STANFORD, Calif. – Rarely does one player decide a game. Not in football. So much depends on what happens in different places, especially up front near the line of scrimmage.
But Saturday's contest at Stanford Stadium offered an exception. In front of an announced crowd of 44,422, Bryce Love was the difference in Stanford’s 34-24 win over Arizona State. The junior running back from North Carolina was the best player on the field, and it wasn’t even close.
Love rushed for a school-record 301 yards on just 25 carries. For most of the day, he was like a boxer, setting up his punches, every short run striking the Sun Devils like a jab.