Heading into the final month of the regular season, the Stanford Cardinal have big goals in mind.
As the only undefeated team in Pac-12 Conference play, the Cardinal (7-1, 6-0 Pac-12) are thinking not about a conference title, but about a national title, too. They are No. 9 in the Associated Press poll this week and No. 11 in the College Football Playoff rankings.
The next step for Stanford is getting past Colorado (4-5, 1-4) on Saturday. Buffzone.com caught up with Tom FitzGerald, who covers Stanford for the San Francisco Chronicle, to get his take on the Cardinal.