Sacramento Kings podcast with Charlie O: Kings on two-game skid, can only hope for the best against first place Clippers Thursday night

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On the Sacramento Kings podcast with Charlie O:


#1 The Sacramento Kings did face a major uphill battle in their game against Golden State on Saturday only to lose by a point 117-116 with less than a second remaining in Oakland.


#2 The Kings, the very next night Sunday, hosted the Utah Jazz, who they played in Utah last Wednesday and defeated them 119-110. In the game Sunday, the Jazz got their revenge with a huge 133-112 victory.


#3 NBA teams hate back-to-back games because like Charlie O wrote in the postgame wrap Sunday night it spells disaster and the Kings got a taste of that in the loss to Utah.


#4  The Kings got off to a 7-0 start, but it all collapsed from there and Sacramento never saw the lead again.


#5 The Los Angeles Clippers don’t make the Kings task any easier. The Clips sit at the top of the Western Conference with a 13-6 record and come to Golden 1 on Thursday night.


Join Charlie O on the Sacramento Kings podcast each Tuesday night at http://www.sportsradioservice.com


Stanford heads to Cal for rescheduled Big Game on Saturday

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By: Ana Kieu

The Bay Area air quality levels had improved, so the smoke and haze shouldn’t be issues in rescheduled 121st Big Game between the Stanford Cardinal and California Golden Bears inside Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Here’s what you need to know about the Big Game.

By the Numbers
Stanford Cardinal (7-4, 5-3)
Cal Bears (7-4, 4-4)
Dec. 1, 2018 at Noon PT
Memorial Stadium (63,000) in Berkeley, Calif.

Television
Live national broadcast on Pac-12 Network with Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play), Yogi Roth (analyst) and Jill Savage (sideline).

Radio
Live coverage on Stanford’s flagship station–KNBR 1050 AM–with Scott Reiss ’93 (play-by-play), Todd Husak ’00 (analyst) and Troy Clardy ’97 (sideline). The broadcast begins one hour before kickoff with the Cardinal Tailgate Show and concludes with the postgame Cardinal Locker Room Report.

The game can be heard on Stanford student radio–KZSU 90.1 FM–and online at kzsulive.stanford.edu.

On the Web
GoStanford.com • CalBears.com • #GoStanford

Other Stats to Keep in Mind
1 • Stanford is 7-0 this season when forcing at least one turnover, and 0-4 when not forcing a turnover.

2 • Sophomore tight end Colby Parkinson is second in the nation among tight ends with seven touchdown receptions.

3 • Stanford football players have conducted interviews in three foreign languages this season–JJ Arcega-Whiteside (Spanish), Jesse Burkett (Japanese) and Osiris St. Brown (German). All other Stanford football interviews this year have been done in English.

3 • Junior Kaden Smith is one of three finalists for the John Mackey Award, joining T.J. Hockenson (Iowa), Albert Okwuegbunam (Missouri). The winner will be announced on Dec. 5.

3 • The Cardinal vie for a sweep of its in-state rivals UCLA, USC and Cal for the third time in four years. The Cardinal most recently swept all three in 2015 and 2016. Under Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football David Shaw (2011-current), Stanford is 28-5 vs. in-state opponents, including 22-4 against USC, UCLA and Cal. This season, Stanford is 4-0 against Californian opposition.

4 • Stanford’s four losses this season have come against the AP’s curent No. 3, No. 10, No. 12 and No. 17th-ranked teams in the nation (Notre Dame, Washington, Washington State, Utah). Those four teams have a combined record of 40-8 (.833) this season.

5 • Costello’s five touchdown passes at UCLA on Nov. 24 were second-most in school history (Elway, 6 vs. OSU in 1980) and the most since Kevin Hogan had five in the 2013 Big Game.

8 • Stanford has won a series-record eight consecutive Big Games.

10 • Stanford has clinched its 10th straight bowl game appearance, extending the program record. The previous best streak was three–when the Cardinal went to three straight Rose Bowls from 1933-35. The 10 straight winning seasons is the longest streak since an 11-year run from 1968-78.

10 • Stanford clinched its 10th straight winning season in conference play, extending the school record. The previous best streak was seven straight years under Pop Warner in the Pacific Coast Conference from 1924-1930.

11 • Stanford has won a series-record 11 consecutive games over the Bruins, dating back to 2009 and including the 2012 Pac-12 Championship Game. It is the all-time longest winning streak by any opponent against the Bruins.

14 • Senior wide receiver JJ Arcega-Whiteside tied a school record and ranks third nationally (first among Pac-12 players) — with 14 receiving touchdowns. That ties Pro Football Hall of Famer James Lofton’s school record set in 1977. He is four away from matching Mario Bailey’s Pac-12 record set in 1991.

16 • In addition to his 55 receptions and 860 receiving yards this season, Arcega-Whiteside has drawn 16 penalties this year—13 pass interference and three holding calls for 210 penalty yards (1.6 penalties/game and 21.0 penalty yards/game).

17 • Sophomore cornerback Paulson Adebo ranks second nationally with 17 pass breakups and fifth in the NCAA with 19 passes defended.

20 • Junior quarterback K.J. Costello ranks among the Top 20 nationally in completion percentage (16th), completions per game (14th), passing efficiency (13th), passing touchdowns (9th), passing yards (14th), passing yards per game (12th) and yards per attempt (14th). He leads the Pac-12 in efficiency (159.1) and is second in the conference in yards (3,198), touchdowns (28) and yards per attempt (8.71).

21 • Stanford’s seniors finished their careers 20-5 (.800) at Stanford Stadium. In the last four years, the Cardinal has won 37 games, three Big Games, two Pac-12 North titles, a conference championship, and has played in the Rose Bowl, Sun Bowl and Alamo Bowl.

28 • Only Andrew Luck has thrown more TD passes in a season at Stanford than Costello’s 28 in 2018. Luck set the record with 37 in 2011 and had 32 in 2010.

100 • Arcega-Whiteside is the first Stanford player with four 100-yard receiving games in a season since Luke Powell in 2001. His eight career 100-yard receiving games ranks third in school history.

121 • The 121st Big Game was rescheduled due to poor air quality caused by the devastating wildfires in Butte County (Dec. 1 is Stanford’s latest calendar kickoff for a regular season game since the 2007 Big Game was played on the same date). Cal is Stanford’s most common opponent (next is USC with 98 all-time meetings), while Stanford’s 63 wins over the Bears are also its most against any opponent.

300 • Costello is the third Cardinal with seven 300-yard passing games in a season, joining John Elway (1982) and Steve Stenstrom, who set the school record with nine in 1993. He is the first Cardinal with four consecutive 100-yard passing performances since Steve Stenstrom had five in a row in 1994.

1,000 • The last Cardinal to reach 1,000 receiving yards in a season was Troy Walters in 1999. Arcega-Whiteside is just 140 yards away from that milestone.

3,201 • K.J. Costello’s 3,201 yards of total offense ranks fifth in school history. He needs 198 yards to move into third which would place him behind only Andrew Luck, who set the school record with 3,791 in 2010 and had 3,667 in 2011. In addition, Costello’s 3,198 passing yards this season are fifth-most in school history and is just 429 yards away from the school record set by Steve Stenstrom in 1993.

San Jose State returns to the hardwood on Wednesday vs. Indiana State

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By: Ana Kieu

SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose State men’s basketball returns to the hardwood on Wednesday evening to host the Indiana State in a nonconference game as the second of four straight home games played inside the Event Center. SJSU looks to snap a five-game losing skid, while Indiana State looks to make it four wins in a row.

Here’s what you need to know about San Jose State vs. Indiana State.

Game #7
Indiana State (3-1) vs. San Jose State (1-5)
Wednesday, Nov.28, 7:00 pm PT
Event Center (5,000)
San Jose, Calif.

Live Stats
Fans can view live stats of all SJSU men’s basketball games, home and away, by accessing the Live Stats feature at www.sjsuspartans.com. Click on the link on the women’s basketball schedule page to follow the action.

Video Streams
The Mountain West Network is your all-access passport to Spartan Athletics. For live and recorded video/audio of SJSU men’s basketball home and Mountain West road contests, the Mountain West Network is your home. Go to Mountain West Network logo at top of the Spartans Athletics home page or go to www.sjsuspartans.com/video.

New Look Spartans
SJSU’s top five scorers are all newcomers led by the junior transfer trio of Brae Ivey (13.5), Michael Steadman (13.3) and Craig LeCesne (11.8). Christian Anigwe (6.5) and Seneca Knight (6.0) round out the list.

Last Time Out
SJSU dropped their last game vs. Santa Clara by a final of 71-63. Although SJSU saw an improvement in rebounding margin (+15) and turnovers (11), they shot just 38.1 percent from the field and were unable to hold off the Broncos.

Success on the Boards
The Spartans rank second in the Mountain West in offensive rebounds (12.8) and fifth in defensive rebounds (27.3). Against Weber State (11/15), SJSU pulled down 48 total boards, the fourth-most in the Mountain West this season. The Spartans won the rebounding battle vs. Santa Clara 45-30.

Steady Steadman
JUCO transfer Michael Steadman is off to a hot start at his new home at SJSU. He currently ranks 3rd in the conference in total rebounds per game (9.8) and 28th nationally. He was named to the Junkanoo Jam All-Tournament team after averaging 11.7 points and 7 rebounds per game.

Steadman is coming off one of his best games of the season, dropping a career-high 21 points and 11 rebounds vs. Santa Clara. It is his second double-double of the season.

Full Offseason for Prioleau
Spartans head coach Jean Prioleau is entering his second season at the helm of SJSU men’s basketball and is coming off his first full offseason with the program. Prioleau was hired on August 4, 2017, and given just three months to prepare for his debut season. Now with a full offseason under his belt to prepare the team, Prioleau and staff are excited about the team’s potential.

Staff Shakeup
Jean Prioleau made some changes to his staff in the offseason as he brought in former NC State All-American Julius Hodge as an assistant coach. He also promoted director of basketball operations, Ryan Cooper, to assistant coach.

Scouting Indiana State
The Sycamores of Indiana State are currently 3-1 and on a 3-game win streak–Green Bay (78-74), McKendree (80-63) and Western Kentucky (63-54). They boast a pair of dynamic scorers in Jordan Barnes (20.3 ppg) and Tyreke Key (19.3 ppg). Indiana State is led by Greg Lansing in his ninth season at the helm.

Luck of LeCesne
Junior transfer Craig LeCesne currently boasts a five-game streak of double-digit scoring: Southern Utah (15), Weber State (10), CSU-Bakersfield (13), Central Michigan (13) and Santa Clara (13).

San Francisco 49ers podcast with David Zizmor: How the Foster release will impact the 49ers going into next week’s game

photo from sfgate.com: Hillborough County Sheriff’s photo of San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ruben Foster on Sunday who was released 12 hours after mug shot was taken after being charged with domestic violence

On the 49ers podcast with David:

#1 San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ruben Foster was arrested on Saturday night for domestic violence in Tampa and was released by the team immediately where does this leave the team. If Sunday’s loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was any indication the team for sure were embarrassed by this latest incident and did it impact them in their losing the game?

#2 Apparently, there was a October incident that never took a life of it’s own that was investigated by Santa Clara Police, but the charges were dropped. In the Tampa incident Saturday a neighbor at the 49ers’ hotel heard Foster and his girlfriend arguing and called police. It was reported that Foster hit the phone out of the girlfriend’s hands and pushed her in the chest.

David Zizmor does the 49ers podcasts each Tuesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Barracuda come back to cool off Heat 4-2

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By Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Barracuda scored four unanswered goals, including three in the second period, to come back from a two-goal deficit to defeat their Nor Cal rival the Stockton Heat 4-2 at SAP Center on Tuesday afternoon.

It was San Jose’s fourth victory over Stockton this season. It snapped their two-game losing streak and they have at least one point in their last four games. They regained the top spot in the Pacific Division.

Stockton (10-10-1-0) turned up the heat on San Jose just 46 seconds into the game. Alan Quine drew first blood when he scored his sixth goal of the season when his shot went past Cuda goalie Josef Korenar (7-1-1) . Dalton Prout and Kerby Rychel received assists.

Rychel made it a two-goal lead for Stockton on the power play early in the second period. With Manny Weiderer in the sin bin for holding, Rychel wristed a shot past Kornear for his 10th goal on the season at the 2:35 mark. Glenn Gaudin and Curtis Lazar received assists on the goal.

San Jose (11-3-1-2) answered back 22 seconds later to start a rally of four unanswered goals. Jon Martin was set up by Francis Perron and snapped a wrist shot past Heat goalie Jon Gillies (4-7-1) for his first goal on the season at the 2:57 mark.

Defenseman Jacob Middleton tied the game less than three minutes after Martin’s goal. Middleton received a pass from Thomas Gregiore and his shot from the left point snuck past Gillies for his second goal of the season at the 5:47 mark. Perron received the secondary assit for a two-point game.

Nick DeSimone gave the Cuda their first lead of the game when he received a cross ice pass from Rourke Chartier. DeSimone skated in a few feet from the blue line and blistered a shot past Gillies inside the left post. Dylan Gambrell received the secondary assist.

Despite being out shot 27-12 through two periods, San Jose was happy trading quality over quantity with three goals on just 12 shots.

Korenar made a great glove save on a point blank chance by Buddy Robinson with 2:25 left play in the game that prevented Stockton from getting the equalizer. 

Keaton Middleton, brother of Jacob, iced the game with an unassisted empty net goal with 17 seconds left in the game for his second goal of the season.

Korenar played a solid game, making 30 saves on 32 shots for his seventh victory. Gillies made 15 saves on 18 shots in suffering the loss.

GAME NOTES: San Jose was 0/4 on the power play. Stockton was 1/2.

The game’s faceoff started at 11am. The early start was due to the 2nd annual Cuda Classroom Day where kids from the area were treated to the hockey game.

The announced attendance was 4,353.

UP NEXT: The Barracuda travel up to Stockton take on the Heat on Saturday, Dec. 1 at 6:00 pm PT at Stockton Arena.

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary: NAACP joins boycott against S.F. Giants and owner Johnson; Donations came after racist remark and Confederate uniform photo of Hyde-Smith

photo from cnn.com: Mississippi Senator and Republican candidate Cindy Hyde-Smith wearing Confederate hat and carrying authentic Confederate rifle from the Civil War has received two donations from San Francisco Giants majority owner Charles B Smith

On That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast:

#1 San Francisco Giants majority owner Charles B Johnson is feeling the heat after his second donation to Mississippi Republican candidate Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith. While Hyde-Smith leads her Democratic opponent Mike Espy by 10 points in the polls for a run off election this Friday. Johnson is feeling the heat from Giants fans for his donation to Hyde-Smith, who has made racist remarks.

#2  How much do the Giants need to cut ties with Johnson and the partners’ vote to force Johnson to sell his share to them? Johnson defended himself saying he knew nothing about Hyde-Smith being a political racist and from a legal stand point that Johnson has a legal right to donate to any candidate he deems fit.

#3 There are a number of fans who do not want to do business with the Giants some and are ready to get a refund for their season tickets or refuse to come back to AT&T Park until Johnson is out as team owner. The NAACP announced on Monday night that they have called for a boycott against the Giants.

#4 Johnson made a donation to a Mississippi candidate in the maximum of $2700 and said he didn’t know anything about Smith saying that if she was invited to a public hanging she’d want front row seats and that she wore a confederate gray uniform and had her picture taken with it on. Johnson 85 made a donation to Hyde-Smith some nine days after she made the public hanging remark.

#5 We asked Amaury if this could bring the Giants down. The Giants hold a number of heritage ethnic themes before many Giants games, but no one right now believes the Giants’ sincerity about diversity with Johnson donating money to a political bigot according to fans, the NAACP and some sports analysts.

Amaury Pi-Gonzalez is the vice president of the Major League Baseball Hispanic Heritage Museum and does News and Commentary each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Jose State had an awful season, but there’s always next year

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By: Ana Kieu

SAN JOSE, Calif. — You know what they always say: “There’s always next year.”

That’s what Spartan nation said last year after head coach Brent Brennan’s lowly 2-11 (1-7 MW) record in 2017. But this year wasn’t much better. In fact, it was numerically worse than 2017, as we saw a hapless 1-11 (1-7 MW) record in 2018.

So what’s next for the Spartans? Only time will tell if the coaches on the coaching staff will be on the hot seats and if any players on the roster will request trades to other colleges.

But for now, let’s shift our attention to Brennan’s final press conference of the season in Simpkins Stadium Center on Monday afternoon. Here’s my Q&A with Brennan.

1. Last week, you said that the Spartans had to win the turnover battle to have a chance to beat Fresno State. The Spartans did that in both halves, but they fell short in the end. What went wrong in the loss?
I think when you’re playing a team like Fresno State, who is playing at such a high level and so mature, your margin for error is very slim and I think we made just too many mistakes in both offensive and defensive situations.

We came out at halftime behind 3-0 and we got the ball, so I was feeling great about how our players responded in that first half–rivalry game on the road and all that. I was really feeling great about how we were playing on defense. I knew we had to get something going on offense, and you saw us insert Chance LaChappelle a little bit–trying to give us a little bit of a spark in his running.

But I think what we found was that the team we were playing was better than us and it was that simple. We got our work cut out for us coming into this offseason to get into a place where we can finish those games in the fourth quarter next year that we didn’t finish this year.

2. Michael Carrillo had his first 300-yard passing game at the major college level in his final game as a Spartan. That was an incredible feat that I’m sure he’ll remember for years to come, but now, the seniors will be replaced, so what are a couple of things that you’re going to look for in future quarterbacks on the NLI Signing Dates?
We’re going to recruit quarterbacks in this class.

I think the good news is that we have Josh Love coming back. He played really well at times this year and we all saw a lot of growth in him and I’m really encouraged by that. He was able to throw the ball effectively. I think he did a really nice job pushing the ball down the field with some of those big throws that he completed.

And then, Chance LaChappelle. We had him run around for a little bit, so Chance is learning; and with that new redshirt rule, he wasn’t able to get out there since he was still technically a redshirt even though he played in the game.

Then, obviously, Montel (Aaron). Montel was working through his family thing and getting locked back into school and the team and all that stuff.

We’re heavily recruiting five or six quarterbacks, so I think that’s going to be an important position as we get into the next three weeks.

3. There were many defining moments this season, but what were your top five most memorable moments?
My top five most memorable moments? That’s a big question!

I’d say my first favorite moment was the locker room after the UNLV game. It was just incredible in there and just that feeling of seeing how those players felt winning that game. I thought that was just really, really special.

I think that the blocked field goal at Oregon was a big moment. I think that game was kind of a big moment because of how we responded. We were on the road against one of the toughest environments in the country to play in and we had just gotten beaten badly by Washington State on the road, so how our team responded was exciting.

I thought it was special on Senior Day. I was disappointed we didn’t get the win, but just seeing those players and their families and letting them know how much they meant to us and how much we cared about them, that was really special.

I think after Army, we came in here and met at 6:00 AM as a team and that was a big moment for us. Everybody was here, everybody was locked in. We kind of talked about redefining what we want going forward because that game was really hard and it disintegrated so quickly. And then we came back and played the heck out of San Diego State the next week. We had another game where we were tied in the fourth quarter and just needed to make one more play or one more tackle or one more block to win against a really good opponent.

I can think of a million different things, but that’s four for you and that’s good enough, right?

Cal Bears football podcast with Morris Phillips: Only 211 yards needed to beat Colorado, Cal Bears need more to top Stanford this Saturday

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On the Cal Bears football podcast with Morris:

#1 Cal has won four of their last five games and got a huge victory over the Colorado Buffaloes last Saturday.

#2 The Bears got 211 yards, not too impressive; but got 33 points and a 12 point lead good enough in the 32-21 win.

#3 With 211 yards against the Buffaloes and now with Stanford coming in this Saturday for the Big Game at Memorial Stadium. The Cardinal are coming off a win at UCLA the Bears are going to have to shore up better yardage against a team like Stanford.

#4 Head coach Justin Wilcox did say that Cal did take care of the ball.

#5 Big Game is Saturday a reschedule game from the original Nov. 17th date, which was canceled due to the camp fires in Butte County smoke. How do these two teams matchup?

Join Morris for the Cal Bears podcast at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Jackson roughs up Raiders in 34-17 win

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By Jeremy Kahn

With Joe Flacco on the bench for the second straight game, Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh turned to 2016 Heisman Trophy Winner Lamar Jackson for the second week in a row.

The rookie out of Louisville did not disappoint Harbaugh or his team, as he ran for 71 yards and a touchdown and the Ravens defeated the Oakland Raiders 34-17 at M&T Bank Stadium.

One week after carrying the ball 27 times for 117 yards in his NFL starting debut, Jackson carried the ball 11 times, including nine times in the second half.

Jackson attempted only seven passes in the second half, as he went 14-for-25 for 178 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions.

Gus Edwards ran for 118 yards, as the Ravens won for the second game in a row for the first time since September.

Terrell Suggs put the finishing touches on the win, as he recovered a fumble after Matthew Judon sacked Derek Carr and Suggs ran for 43 yards for the touchdown.

Doug Martin scored his first touchdown as a Raider, as he scored on the Raiders’ opening series of the game.

Justin Tucker pulled the Ravens within 7-3 on their first series of the game, as he kicked 47-yard field goal.

Cyrus Jones gave the Ravens the lead for good in the second quarter, as he returned a Johnny Townsend punt 70 yards for the touchdown.

After the two teams traded field goals to close out the scoring in the first half, Jackson scored on a five-yard run on the first series of the second half to stretch the Ravens lead up to 20-10.

Carr then drove the Raiders down the field, and it culminated with a one-handed touchdown catch by Jared Cook to cut the Ravens down to three.

That would be the Raiders only possession of the third quarter, as Jackson and the Ravens took the ball and held for the next 8:53 that ended with Jackson finding former Raiders wide receiver Michael Crabtree for the eight-yard touchdown pass.

Carr ended up going 16-for-34 for 194 yards with a touchdown, he was also sacked three times on the afternoon.

Martin led the Raiders in rushing with 11 carries for 51 yards with a touchdown, as the Raiders fall to 2-9 on the season.

Both Martin and Rookie Marcell Ateman led the Raiders in catches with three, while Ateman gained 16 yards and Martin gained 21 yards.

NOTES: Raiders backup defensive end Jacquies Smith was forced to leave the game with an Achilles injury, while defensive tackle Mo Hurst left in the third quarter with an undisclosed injury.

Carr went into the concussion protocol tent late in the second quarter, and was replaced by A.J. McCarron, who kneeled down for the final plays of the first half. Carr eventually returned to the game in the second half.

UP NEXT: After a bye, the 9-2 Kansas City Chiefs head to the Coliseum, as the two rivals will face each other twice over the final weeks of the season.

NCAAFB Podcast with Daniel Dullum: Crimson Tide go perfect; Central Florida stays undefeated; Clemson finishes undefeated: plus more

photo from al.com: Alabama defensive lineman LaBryan Ray (89) exits the field after the Iron Bowl Nov. 24, 2018

NCAAFB podcast with Daniel Dullum:

1) Poll and playoff update, coaching rumors Helton stays with USC Trojans contrary to the firing rumors, Texas Tech fires Kingsbury, Illinois Lovie Smith was extended for next season.

2) No. 1 – Alabama steamrolls Auburn to complete undefeated regular season

3) No. 9 – Central Florida remains unbeaten, loses quarterback McKenzie Milton to possible knee injury

4) No. 2 – Clemson is 12-0 after lopsided win over South Carolina State; Florida State’s bowl streak ends at 36 after loss to No. 11 Florida

5) Arizona State comes back for wild win over U of Arizona in Tucson, Sun Devils improve to 7-5; Minnesota reclaims Axe Trophy in win over Wisconsin 37-15; Stanford win over UCLA

Daniel Dullum is filling in for Michelle Richardson for the NCAAFB podcasts this week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com