Andrew Luck News

Suddenly, Stanford is out of the top 25 and needing to beat Notre Dame to put the proper finish on its best football season in eight years.

Without waiting to see whether Oregon would beat Arizona in the desert, No. 14 Stanford took itself out of the Rose Bowl race.

TO GRASP TODAY'S Big Game mojo between Cal and host Stanford, it's time for our third annual interview with The Stanford Axe, also known as "Q & Axe." Q: We meet again, dear friend.

California quarterback Kevin Riley, top left, is lifted by teammates and fans after a win over Stanford during a NCAA college football game in Stanford, Calif., Saturday, Nov.

Greg Papa on the set of Chronicle Live. Greg Papa is bringing his show "Chronicle Live" to Stanford on Friday to help promote the 112th playing of the Big Game on Saturday.

You Stanford fans might enjoy this . Here's Todd McShay's first line: The more I watch of Stanford QB Andrew Luck this season the more flashbacks I have to Matt Ryan 's days at Boston College.

When Jeff Tedford sets up the digital video, taps "play" and starts to watch Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck, I wonder what Cal's coach feels.

One night this week, a handful of sweaty receivers played catch in nearly empty Stanford Stadium.

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The more I watch of Stanford QB Andrew Luck this season the more flashbacks I have to Matt Ryan 's days at Boston College.

The college season began as the Year of the Quarterback. All the Heisman Trophy talk centered on Oklahoma's Sam Bradford, Florida's Tim Tebow and Texas' Colt McCoy.

Jim Harbaugh's first recruiting trip as Stanford's football coach was to Texas to visit Andrew Luck even though it would be more than a year before the quarterback could arrive on campus.

Something tumultuous can happen this weekend in northern California. No, it has nothing to do with UC Berkeley's protests against the Regents' 32 percent tuition fee hike; nor does it have anything to do with the fact that Cal's Memorial Stadium is located on a fault line.

The 14th-ranked Stanford Cardinal are one of the hottest teams in college football, and they will play host to the California Golden Bears this weekend in a Pac-10 Conference rivalry bout referred to as the "Big Game". The Golden Bears have won four of their last five games to move to 7-3 overall and 4-3 in conference play.

Stanford running back Toby Gerhart has been mostly overlooked despite rushing for 1,395 yards and 19 touchdowns.

Cal coach Jeff Tedford has seen what the Stanford football team did to Oregon and USC -- score a combined 106 points against two defenses that held his offense to a total of two field goals.

Unfortunately, the government's decision to prosecute the mastermind of the Sept.

Finally, a Big Game that lives up to its name. This, folks, is what rivalry week feels like in Eugene and Los Angeles and Columbus but something Bay Area fans haven't experienced in nearly 20 years.

Toby Gerhart rushed for 178 yards and three touchdowns and Stanford emphatically followed up its 2007 upset at the Coliseum with the most points ever allowed by the Trojans.

Okay raise your hands. Who picked Stanford over USC in a total blowout today ? Not me obviously.