Running the football
Tonight Stanford won the game by dominating in the trenches. Coming into tonight’s game Christian McCaffrey was questionable the entire week. On Saturday, news broke moments before the game that McCaffrey would be out. Stanford flat out dominated both sides of the ball in the trenches. In order for Stanford to have a chance to win this game, the running game had to be effective. Bryce Love showed tremendous toughness getting tough, short, and physical dirty yardage in the trenches. Bryce Love added a spark with McCaffrey's absence rushing for 129 yards on 23 carries and 1 touchdown.