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Stanford Regroups After Tough Big Game Loss To Cal

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Nov 24, 2009 3:30 pm US/Pacific

Stanford Regroups After Tough Big Game Loss To Cal

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STANFORD (CBS 5 / AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Stanford Quarterback Andrew Luck
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Football players at almost every level subscribe to the 24-hour rule. The celebration of any win or dejection over a loss needs to be out of the system within a day so a team can move on to its next task.

That proved to be a little harder than usual for Stanford, whose crushing Big Game loss to rival California that cost the Cardinal a chance at a Pac-10 title lingered.

What made the 34-28 loss to Cal so painful was that it had so much meaning and that it so easily could have gone Stanford's way. The Cardinal led 14-0 early before falling behind by 10 points in the fourth quarter.

But they had the ball at the Golden Bears 13 in the closing minutes with a chance at the go-ahead touchdown when Andrew Luck threw an interception that sealed the game.