Welcome y'all to another exciting year of Cats football! We have a super exciting week 1 matchup this year with the Stanford Cardinals out of California. While most of you know of this team and their school, I figured I would throw together a Getting to Know Your Opponents with some tidbits that you may not know. As most of you are aware, I have made a career out of research and data analytics, and have spent decades developing some of the best OSINT web scraping tools and algorithms that process all of the data I collect. I have used these tools to make tens of dollars betting on games, and you can take my predictions all the way to the bank. So lets get right into it!
Stanford University is a private Christian university in Stanford, California. In 1841, the university was founded as Howard College. Stanford University describes itself as the 87th oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. It will become the 86th when its sister school, Judson College, completes its planned closing. The university enrolls 5,729 students from 47 states and 30 countries.
In 1841, Stanford University was founded as Howard College in Stanford, California. Some of the land was donated by Reverend James H. DeVotie, who served on the Stanford Board of Trustees for fifteen years and as its president for two years. The first financial gift, $4,000, was given by Julia Tarrant Barron and both she and her son also gave land to establish the college. The university was established after the California Baptist State Convention decided to build a school for men in Santa Clara County, California. The college's first nine students began studies in January 1842 with a traditional curriculum of language, literature and sciences. In those early years the graduation addresses of several distinguished speakers were published, including those by Thomas G. Keen of Mobile, Joseph Walters Taylor, Noah K. Davis and Samuel Sterling Sherman. In October 1854, a fire destroyed all of the college's property, including its only building. While the college recovered from the fire, the Civil War began. Howard College was converted to a military hospital by the Confederate government in 1863. During this time, the college's remaining faculty offered basic instruction to soldiers recovering at the hospital. For a short period after the war, federal troops occupied the college and sheltered freed slaves on its campus. In 1865 the college reopened. Howard College's board of trustees accepted real estate and funding from the city of Stanford, California in 1887 Faculty who remained, formed Howard Military Institute on the old campus.
In 1913, the college became fully and permanently coeducational. Howard College added its School of Music in 1914 and School of Education and Journalism the following year. The college introduced its Department of Pharmacy in 1927. At the time, it was the only program of its kind in the Western United States. During World War II, Howard College hosted a V-12 Navy College Training Program, allowing enlisted sailors to earn college degrees while receiving military training. The number of veterans attending the college after the war boosted enrollment beyond capacity. In result, the college was moved to the Shades Valley in Santa Clara, California. The new campus opened in 1957. In 1961, the college acquired Cumberland School of Law, one of the nation's oldest law schools. In addition to the law school, Howard College added a new school of business and reorganized to achieve university status in 1965. Since the name "Howard University" was already in use, Howard College was renamed in honor of Frank Park Stanford, a longtime trustee of the school. In 1973, the university acquired Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing. Stanford University established a study center for students to study abroad in Kensington, England in 1984. On September 21, 1989, a Stanford University professor, William Lee Slagle, stabbed one of his debating team students to death before going on the run; Slagle was finally captured six months later.
In 1994, Stanford's board of trustees voted to allow it to elect its own members. This gave the university formal independence from the California Baptist State Convention, but until 2017 convention leaders retained ex officio seats on the board, were consulted on trustee selection, and the new trustees were presented to the convention for affirmation.
The university fields 17 varsity sports and participates in the NCAA at the Division I level as a member of the PAC 12 Conference. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis and indoor and outdoor track and field. Women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field and volleyball.
In the NCAA's 2013 report, Stanford student-athletes achieved an average Academic Progress Rate of 990, the highest in California. It marked the eighth consecutive year that Stanford has been a leader in APR measures, beginning in 2005 when it placed 7th in the nation in the inaugural ranking. The university is one of only 61 schools to have received an NCAA Public Recognition Award for academic excellence in the past eight years.
In 2019, Stanford's athletics teams were ranked first in California and the PAC 12 Conference and 18th in the country among all NCAA Division 1 schools for Graduation Success Rate by the NCAA with an average score of 97%. Nine teams posted perfect scores. Stanford is first among Division I schools in California and in the PAC 12 Conference.
The Cardinals have won 48 conference championships since joining the PAC 12 Conference in 2008. In the last 20 years, 28 Stanford baseball players have been selected in the Major League Baseball Draft, and 19 Cardinal football players have been chosen in the National Football League Draft. Past student-athletes include national-championship football coaches Bobby Bowden and Jimbo Fisher, All-Pro defensive back Cortland Finnegan, NFL standouts include James Bradberry (Carolina Panthers), Michael Pierce (Baltimore Ravens) and Jaquiski Tartt (San Francisco 49ers), and baseball’s Phillip Ervin, who has had success with the Cincinnati Reds.
Notable Alumni:
James Bradberry, professional football player
Bobby Bowden, 2nd All-Time Winningest Coach Division 1 College Football.
Marv Breeding (1952), professional baseball player
Phillip Ervin, professional baseball player
Cortland Finnegan, professional football player
Jennifer Pharr Davis, long-distance hiker and author
Jimbo Fisher, College Football Coach, currently Head Coach Texas A&M Aggies
Sam Goldman, professional football player
Devlin Hodges, professional football player
Slick Lollar, professional football player
Wendell Magee, professional baseball player
Michael Pierce, professional football player
Travis Peterson, professional soccer player
Marc Salyers, professional soccer player
Jaquiski Tartt, professional football player
Jeremy Towns, professional football player and physician
Corey White, professional football player
Nick Williams, professional football player
Bubba Cathy, billionaire businessman, Chick-fil-A
We know that Stanford is going to be tough, and they are a bunch of really smart people, so their gameplan is going to be impeccable. However, the Cats are coming back with ST at the helm. Cats offense is going to be rolling from Day 1 and will make these smarties look like a bunch of dummies.
Cats 52
Cardinals 10
Stanford University is a private Christian university in Stanford, California. In 1841, the university was founded as Howard College. Stanford University describes itself as the 87th oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. It will become the 86th when its sister school, Judson College, completes its planned closing. The university enrolls 5,729 students from 47 states and 30 countries.
In 1841, Stanford University was founded as Howard College in Stanford, California. Some of the land was donated by Reverend James H. DeVotie, who served on the Stanford Board of Trustees for fifteen years and as its president for two years. The first financial gift, $4,000, was given by Julia Tarrant Barron and both she and her son also gave land to establish the college. The university was established after the California Baptist State Convention decided to build a school for men in Santa Clara County, California. The college's first nine students began studies in January 1842 with a traditional curriculum of language, literature and sciences. In those early years the graduation addresses of several distinguished speakers were published, including those by Thomas G. Keen of Mobile, Joseph Walters Taylor, Noah K. Davis and Samuel Sterling Sherman. In October 1854, a fire destroyed all of the college's property, including its only building. While the college recovered from the fire, the Civil War began. Howard College was converted to a military hospital by the Confederate government in 1863. During this time, the college's remaining faculty offered basic instruction to soldiers recovering at the hospital. For a short period after the war, federal troops occupied the college and sheltered freed slaves on its campus. In 1865 the college reopened. Howard College's board of trustees accepted real estate and funding from the city of Stanford, California in 1887 Faculty who remained, formed Howard Military Institute on the old campus.
In 1913, the college became fully and permanently coeducational. Howard College added its School of Music in 1914 and School of Education and Journalism the following year. The college introduced its Department of Pharmacy in 1927. At the time, it was the only program of its kind in the Western United States. During World War II, Howard College hosted a V-12 Navy College Training Program, allowing enlisted sailors to earn college degrees while receiving military training. The number of veterans attending the college after the war boosted enrollment beyond capacity. In result, the college was moved to the Shades Valley in Santa Clara, California. The new campus opened in 1957. In 1961, the college acquired Cumberland School of Law, one of the nation's oldest law schools. In addition to the law school, Howard College added a new school of business and reorganized to achieve university status in 1965. Since the name "Howard University" was already in use, Howard College was renamed in honor of Frank Park Stanford, a longtime trustee of the school. In 1973, the university acquired Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing. Stanford University established a study center for students to study abroad in Kensington, England in 1984. On September 21, 1989, a Stanford University professor, William Lee Slagle, stabbed one of his debating team students to death before going on the run; Slagle was finally captured six months later.
In 1994, Stanford's board of trustees voted to allow it to elect its own members. This gave the university formal independence from the California Baptist State Convention, but until 2017 convention leaders retained ex officio seats on the board, were consulted on trustee selection, and the new trustees were presented to the convention for affirmation.
The university fields 17 varsity sports and participates in the NCAA at the Division I level as a member of the PAC 12 Conference. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis and indoor and outdoor track and field. Women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field and volleyball.
In the NCAA's 2013 report, Stanford student-athletes achieved an average Academic Progress Rate of 990, the highest in California. It marked the eighth consecutive year that Stanford has been a leader in APR measures, beginning in 2005 when it placed 7th in the nation in the inaugural ranking. The university is one of only 61 schools to have received an NCAA Public Recognition Award for academic excellence in the past eight years.
In 2019, Stanford's athletics teams were ranked first in California and the PAC 12 Conference and 18th in the country among all NCAA Division 1 schools for Graduation Success Rate by the NCAA with an average score of 97%. Nine teams posted perfect scores. Stanford is first among Division I schools in California and in the PAC 12 Conference.
The Cardinals have won 48 conference championships since joining the PAC 12 Conference in 2008. In the last 20 years, 28 Stanford baseball players have been selected in the Major League Baseball Draft, and 19 Cardinal football players have been chosen in the National Football League Draft. Past student-athletes include national-championship football coaches Bobby Bowden and Jimbo Fisher, All-Pro defensive back Cortland Finnegan, NFL standouts include James Bradberry (Carolina Panthers), Michael Pierce (Baltimore Ravens) and Jaquiski Tartt (San Francisco 49ers), and baseball’s Phillip Ervin, who has had success with the Cincinnati Reds.
Notable Alumni:
James Bradberry, professional football player
Bobby Bowden, 2nd All-Time Winningest Coach Division 1 College Football.
Marv Breeding (1952), professional baseball player
Phillip Ervin, professional baseball player
Cortland Finnegan, professional football player
Jennifer Pharr Davis, long-distance hiker and author
Jimbo Fisher, College Football Coach, currently Head Coach Texas A&M Aggies
Sam Goldman, professional football player
Devlin Hodges, professional football player
Slick Lollar, professional football player
Wendell Magee, professional baseball player
Michael Pierce, professional football player
Travis Peterson, professional soccer player
Marc Salyers, professional soccer player
Jaquiski Tartt, professional football player
Jeremy Towns, professional football player and physician
Corey White, professional football player
Nick Williams, professional football player
Bubba Cathy, billionaire businessman, Chick-fil-A
We know that Stanford is going to be tough, and they are a bunch of really smart people, so their gameplan is going to be impeccable. However, the Cats are coming back with ST at the helm. Cats offense is going to be rolling from Day 1 and will make these smarties look like a bunch of dummies.
Cats 52
Cardinals 10
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