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Mark Helfrich has a few more months before he can officially coach a game as Oregon's new man in charge. And yet he's already received an encouraging endorsement from the guy who would love nothing more than to squash the Ducks' on Nov. 7, crushing t...

STANFORD, Calif. -- Stanford quarterback Kevin Hogan, as a redshirt freshman, made his first career road start against No. 2 Oregon in Autzen Stadium, the most inhospitable venue in the Pac-12. Entering the game, the Ducks had won 13 games in a row o...

STANFORD, Calif. -- The first step in Stanford's national ascendancy was wearing blue shirts a mechanic would wear at the gas station. The message then-coach Jim Harbaugh was trying to deliver was simple: Sure, Stanford is one of the nation's elite u...

The narrative for Stanford football has changed. It didn't occur overnight, and it certainly didn't happen without scrutiny, skepticism and a challenge to the preconceived notion that an institution couldn't be elite in academics and football. The...

Books are useless! I only ever read one book, "To Kill A Mockingbird," and it gave me absolutely no insight on how to kill mockingbirds! Sure it taught me not to judge a man by the color of his skin...but what good does that do me? Former Arizona Q...

ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach foresees the Stanford Cardinal as the top team standing in the way of an Alabama three-peat in 2013. At least, that's how he stacks things up in the second iteration of his Way-Too-Early preseason top-25. Stanford repl...

For the second year in a row -- but only the fourth time in history -- the Super Bowl will be played without a former Trojans player in uniform.

Story | Conversation | January 30, 2013

Jim Harbaugh was an intense competitor during his playing days at Michigan, and it has carried over to his ways as the coach of the NFC champion San Francisco 49ers.

Brady Hoke and Greg Mattison coached under Jack Harbaugh, alongside his son John, at Western Michigan.

A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. More trouble for Arizona running back Ka'Deem Carey. Brandon Magee reflects on his time at Arizona State (video). A Cal recruiting roundup. Mike MacIntyre has added...

As colleague Brett McMurphy tweeted earlier today, the SEC leads all conferences with 23 players on the two Super Bowl rosters (based on 2012 conference membership). But the Big Ten isn't too far behind. The San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Raven...

The Super Bowl storyline has been set: it's Harbaugh vs. Harbaugh -- the first time brothers have squared off against each other in the biggest game on the NFL calendar. You could practically see USF coach Willie Taggart bouncing off the walls Sun...

Rooting for a guy named Harbaugh. Clemson running back Andre Ellington is using the Senior Bowl to show scouts size isn't everything. ESPN 300 receiver Kyrin Priester has flipped his commitment from NC State to Clemson. Blair Holliday plans to ...

And away we go ... Greg from Eldora, Iowa, writes: Hello Adam, on your BIG footprint article, the other states BIG teams needs to recruit are states that play high school spring ball, which I think is a much bigger reason than people think for SEC...

LOS ANGELES -- When he first got into coaching, Jim Harbaugh used to talk about conversations he had with his former Michigan coach, Bo Schembechler, regarding how he wanted to run an offense. How would he use the tight end, Schembechler would ask. W...

Second-year head coach David Shaw has repeatedly said he views Stanford as his destination job. After he signed what was termed a "long-term contract extension" Wednesday, perhaps more folks will believe him. Of course, Stanford didn't provide any...