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Former Jesuit star Joey Alfieri is a defensive force at linebacker for Stanford

Jesuit High teammates Joey Alfieri, Henry Mondeaux and Charlie Landgraf piled into a car on a predawn morning in November of 2012 and rushed down I-5 to catch ESPN College GameDay, being broadcast live from Eugene.

The unbeaten and second-ranked Oregon Ducks were tangling with No. 13 Stanford later that day.

Alfieri, Mondeaux and Landgraf were UO recruits who wanted take in the GameDay show as well as the football game.

Alfieri remembers what happened on the field, where Sanford knocked off the Ducks 17-14, more than anything taking place on the set.

"I saw Stanford hold the No.