From the Vault: Stanford-San Diego State

Welcome back to The Vault. If you, like me, are trying to forget last Saturday’s loss, I think I can help. One way to take your mind off that loss is to look ahead to next week’s opponent. Today I will detail the short history of the series between the Stanford Cardinal and San Diego State Aztecs. It’s not a long history, in fact, it’s a bit surprising that these two opponents have played at all.

Stanford football wasn’t exactly peaking in the 1980’s. The high water mark that the Cardinal achieved was winning two consecutive Rose Bowls under John Ralson in 1971 and 1972 was long past. Ralston’s replacement, Jack Christiansen, was run out of town despite never coaching a losing team in his…