Well-balanced Stanford too much for USC
It’s a terrible thing until it becomes a blessing. As awkward as it seemed that Stanford played USC in the second week of September — and it’s definitely something that shouldn’t happen — the Cardinal emerged from Saturday night’s game win a 17-3 win, an enhanced reputation and a performance that left the Trojans looking decidedly overmatched.
For Stanford fans who have followed this rivalry over the decades, complete with ample doses of heartbreak, that makes for one fine evening. Researchers had to go back to 1941 to find a less productive USC game against Stanford (a 13-0 win for coach Clark Shaughnessy’s defending Pacific Coast Conference champions).