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FEATURES/2 INTERMISSION/PULL-OUT Today Tomorrow KICKIN’ IT TRIBUTE CONCERT A live-stream communication app Performances honor Daniel Pearl ‘85 Sunny Sunny seeks to make hanging out easier 72 63 74 63 Home of Geoff Schiebinger CARDINALCARDINALTTODODAAYY Thhee SSttaannffoorrdd DDaaiillyy A n I n d e p e n d e n t P u b l i c a t i o n FRIDAY www.stanforddaily.com Volume 238 October 1, 2010 Issue 11 CARD AND DUCKS MEET IN CLASH OF UNBEATENS By KABIR SAWHNEY ner-up Toby Gerhart and Oregon stag- MANAGING EDITOR ing a big comeback behind the play of quarterback Jeremiah Masoli. Stan- In its most important game since ford eventually prevailed 51-42, deal- OREGON the 2000 Rose Bowl,the No.9 Stanford ing Oregon what turned out to be its (4-0, 1-0 Pac-10) football team will travel to Eugene, only Pac-10 loss of the season. This Eugene, Ore. 5:00 P.M. PST Ore., this weekend to take on No. 4 year,the styles might be similar,but the Oregon.The game is receiving nation- names will be different — Gerhart COVERAGE: al recognition and is being billed in graduated and moved onto the NFL, TV: ABC RADIO: KZSU 90.1 FM, some corners as the de-facto Pac-10 while Masoli was dismissed from the championship game. Duck roster for off-field violations and (kzsu.stanford.edu) While the Ducks (4-0, 1-0 Pac-10) now plays for Ole Miss. have been the favorite to win the con- Unlike last year’s meeting, both UP NEXT USC teams enter Saturday with top-10 rank- ference since August, the Cardinal (4- 10/9 Stanford, Calif. 0, 1-0) was thought of as a dark-horse ings and sky-high expectations. Over contender, picked to finish fourth in the season’s first four games,both have COVERAGE: TV: ABC the conference in the preseason proven themselves as capable con- RADIO: KZSU 90.1 FM media poll. (kzsu.stanford.edu) The contest figures to be one of con- Please see FOOTBALL,page 7 trasts, pitting Stanford head coach Jim Harbaugh’s physical, brute-force play- ing style against the finesse and gad- Three of The Daily’s football gurus give their takes on Saturday’s game getry of Oregon head coach Chip Kelly.Through its first four games,Har- baugh’s team has played in no-non- sense fashion, emphasizing size and power over speed and agility. Oppo- nents have often seen the Stanford of- fense lining up with six or seven offen- sive linemen with the clear intent of simply overpowering the opposing line.The Cardinal has even used sixth- year senior lineman James McGillicud- dy as an eligible receiver on some downs.Harbaugh will try to consistent- ly pound the Oregon defense, using Stanford’s superior physicality and of- No. 9 Stanford (4-0, 1-0) at No. 4 Oregon (4-0, 1-0) fensive line to wear down the Ducks KABIR SAWHNEY and keep their offense off the field. Meanwhile, the Oregon offense OREGON 45, STANFORD 42: Both offenses have the ability to match employs an extremely potent each other point for point; that much is fairly clear. This game will go down to the spread attack, which can score final drive, but Stanford will simply have one fewer clutch play in it than the Ducks. points in bunches and keep the The Cardinal?s defense will not be able to replicate its performances against Ducks in any game.They are able to Notre Dame and UCLA, and that will end up being the decisive factor in an ex- stretch the field using quarterback Darron Thomas and a talented core tremely close finish. of receivers, which can open holes for the speedy running back tandem ZACH ZIMMERMAN SIMON WARBY/ of LaMichael James and Kenjon STANFORD 34, OREGON 30: I have complete faith in a Stanford offense Barner. The Stanford Daily that has, even when struggling for quarters at a time, made other teams look silly. Last season’s clash at Stanford Sta- dium was a similar affair,with Stanford However, what concerns me, along with the rest of America, is Stanford’s lack of rolling up points behind Heisman run- athleticism defensively. Oregon’s James and Barner are absurdly fast, and have the potential to go off on any given night. My pick comes down to whether or not the Cardinal linebackers are up for the challenge. I think they are. JACOB JAFFE STANFORD 46, OREGON 45: Oregon is as talented as any team in the Cross-town rivals country, the game is in Autzen Stadium, Stanford is battling injuries and the time for a Cardinal letdown has never been higher. The signs seem to point to an Ore- gon victory. But this isn’t your dad’s (or sister’s) Stanford Cardinal. Stanford’s phys- Boston College squad, the Cardinal moved ical running game (yes, even without Toby Gerhart) steamrolls a small, quick Ore- Top-ranked Card prep to take into the No. 1 spot for the first time this sea- gon defense, and the new-look Cardinal 3-4 comes up with a couple big stops. A son. gutsy two-point conversion call by Harbaugh proves to be the difference. “The team’s playing really well right now on Santa Clara at home and we’re firing on all cylinders,so we’re ex- cited to play [Santa Clara],” said Stanford By NATE ADAMS head coach Paul Ratcliffe. HEAD TO HEAD: DESK EDITOR The Broncos, meanwhile, are coming off just their second defeat of 2010.After defeat- Earlier this week, Stanford was singled ing Oregon 2-0 last Friday, the team flew to Stanford,Oregon editors out in the NSCAA poll as the nation’s No. 1 Los Angeles to take on another Pac-10 op- team. Now it’s up to the Cardinal (8-0-2) to ponent, UCLA. Santa Clara ultimately lost defend that position and show why it has to the Bruins 1-0,the same score that came in earned it. its only other defeat this season,which came sound off on football game The next test for the country’s top squad early in September against Notre Dame. will come this Sunday as the Cardinal re- However, the losses are certainly no rea- son to take Santa Clara lightly. When they By THE DAILY SPORTS STAFF clear advantage lies at this point. sumes one of its more competitive rivalries, Kabir Sawhney: Stanford’s upset of hosting Bay Area foe Santa Clara. The played the Broncos, Notre Dame was ranked at No.3 and UCLA at No.15. With Stanford set to square off Oregon had to be one of the highlights match, the only one of the weekend, marks against Oregon this Saturday,The Stan- of last year for Cardinal fans. Coupled the final non-conference contest for the two “It’ll be an interesting game,” Ratcliffe said.“It’s always a tough match because it’s a ford Daily’s managing editor of sports, with the dismantling of USC,it marked top-25 teams. Kabir Sawhney,and The Oregon Daily the return of Stanford football to the Both squads have had successful seasons cross-town rivalry.It’ll be a hard game,Santa Clara’s a good team and I expect them to put Emerald’s sports editor, Lucas Clark, ranks of Pac-10 contenders. I still re- thus far, with No. 13 Santa Clara (7-2-2) suf- break down the matchup between the member rushing the field after that fering just a pair of losses and the Cardinal up a tough fight for us.” Any team would look to bounce back Cardinal and the Ducks. game, convinced that the trajectory of standing just one win away from a perfect the program only pointed upward. non-conference season. But as talented as after a loss,but Santa Clara will have an extra chip on its shoulder against Stanford this Lucas Clark: I can think of very few While Oregon has been the consen- the two rivals are, Sunday’s game arrives things that left more of a bitter taste in sus favorite in the Pac-10 since the end during a relative high for the Cardinal and a weekend.The Broncos played the Cardinal twice last year, losing 6-2 early in the season my mouth than when I walked out of of last year’s Rose Bowl,it should be in- low for the Broncos. Stanford Stadium last Nov. 7. Not only teresting to see if the Cardinal can Stanford, which had a perfect season in before being eliminated from playoff con- tention in a heartbreaking 1-0 loss in the did we face an eight-hour drive back to replicate last year’s result. I think the 2009 before losing to North Carolina in the Eugene,but Oregon had just had its na- game’s location is going to play a big national final, had been relegated to the na- Sweet 16. The goal that knocked Santa Clara out of tional championship hopes run into the factor in this one;Stanford has yet to go tion’s No. 2 team in 2010. The Cardinal ground by Toby Gerhart.The game was on the road this year against an oppo- earned draws against then-No.7 Boston Col- the tournament came on a 25-yard free kick from Teresa Noyola. The junior midfielder SIMON WARBY/The Stanford Daily one of the few low points in 2009 and nent of Oregon’s caliber, and Autzen lege and No.

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