Stanford crushes Oregon's title hopes with power football

Tyler Gaffney helps the Cardinal possess the ball for 42½ minutes with 45 carries (and one catch). (USATSI)

STANFORD, Calif. -- That pesky Utah loss will probably prevent this, but Bama-Stanfordwould be delicious.

Until proven otherwise, power football still prevails. That Oregon's no-huddle attack, with its Hi-Liter uniforms, could translate record-setting offense into a national title is still a tease. The 26-20 loss to Stanford on Thursday's national stage took everything you think you knew about college football this season and torched all of it.