Stanford football is busy making moves over the past week, with the latest being a new QB that had previously committed to Vanderbilt.

As expected, college football's rivalry week brought plenty in the department of unconventionality. We handed out nontraditional superlatives for the chaotic weekend.

Stanford Cardinal general manager Andrew Luck hired Washington Commanders quarterbacks coach Tavita Pritchard as Stanford’s next head coach on Friday, and the college football world quickly voiced its approval.

Benny Gealer raises the trophy after making a three-pointer with .08 seconds left to give Stanford the win over St. Louis University in the Acrisure Invitational Champioship game at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, Calif., Nov. 28, 2025. / Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Pritchard started 19 games at QB for Stanford before being replaced by Andrew Luck, who led the coaching search

One of the hottest Stanford CS courses this semester embraces rather than bans AI coding tools like Cursor and Claude.

On Friday, Stanford will take on Saint Louis in the Acrisure Series championship game. The game will take place at Acrisure Arena (same as Minnesota game) in Palm Desert, CA, and will start at 4:00PM PT.

Justin Wilcox had California in position for a third straight bowl game and had mostly made the Golden Bears competitive in his nine-year tenure as head coach. But Wilcox had never been able to put together a breakthrough season at Cal and then saw any hopes of ending this year on a positive note squandered with a blowout