Since Stanford took time off from football during the UW game, I’m taking time off from the blog for this one game. Long story short, I didn’t even get a chance to watch most of it. I’m not going to go into why, but regardless I don’t think I’ll even bother watching the tape. The game is lost in history to me.

For some perspective, keep in mind that this hasn’t really happened–at least not against anyone not named Oregon. Excluding its struggles against Oregon in the past 7 seasons, Stanford was not in position to win a game late in the 4th quarter for just the third time in the past 92 games. (Northwestern 2015 and ASU 2014 are the other times…again, excepting a few Oregon games.) That is a pretty spectacular run.

But times have changed. Oregon’s dominance is over. And Stanford’s is at risk as well. UW is in prime position to win the conference. I expect Stanford to lose again, which means that UW would have to lose three games for Stanford to reach the conference title game. That isn’t happening. So, our best bet is to root for the Huskies to run the table and make the Playoff. Maybe Stanford can pick up the pieces and still salvage another Rose Bowl season.

We will know a lot more after the Washington State game. And there is another amazing statistic related to Stanford’s last 92 football games that is at play here. Stanford has lost consecutive football games only once in the past 92 games. Big game against Wazzu this Saturday night. I can’t wait.