Stanford

The sports world is mourning the death Friday, of a well-respected, longtime football coach with Bay Area links.

For all that Stanford squandered with two botched snaps, suspect defense, a missed field goal and a failed 2-point conversion, the Cardinal can at least take some solace on what is left.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A West Coast college football rivalry that rarely sizzled in its first 10 decades has become a hot ticket.

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford built one of the most successful programs in the country over the past few years with a fairly simple formula: The Cardinal dominated the trenches with physical lines and a powerful running game so well that they made it to four straight BCS games.