Cal, Stanford conference-opener provides teams with fresh start
Saturday’s Pac-12 opener between Cal and Stanford promises plenty of intriguing storylines, like the longstanding rivalry between the Bay Area schools, a bruising meeting of twin towers and a head coach facing his former team.
But all of those rousing subplots miss the simplest and most important subject.
“I don’t know how to add more meaning to it, just because I’m so anxious to get the Pac-12 season started and get rolling,” said Stanford head coach Jerod Haase, who started 23 games alongside Jason Kidd at Cal in 1992-93 before transferring to Kansas.