[Hank 91]

The official schedule will be announced Thursday morning at 11:00 AM, but here's what's been floating around the Twittersphere this evening:

Sept. 7 vs. San Jose State
Sept. 14 at Army
Sept. 21 vs. Arizona State
Sept. 28 at Washington
Oct. 5 vs. Washington State
Oct. 12 at Utah
Oct. 19 vs. UCLA
Oct. 26 at Oregon State
Nov. 7 vs. Oregon (Thursday)
Nov. 16 at USC
Nov. 23 at Cal
Nov. 30 vs. Notre Dame

First, you'll notice that they've got Big Game scheduled in Berkeley, which is obviously a mistake, so it's possible that the official schedule won't look like this. We'll see.

[Hank 91]

The official schedule will be announced Thursday morning at 11:00 AM, but here's what's been floating around the Twittersphere this evening:

Sept. 7 vs. San Jose State
Sept. 14 at Army
Sept. 21 vs. Arizona State
Sept. 28 at Washington
Oct. 5 vs. Washington State
Oct. 12 at Utah
Oct. 19 vs. UCLA
Oct. 26 at Oregon State
Nov. 7 vs. Oregon (Thursday)
Nov. 16 at USC
Nov. 23 at Cal
Nov. 30 vs. Notre Dame

First, you'll notice that they've got Big Game scheduled in Berkeley, which is obviously a mistake, so it's possible that the official schedule won't look like this. We'll see.

[Leftcoast]

Also, AT Washington again next year?  I don't trust this schedule.

[Leftcoast]

Also, AT Washington again next year?  I don't trust this schedule.

[Nan3cy]

No way we are playing AT low APR U next fall. Odd-numbered years are always at Stanford.

[Nan3cy]

No way we are playing AT low APR U next fall. Odd-numbered years are always at Stanford.

[Bruce Wang]

Who on the easy coast is going to the Army game?  Im trying to entice my better half by combining it with a trip to Blue Hill at Stone Barns and a trip to FDR's home.  This is the closest the team will be to the Northeast in the scheduled future.

[Bruce Wang]

Who on the easy coast is going to the Army game?  Im trying to entice my better half by combining it with a trip to Blue Hill at Stone Barns and a trip to FDR's home.  This is the closest the team will be to the Northeast in the scheduled future.

[jayasena]

I really hope the Oregon game is not on a Thursday. That will be a very high profile game (if things go according to plan). Possibly GameDay-worthy. Would be sad to waste that opportunity for proper national exposure.

[jayasena]

I really hope the Oregon game is not on a Thursday. That will be a very high profile game (if things go according to plan). Possibly GameDay-worthy. Would be sad to waste that opportunity for proper national exposure.

[Renaissance Man]

Any non-Saturday games are a problem if you do not live on campus.  If I want to attend, I have to take the day off or miss most of the first half.  The new TV contract may have been a financial windfall, but that has been the only benefit--our football schedules look like a low-level league, starved for exposure and the Pac-12 Network has allowed me to see two basketball games this year.

[Renaissance Man]

Any non-Saturday games are a problem if you do not live on campus.  If I want to attend, I have to take the day off or miss most of the first half.  The new TV contract may have been a financial windfall, but that has been the only benefit--our football schedules look like a low-level league, starved for exposure and the Pac-12 Network has allowed me to see two basketball games this year.

[FarmBoy]

Would having the Oregon game on a Thursday reduce the number of busloads of Eugenites to descend upon the Farm? Or do those kids just not care about missing classes in support of their Dux? The past two games in Palo Alto have been absolutely filthy with Duck students and fans in general. If a Thursday game limits their attendance, I would consider that a plus.

[FarmBoy]

Would having the Oregon game on a Thursday reduce the number of busloads of Eugenites to descend upon the Farm? Or do those kids just not care about missing classes in support of their Dux? The past two games in Palo Alto have been absolutely filthy with Duck students and fans in general. If a Thursday game limits their attendance, I would consider that a plus.

[Extra Point]

The Daily has an article about next year's schedule, that was apparently leaked from the Pac 12 office and tweeted by Tod Husak: http://www.stanforddaily.com/2013/01/10/...dule-2013/

If this is in fact the schedule, the last half of the season is going to be brutal. However, it is similar to other years where team had great success. The first half of the season may give young receivers and tight ends the chance to develop.

Edit: Apology to Hank 91. I did not see your post below.

[Extra Point]

The Daily has an article about next year's schedule, that was apparently leaked from the Pac 12 office and tweeted by Tod Husak: http://www.stanforddaily.com/2013/01/10/...dule-2013/

If this is in fact the schedule, the last half of the season is going to be brutal. However, it is similar to other years where team had great success. The first half of the season may give young receivers and tight ends the chance to develop.

Edit: Apology to Hank 91. I did not see your post below.

[Spiny_Norman]

Most of the country will start the season Aug 31.  Stanford starts a week later so early season opponents like SJS, Army and ASU may have additional game experience compared to Stanford. 

It is nice to see that Stanford would have extra prep time for Oregon and a few days extra to rest and get ready for USC.

I also would be excited during my reunion this fall to watch Stanford play UCLA.

[Spiny_Norman]

Most of the country will start the season Aug 31.  Stanford starts a week later so early season opponents like SJS, Army and ASU may have additional game experience compared to Stanford. 

It is nice to see that Stanford would have extra prep time for Oregon and a few days extra to rest and get ready for USC.

I also would be excited during my reunion this fall to watch Stanford play UCLA.

[atcg]

All right, here it is

https://twitter.com/StanfordFball/status...80/photo/1

9/7 - vs. SJSU
9/14 - @ Army
9/21 - vs. ASU
9/28 - @ WSU (in Seattle)
10/5 - vs. UW
10/12 - @ Utah
10/19 - vs. UCLA
10/26 - @ OSU
BYE
11/7 - vs. Oregon (on Thursday)
11/16 - @ USC
11/23 - vs. 59ers
11/30 - vs. ND

The last stretch seems interesting...and YES A BYE BEFORE OREGON. Although Oregon has a bye before the game too.

Backloading the schedule, SEC-style, allows the hype to build. If both Stanford and Oregon are NCG contenders, then they will both be undefeated top five teams. Whoever wins is in the driver's seat for the NCG. Although we knew that already.

[atcg]

All right, here it is

https://twitter.com/StanfordFball/status...80/photo/1

9/7 - vs. SJSU
9/14 - @ Army
9/21 - vs. ASU
9/28 - @ WSU (in Seattle)
10/5 - vs. UW
10/12 - @ Utah
10/19 - vs. UCLA
10/26 - @ OSU
BYE
11/7 - vs. Oregon (on Thursday)
11/16 - @ USC
11/23 - vs. 59ers
11/30 - vs. ND

The last stretch seems interesting...and YES A BYE BEFORE OREGON. Although Oregon has a bye before the game too.

Backloading the schedule, SEC-style, allows the hype to build. If both Stanford and Oregon are NCG contenders, then they will both be undefeated top five teams. Whoever wins is in the driver's seat for the NCG. Although we knew that already.

[Renaissance Man]

What are the odds that Thursday November 7 is a rush hour rainstorm, followed by a spectacularly sunny Bay Area Saturday on November 9?

[Renaissance Man]

What are the odds that Thursday November 7 is a rush hour rainstorm, followed by a spectacularly sunny Bay Area Saturday on November 9?

[FarmBoy]

I think the Pac12 scheduling rules require that both team have a bye before their Thursday night game. It kind of lessens the value of the Bye week, I would imagine, since you can't spend a full week on fundamentals and healing before going into game planning for the next game. Given Thursday night games are a new reality, and each team only gets 1 bye per year, I guess the "true bye" is going to become a thing of the past.

Well, unless the bus was just taking the kids from their hotel or the airport, I got the sense that they bus to away games for kids who want to travel. El Camino was basically lined with buses that had Oregon fans, mostly looking college-aged, milling about them before and after the '09 and '11 games. Google maps says it's 8.5 hours drive from Eugene to Palo Alto.

I imagine that the "U.SC let down" is basically a thing of the past, otherwise I'd be more worried about Big Game. I attribute half of the face plant we had in the '09 game to the fact that we played at the Coliseum the week before.

[FarmBoy]

I think the Pac12 scheduling rules require that both team have a bye before their Thursday night game. It kind of lessens the value of the Bye week, I would imagine, since you can't spend a full week on fundamentals and healing before going into game planning for the next game. Given Thursday night games are a new reality, and each team only gets 1 bye per year, I guess the "true bye" is going to become a thing of the past.

Well, unless the bus was just taking the kids from their hotel or the airport, I got the sense that they bus to away games for kids who want to travel. El Camino was basically lined with buses that had Oregon fans, mostly looking college-aged, milling about them before and after the '09 and '11 games. Google maps says it's 8.5 hours drive from Eugene to Palo Alto.

I imagine that the "U.SC let down" is basically a thing of the past, otherwise I'd be more worried about Big Game. I attribute half of the face plant we had in the '09 game to the fact that we played at the Coliseum the week before.

[97fan]

Interesting also that WSU is playing us in Seattle, presumably at the Seahawks stadium. Does this mean we are now a marquee draw within the Pac-12?

[97fan]

Interesting also that WSU is playing us in Seattle, presumably at the Seahawks stadium. Does this mean we are now a marquee draw within the Pac-12?

[washingtonismoney]

The bye before the Oregon game is -- to borrow a term I may have heard once or twice -- brobdingnagian.

[washingtonismoney]

The bye before the Oregon game is -- to borrow a term I may have heard once or twice -- brobdingnagian.

[Robbie]

Interesting also that WSU is playing us in Seattle, presumably at the Seahawks stadium. Does this mean we are now a marquee draw within the Pac-12?

They put one game in Seattle every year, and I think they do it more based on the calendar than anything else. They don't put their best game here, nor their worst. It probably won't sell out. And you are correct; it will be at Century Link Field.

I'm stoked given that it means I can see the team next year without a road trip. (Of course I can when they play the Huskies, but this means it will be three years in a row with a game in Seattle.)

[Robbie]

Interesting also that WSU is playing us in Seattle, presumably at the Seahawks stadium. Does this mean we are now a marquee draw within the Pac-12?

They put one game in Seattle every year, and I think they do it more based on the calendar than anything else. They don't put their best game here, nor their worst. It probably won't sell out. And you are correct; it will be at Century Link Field.

I'm stoked given that it means I can see the team next year without a road trip. (Of course I can when they play the Huskies, but this means it will be three years in a row with a game in Seattle.)

[82 Card]

If the team does as well as we hope, the field may be quite a conversation piece by Dec. 7.

[82 Card]

If the team does as well as we hope, the field may be quite a conversation piece by Dec. 7.

[Farm93]

[quote author=97fan link=topic=7363.msg56942#msg56942 date=1357847492]
Interesting also that WSU is playing us in Seattle, presumably at the Seahawks stadium. Does this mean we are now a marquee draw within the Pac-12?

They put one game in Seattle every year, and I think they do it more based on the calendar than anything else. They don't put their best game here, nor their worst. It probably won't sell out. And you are correct; it will be at Century Link Field.

I'm stoked given that it means I can see the team next year without a road trip. (Of course I can when they play the Huskies, but this means it will be three years in a row with a game in Seattle.)
[/quote]

WSU was putting Oregon or Oregon State in that Seattle game, but Wazzu alums were really upset because it made it too easy for their "home" game to be dominated by Oregon types.  So I suspect WSU will begin using Stanford and UCB.  That way their Seattle game will have more WSU people in the stands than away game fans.

[Farm93]

[quote author=97fan link=topic=7363.msg56942#msg56942 date=1357847492]
Interesting also that WSU is playing us in Seattle, presumably at the Seahawks stadium. Does this mean we are now a marquee draw within the Pac-12?

They put one game in Seattle every year, and I think they do it more based on the calendar than anything else. They don't put their best game here, nor their worst. It probably won't sell out. And you are correct; it will be at Century Link Field.

I'm stoked given that it means I can see the team next year without a road trip. (Of course I can when they play the Huskies, but this means it will be three years in a row with a game in Seattle.)
[/quote]

WSU was putting Oregon or Oregon State in that Seattle game, but Wazzu alums were really upset because it made it too easy for their "home" game to be dominated by Oregon types.  So I suspect WSU will begin using Stanford and UCB.  That way their Seattle game will have more WSU people in the stands than away game fans.