by Morris Phillips

photo credit USA Today Cal’s Trevor Davis with 124 all purpose yards on Saturday

BERKELEY–Stanford (8-2) is arguably the most talented team in the Pac 12 but their also among the best coached in conference and the best coaches get the best responses and the Cardinal are coming off a loss against Oregon (7-3) on Saturday. For Cal (6-4) they really have to be on top of their game if they think their going to step into Stanford Stadium and win.

It’s going to be interesting to see how far Cal’s come because we know their going to be coming with their best shot it remains to be seen how good that shot will be. Last year when the Big Game was upon us Stanford was a team that was without a running game, without a star offensive player other than quarterback Kevin Hogan or running back Christian McCaffrey.

Hogan last season was really trying to find his identity that late in the season and this year couldn’t be any different when your talking about the Heisman caliber talent in McCaffrey, Hogan and Michael Rector as receiver this year. Stanford has some established players that really give the Cardinal a nice look. The Big Game kicks off this Saturday November 21st at 7:30 PM PST.

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