[Viking_Guy]

Lurck--

As long as EVERY other conference rivalry game (even the hallowed UTAH-COLORADO grudge match) rotates to that mid-October date in turn.  And not every season with the Bay Area game being the designated sacrifice to the gods of ESPN (as determined by a vote of our utterly disinterested peer schools).

And Outsider, no one is saying that the entire schedule should be held up on Stanford's academic calendar.  But the three games before the Stanford school year begins is awful.  Wonder if Bowlsby even considered that possible issue?  The Stanford release on it seems to indicate lobbying for Big Game, but no awareness of scheduling half the home schedule with no students on campus.  UCLA has a similar academic schedule, and also has three early home games, but at least they have 7 home games this year.

VG

[Viking_Guy]

Lurck--

As long as EVERY other conference rivalry game (even the hallowed UTAH-COLORADO grudge match) rotates to that mid-October date in turn.  And not every season with the Bay Area game being the designated sacrifice to the gods of ESPN (as determined by a vote of our utterly disinterested peer schools).

And Outsider, no one is saying that the entire schedule should be held up on Stanford's academic calendar.  But the three games before the Stanford school year begins is awful.  Wonder if Bowlsby even considered that possible issue?  The Stanford release on it seems to indicate lobbying for Big Game, but no awareness of scheduling half the home schedule with no students on campus.  UCLA has a similar academic schedule, and also has three early home games, but at least they have 7 home games this year.

VG