The ‘perfect player’ Owen Marecic made an impact right away for Stanford today, picking off the third play of the game. Jeff Tuel was leveled as he threw, causing the ball to hit Marecic in the numbers and giving Stanford excellent field position to start the game.
The Cougar defense held, after Andrew Luck missed a wide-open man, and forced a Cardinal field goal after Stanford had first and goal from inside the 10.
In Palo Alto, it’s 3-0 Cardinal early in the game.