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Stanford football: Grading the Week
(AP Photo) Please note: Kickoff for the Washington State game should be announced today. I’m figuring 7 or 7:30 p.m. It’s quite possible Stanford will end October without having played a game that...
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Stanford football: Grading the Week
Expecting a kickoff time for 11/7 at Colorado to be announced today. Also expecting it to be the early game on the Pac12Nets — NOT official, but that’s my hunch based on several recent conversations....
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Stanford football: Grading the Week (and preview of the selection committee...
The first CFP rankings will be released Tuesday (4 p.m.), and Stanford figures to be in the top 6 or 8 or 10 or 12. It’s impossible to know with any degree of certainty, but the potential exists for...
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The Heisman Trophy: My ballot, the voting regions, another Stanford...
Quick thought on the Heisman announcement itself, which ought to be coming right … about …. NOW! (Holy stiffarm, that ceremony was skull crushing.) In recent years the Heisman Trust has cracked down...
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College football: Bowl season winners and losers
(Credit: USC) Before we get to the winners (that guy) and losers, please note: My ridiculously early top 25 for 2016 will be posted within the hour … and undoubtedly mocked within the...
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Heisman Trophy: Favorites for 2016
The Hotline’s early preview of the ’16 season, which began with my top-25 projections, continues with a look at 10 Heisman Trophy contenders. It’s a loaded field, for sure — one of the best in recent...
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Pac-12 football: 2016 all-conference projections
(Credit: Associated Press) Here’s the second in my series looking ahead to Pac-12 football in the ’16 season. (Order-of-finish projections are here.) Notes on the following: ** To be expected: Some...
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2017 NFL Draft: Ranking the top prospects from the Pac-12
(Credit: Getty Images) One of my favorite Hotline posts of the year, every year, is ranking the top Pac-12 prospects for the following year’s NFL Draft. It’s it’s mostly for entertainment purposes …...
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2017 NFL Draft: Top prospects from Cal, Stanford and San Jose State
(AP Photo) Piggybacking off my early Pac-12 projections for the 2017 NFL Draft, we’ll narrow the focus to Bay Area prospects. Please note: The rankings below don’t include all the draft-eligible...
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Pac-12 football: 2016 all-conference projections (post-spring practice edition)
(Credit: Associated Press) Playing off January projections for the Pac-12 all-conference team, here’s the Hotline’s revised look — revised and expanded. I’ve made a few adjustments to the first team...
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Stanford football: Training camp preview
Final installment of the series previewing the Bay Area teams as Stanford takes the field Sunday, following Cal and San Jose State. Coming early next week: My AP preseason ballot. *** TRAINING CAMP...
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Stanford football: Training camp update
(Credit: Bay Area News Group) It’s midway through training camp, and Stanford watchers might recall coach David Shaw expressing hope (many months ago) that he would name a starting quarterback at...
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Pac-12 football: Stanford game-by-game predictions for 2016
Stanford doesn’t have the toughest schedule in the conference. That honor, so to speak, goes to USC. But Stanford has the toughest early-season schedule — not only in the conference but quite possibly...
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Stanford football report card: Grading the win over Kansas State
(AP Photo) Two quick updates before we delve into the report card … Defensive lineman Harrison Phillips is unlikely to play against USC because of a knee injury but didn’t damage the ligament and...
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Pac-12 football rewind: If every team were a TV show …
It’s deep in the night … or maybe it’s early in the morning … and I’m a tad loopy, so please accept a TV show twist on the standard issue Pac-12 rewind … Theme of the week (off the field version):...
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