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Strength coach supplants Bryce Love as Stanford's biggest star thanks to 'The Bachelor'

Stanford football generated a lot of media interested Tuesday, which seems easy enough to explain.

It was the first day of spring practice and the Cardinal, the West Coast's most consistently dominant program over the last decade or so, returns the Heisman Trophy runner-up, running back Bryce Love.

So, understandably, the team's media relations staff was busy fielding interview requests. Except, almost all of them were for ... a sports performance coach. And they were coming in from places like TMZ, People and US Weekly.

First day of spring football practice.

Interview requests for @Blovee_20: 2
Interview requests for @rossjirgl: 78

— Alan George (@treeSIDjorge) February 28, 2018

Ross Jirgl was thrust into the national spotlight Monday night when he appeared on an episode of ABC's "The Bachelor," in an attempt to win back his ex-girlfriend of seven years, Becca Kufrin, a contestant on the show.