The Wolverine

March 2015 Signing Day Edition

The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports

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BY JOHN BORTON S tanford stood as much chance of beating U S C o n Oct. 6, 2007, as a three-legged fawn trying to escape a hungry mountain lion. Or so they said. After all, the Cardinal faced what Stanford head coach Jim Harbaugh de- scribed the previous summer at Pac-10 media day by saying: "There is no question in my mind that USC is the best team in the country and may be the best team in the history of college football." Now the 1-3 Cardinal stared down an invasion of Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, minus starting quarter- back T.C. Ostrander. Ostrander, a se- nior, absorbed a beating in Stanford's 41-3 annihilation by Arizona State a week earlier and suffered a seizure at a restaurant afterwards. Enter sophomore quarterback Ta- vita Pritchard, a sharp-minded but wholly untested signal-caller. He was to lead the Cardinal against Pete Harbaugh took over a Stanford program that had experienced five straight losing seasons and quickly instilled a winning mentality into the Cardinal players. PHOTO COURTESY STANFORDPHOTO.COM THE JACKHAMMER Head Coach Jim Harbaugh Is Relentless In His Pursuit Of Winning

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