Or is it Stanford who wants to discontinue the series?
In any case you are, of course, correct that w/o ND Stanford will be scrambling to meet the one P4 nonconference game requirement. In that case, I would encourage Stanford to drop Vanderbilt and schedule a mountain or west coast P4 team. Unfortunately, there aren't that many of them: 4 in the B1G (Oregon, UW, USC, UCLA), 5 in the Big 12 (UA, ASU, Utah, BYU, Colorado). I think that's all of them.
(10-24-2025, 06:30 PM)Leftcoast Wrote: Really? I love the ND game when we're first good. We get to see a team with top 10 aspirations, national media presence, great gameday atmosphere and ... we've been competitive.Frankly, I don't dread it at all for the next two or three years. We need to get back to getting used to winning. The ACC schedule will be tough enough. I no longer miss the game with the Spoiled Children and will not miss the game with ND. What is the point of playing a schedule when rebuilding that gives you little chance of a bowl game or going better than 50/50? Trying to rebuild while being a replay of "MASH" is not the answer.
I admit to dreading it when we're really bad.
My nightmare is we replace it with a set of 3rd tier California teams - UC Davis, Sac St, San Jose St, or similar. And the football world ignores us.
(10-24-2025, 06:30 PM)Leftcoast Wrote: Really? I love the ND game when we're first good. We get to see a team with top 10 aspirations, national media presence, great gameday atmosphere and ... we've been competitive.Frankly, I don't dread it at all for the next two or three years. We need to get back to getting used to winning. The ACC schedule will be tough enough. I no longer miss the game with the Spoiled Children and will not miss the game with ND. What is the point of playing a schedule when rebuilding that gives you little chance of a bowl game or going better than 50/50? Trying to rebuild while being a replay of "MASH" is not the answer.
I admit to dreading it when we're really bad.
My nightmare is we replace it with a set of 3rd tier California teams - UC Davis, Sac St, San Jose St, or similar. And the football world ignores us.
(10-25-2025, 01:06 AM)newguy Wrote: have we ever played a team wearing camo before?
just wondering.
(10-25-2025, 01:06 AM)newguy Wrote: have we ever played a team wearing camo before?
just wondering.