"Everybody is very clear on what this game means to us, what it means to everybody that's played here before. And what better year to do it than now, at home, with a lot of our fans here? Wright has spent the week reminding younger teammates of the magnitude that surrounds the Big Game and that previous results don't matter after the opening kickoff."
"Senior tight end Sam Roush knows the stakes in his final Big Game. This is my last crack at it, he said. The last three years, two of them were our game and we let them go. That sticks with me. This is the biggest game of the year for me and for the team. Stanford had an 11-point lead entering the fourth quarter last year in Berkeley, but gave up the winning touchdown with less than three minutes remaining."
"A fourth-quarter fumble returned for a score doomed the Cardinal in 2022. Roush said the team's bye week which came after three consecutive ACC losses brought renewed focus and a chance to address the miscues that have let recent Big Games slip away."
Stanford has not recorded a win over Cal during the current roster's tenure and faces the 128th Big Game at Stanford Stadium with pressure to reclaim the Axe. The Cardinal are 3-7 overall and 2-5 in ACC play, enduring three straight Big Game home losses for the first time since 1947-51 and four straight overall. Seniors and veterans carry urgency after recent late-game collapses, including an 11-point fourth-quarter lead lost last year and a 2022 fourth-quarter fumble returned for a score. A recent bye week followed three ACC losses and provided rest, self-scouting, and reevaluation of miscues.
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