Santa Clara County, home of the 49ers and Levi's Stadium, issued enhanced COVID-19 guidelines for professional, collegiate and youth sports on Saturday afternoon that effectively put a three-week ban on any contact sports taking place in the county.
— Austin Jones ran for a pair of short touchdowns, Davis Mills threw for 205 yards and a TD, and Stanford blocked a would-be tying extra point in the final minute to take back The Axe trophy by beating Bay Area rival California 24-23 in the Big Game...
Week 13 provided a history-making kickoff, an 8-TD performance and plenty of Rivalry Week fireworks.
Pollack and Negandhi kick off the podcast discussing the first batch of College Football Playoff rankings, Notre Dame heading to North Carolina down two offensive linemen, Northwestern surprisingly smashing Wisconsin, David’s Dude of the Week, Coastal Carolina’s offense, Maryland-Indiana, JT Daniels impressing in his Georgia debut and their Week 13 picks. Later, Rece Davis hops on to talk about being in the spotlight with Northwestern’s success, BYU landing at No. 14, a nightmare playoff scenario for Cincinnati, the deck being stacked against the Pac-12 and the start of the college basketball season (48:39).
The Washington State-Stanford game set for Saturday has been canceled, the Pac-12 announced Friday
There have been Saturdays with more drama and bigger games. But this week still gave us surprises in the Big Ten, wild finishes and a fake spike for the win.
The Pac-12 apologized to the Stanford football team after an inconclusive COVID-19 test led to multiple players, including starting quarterback Davis Mills, missing the Cardinal's season-opening loss to Oregon.
Pollack and Negandhi kick off the podcast discussing the rash of cancelations across college football this weekend, if there should be a minimum number of games to make the playoff, David’s Dude of the Week and their Week 11 picks. Later, Joey Galloway joins the show after more than a year of ducking Negandhi’s invites to discuss the Pac-12, slotting Cincinnati just outside of the playoff picture and Justin Fields.
Herbie and Negandhi kick off the podcast discussing the excitement of the back-and-forth in Notre Dame’s win over Clemson, the Pac-12’s return, Kyle Trask playing with emotion, Alabama being Alabama, if Michigan and Penn State’s poor play, other surprises in the Big Ten, Liberty upsetting Virginia Tech and BYU continuing to impress.
Davis Mills will miss Stanford's season-opening game against Oregon due to protocols related to COVID-19. Jack West is expected to start in Mills' place.
For the first time all season, all Power 5 conferences were in action Saturday. Notre Dame had one of the weekend's biggest wins, while Michigan struggled for the second straight week.
| NORTH | CONF | OVR |
|---|---|---|
| Washington | 3-0 | 3-0 |
| Oregon | 3-1 | 3-1 |
| Oregon State | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| Washington State | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Stanford | 1-2 | 1-2 |
| California | 0-3 | 0-3 |
| SOUTH | CONF | OVR |
| USC | 3-0 | 3-0 |
| Colorado | 2-0 | 3-0 |
| UCLA | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| Arizona State | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| Utah | 0-2 | 0-2 |
| Arizona | 0-3 | 0-3 |
| NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Armitage | DE | Committed | 82 |
| Ari Patu | QB-DT | Committed | 82 |
| Jack Leyrer | OT | Committed | 79 |
| Mitch Leigber | S | Committed | 78 |
| Shield Taylor | TE-Y | Committed | 78 |
| YEAR | PLAYER | AWARD |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | B. Love | Doak Walker Award |
| 2017 | B. Love | Lombardi Award |
| 2015 | J. Garnett | Outland Trophy |
| 2015 | C. McCaffrey | Paul Hornung Award |
| 2011 | A. Luck | Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award |
