The matchup between Oregon and Stanford the past three seasons has been billed as the biggest game of the year on the West Coast, a de facto Pac-12 title game and national semifinal. In each of the past three years, the loser was handed its only regular-season defeat and would've surely played in the BCS championship game otherwise. When No. 2 Oregon (8-0, 5-0) visits sixth-ranked Stanford (7-1, 5-1) in prime time Thursday night, one team will announce itself as the best in the west and the other will watch its championship dreams wither away again. I'm getting ready for this tailgate,''' Stanford safety Ed Reynolds said. More...