That’s not the most important contest. Stanford’s opportunity to win the Pac-12 championship hinges on what happens in Seattle, where Washington and Washington State will stage the Apple Cup at the same time.
Stanford had a similar experience in 2013, playing Notre Dame while hoping Arizona would beat Oregon. That happened, and the Cardinal also won their own game.
Stanford coach David Shaw figures his players will have enough to worry about, although he won’t keep them from seeing Apple Cup updates. He’s allowing the school’s game operations staff to post the score occasionally, but “it’s not going to be scrolling every two minutes,” he said.