Scout.com Freshman All-America Team

Below is this year's Scout.com Freshman All-America Team given to the nation's top redshirt and true freshmen including the national freshman of the year, as voted upon by the Scout.com football experts from around the country.   Full Story

Feeding the need of those of us incurably obsessed with the collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation of Stanford Football-related data, The Bootleg’s Senior Statistician Terry Johnson takes a detailed look at the remarkable resurgence of Stanford Football in 2009. Read on for "Terry2"'s look at the 2009 regular season as the Cardinal starts preparing to surpass the Sooners!   Full Story

Below is this year's Scout.com All-America Team, including the offensive player of the year, defensive player of the year, and national coach of the year, as voted upon by the Scout.com football experts from around the country.   Full Story

Coach Jim Harbaugh has often asked "Why not Stanford?". This week our football-crazed nation is being asked another big question: "Why not Toby?". There is no answer. Toby has done everything one could ask of him and then some. Had we handed off to our hero in the waning moments of the Cal game, we might not be as nervous as we are today, but why beat a dead horse, unless it is a "Trojan" one?   Full Story

Congratulations to Stanford running back and Heisman Trophy finalist Toby Gerhart. Tonight, the amazing #7 won the prestigious 2009 Doak Walker Award, putting him in truly elite company among Stanford's all-time greatest football players. The Doak Walker Award, first awarded in 1990, honors "the nation's top college football running back". A well-deserved honor indeed!   Full Story

This was a very inexperienced Stanford secondary, and it showed in their play all season long. Among starters in the defensive backfield this year were two players that were on the offensive side of the ball last year, two true sophomores seeing their first live game action, and a third-year CB/RB who until this year had seen more playing time on offense then on defense in his young career.   Full Story

The Scout.com football experts break down the finalists for the Heisman Trophy which will be presented this Saturday at the Downtown Athletic Club in New York City.   Full Story

NORMAN, Okla. -- Sunday, it was officially announced that OU will play Pac 10 representative Stanford in the Sun Bowl on Dec. 31 in El Paso, Texas.   Full Story

It has been confirmed: "The Spirit of Stanford" will meet "The Spirit of 76" at noon (MST) on Thursday, December 31, 2009 in a matchup with the Big 12's Oklahoma Sooners.   Full Story

Collegefootballnews’ Matthew Smith Reviews all the Pac-10 Games, Week Thirteen   Full Story

Stanford finishes its regular season with a thrilling 45-38 victory over Notre Dame. This was the last game in Stanford Stadium for our seniors, and it proved to be a game they will remember for a long time.   Full Story

The last time Stanford hosted the Big Game in 2007, we won 20-13 and took back our beloved Axe. I could hardly imagine ending my collegiate career on a better night. This year, we came in to the game with roses on our minds. But anyone who has ever been a part of the Big Game can tell you that everything before this game goes out the window, and nothing matters except the Axe.   Full Story

Rarely does one encounter a high school football recruit that seems more tailor-made to play football at Stanford than Oklahoma linebacker/defensive end Daniel Davis.   Full Story

"I’ve talked with students who have written economic papers for the President; I’ve talked with people who graduated high school three years early and are getting ready to enter medical school at age 21. I’ve met a wealth of academic talent here, as well as athletic talent. I’ve had breakfast with gold medalists and slapped high-fives with national champions."   Full Story

Sixth-year OT Allen Smith: "I got all the care needed to get me back on the field for Notre Dame, which was going to be my last game at Stanford. I told everyone when I came back for my sixth year that I wanted to be on the field, standing, when the clocks read zero. They gave me that ability, and so for that, I will be forever grateful."   Full Story

"We’ve had some rough games, some rough losses and some rough seasons, but at the same time, we’ve had some amazing joys. I would never trade the time I’ve had with my teammates for anything. The success that we’ve had with Coach Harbaugh has made the struggle entirely worth it, in my mind. I even told Coach Harbaugh and Bob Bowlsby after the Notre Dame game, 'This is what I was playing for.'"   Full Story

With the regular season wrapped up and placed under the tree (as opposed to under “The Tree”), The Bootleg’s merriest gentleman, Troy Clardy, looks back at a Cardinal season on the rise, a rare experience for long-dismayed Cardinal fans unaccustomed to seeing the team outperform expectations. Stanford fans are dreaming of a Cardinal & White Christmas and the team is ready to take on all comers!   Full Story

Stanford finished the 2009 campaign with a rousing come-back victory in its final regular season game and is now preparing for a post-season appearance. Thanks to the team's fourth quarter heroics, Dave Fowkes was able to go light on the red pencil this week, as the Cardinal passed its final exam with flying colors. On to earning extra credit and national exposure in a well-deserved bowl game!   Full Story

Lennon imagined world peace, no religion and no possessions. We imagine no BCS, not that we're shallow by comparison or anything. Seed 24 teams using this weeks' rankings exclusive to The Sweep and bracket them up against each other. Stanford's hypothetical path is Iowa, Cincinnati, TCU, Florida and Texas should they keep winning -- how far do we think the Card could go?   Full Story

Anyone else had it up to here with certain media personalities’ takes on the Heisman Trophy? Yeah, us too. Time for a parody. What if we ranked teams in our Boot Power Ratings using the same logic certain Heisman voters do? The Pac-10 is a jumble this year, but it just got a whole lot messier…   Full Story

This has been one weird season. USC was 12-1 against the spread last year and something like 20 games over .500 since the start of the Carroll era. They probably went 1-12 against the spread this year. Plus, Oklahoma fell on its face while Texas, Florida and Alabama decided that winning every game by 50 was sooo last year. How's Bet the Farm faring amidst the turmoil and who we like Sat.?   Full Story

In high school football, the focus should always be on the players and the outcome should be decided by the players on the field. But, in this state final, the outcome hung on a judgment call that went in favor of Warren Central and once again Carmel was the runner up for a second straight year.   Full Story

The weather won't be the only heat Dennis Erickson feels in 2010.   Full Story

It was great theater with a tremendous finale. Stanford climbed aboard “The Gerhart Express” and made tracks across the most fabled program in college football as the Card defeated a game Notre Dame squad 45-38 in a spectacular regular-season finale on national TV. The Cardinal regained its pre-Big Game mojo and will now prepare for its first post-season appearance in seven long, long years.   Full Story

A statement-making Toby Gerhart came through with a stunning performance for the ages. The Stanford team’s raucous chants of “Heisman! Heisman!” could be heard through the walls of the Cardinal locker room. A thrilling 45-38 comeback victory over Notre Dame broke a seven-year winless streak against the Irish and a packed house witnessed a tremendous football game in which the Cardinal “finished”.   Full Story