The California rivals have played some of the most exciting games of the last decade
When asking Stanford players and fans who their biggest rival is, you might expect them to say Cal, their local and perennial rival. Or maybe most would say Oregon, Stanford’s biggest competition in the Pac-12 North. However, both of these guesses are incorrect. According to Stanford fans and players, their biggest rival is USC. How did this animosity come to be? Let’s look at the last 10 years of this matchup.
2006: 42-0 USC
Oregon State scored a shocking upset in Corvallis the week beforehand to ruin USC’s undefeated record, and the Trojans had dropped from #3 to #9.