Filed under: Arizona, Stanford, Pac 10
STANFORD, Calif. -- Stanford has lost just once this season -- to Oregon, a game it led at halftime. The No. 10 Cardinal have beaten everyone else in front of them, including two of the best "other" teams in the Pac-10.They are a potent combination of skill and confidence and they are led by a young man who is more clearly by the day the best quarterback in the country not already playing in the NFL. They are a legitimate top-10 team.
But with Oregon in the national championship picture, the end of this story is fuzzy for the Cardinal.
The burning question after Stanford's 42-17 win over No. 13 Arizona at Stanford Stadium Saturday night is this: What's Stanford playing for?
"We're playing to win a championship," said Cardinal coach Jim Harbaugh.
But Stanford (8-1, 5-1), which will vault a few spots in the rankings, probably isn't going to win a Pac-10 title. Even if Oregon loses once now before the end of the season, the Cardinal couldn't win a tiebreaker because of their 52-31 loss in Eugene on Oct. 2. Only two losses by the Ducks -- which is practically unthinkable -- would give Stanford a championship.
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Source: http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2010/11/07/stanford-may-not-get-what-it-deserves/
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