Pac-12: Stanford wins, but most likely left out

That broke Sanders’ single-season record of 3,250 yards set in 1988, although McCaffrey took two extra games to do it.

While Sanders set his record in 11 games, McCaffrey has broken it in his 13th game of the season.

Stanford quarterback Kevin Hogan, clinching his team’s third Pac-12 championship in his four years at the helm of the Cardinal offense, was steady as per usual, completing nine of his 12 pass attempts for 144 yards and a touchdown, the majority of his yardage coming from McCaffrey. “Second of all, really…the biggest difference…was just the knowledge of all the blocking schemes, of all the plays, and knowing who he is reading”, Shaw said. Cravens said. “Most important opinion and thoughts are those from the locker room!”Players almost always want the interim coach hired because a regime change is hard.McCaffrey might not win the Heisman this year but could be the front-runner in 2016″.

Blake Martinez, playing with a bum ankle, then sacked Kessler and caused a fumble on the next possession that Thomas scooped up and ran in for the score that made it 27-16. However, Stanford enters Saturday a puncher’s chance of making the four-team field.

The Trojans did try to make it interesting in the third quarter.

In the end, after all was bled and won, Stanford and McCaffrey likely came up spectacularly short.

With a first-time starter at the helm, McCaffrey will get a clear shot to break his own record.

“Very proud of our kids and the season that they’ve had”, said Trojans head coach Clay Helton.

“I will take my time and due diligence to get the best coaches in to reach our goal of winning a national championship”, Helton said.

Stanford dominated the first half.

That something is a USC effort that withstood an early Stanford barrage with two goal-line stands, keeping the score at 13-0 when a blowout was on the brink.

The accomplishment also builds an interesting bridge to McCaffrey’s past: According to his mother, his childhood bedroom was filled with posters of Sanders.

Many USC fans on social media have pined for the return of former Trojans defensive coaches Ed Orgeron and Clancy Pendergast. Hogan ran it in from there to give Stanford a lead it didn’t give back. He put the football in good spots and found Christian McCaffrey when he was open. Stanford (11-2) clinched the Pac-12 title with a decisive 41-22 win against USC (8-5) also on Saturday. Kessler did manage to make things happen with his feet at times but it wasn’t enough to keep a Stanford defense off guard.

Redshirt freshman Christian Chapman threw for 203 yards and one touchdown in his first start for the Aztecs (10-3).

Despite being outplayed decisively in the first half, USC had reduced a 13-3 halftime deficit to 13-9 on Kessler’s 1-yard touchdown pass to fullback Jahleel Pinner on the Trojans first possession of the third quarter. “I look forward to having a tremendous bowl game with a bunch of unbelievable seniors”.

“I do believe at some point it’s going to be an eight-team playoff”, Shaw said Sunday, containing his ongoing political statement about being left out of the top four. The 34-22 lead proved to be a barrier the Trojans could not climb. But more immediately, for McCaffrey, Heisman voting ends Tuesday.