Has it really only been two days since the Big Game Beatdown? Somehow it feels like we've had the Axe forever, doesn't it? Anyway, I thought it might be fun to take one more look back at the game, so I've gathered some useful links for your perusal. Don't worry, though. Starting tomorrow we'll be looking towards the future.
Scott Allen of RuleOfTree.com gives the low-down on the Cardinal's BCS chances. There are still a few dominos that need to fall in the right direction, but the Rose Bowl is looking more and more possible.
Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News grades the Cardinal performance against Cal. Hint: It's a good grade.
Mark Purdy of the San Jose Mercury News waxes poetic about Andrew Luck, and discovers that there's at least one thing he doesn't do well.
Ray Ratto of Comcast Sportsnet has more on Mr. Luck, focusing on his freight train impression at the expense of Cal defensive back Sean Cattouse.
Elliott Almond of the San Jose Mercury News offers a quick piece on Go Mighty Card's favorite Cardinal receiver, Doug Baldwin.
In the blogosphere, Darius at Various Provocations offers his outlook on the futures of Andrew Luck (going) and Jim Harbaugh (staying, for now).
Sports Illustrated's Steward Mandel laments the fact that a player as great as Andrew Luck might not even be invited to New York for the Heisman ceremony, and a team as great as the Stanford Cardinal might not even be invited to a BCS bowl.
If you can slog through two minutes of nonsense about the Big Ten and Virginia Tech, ESPN's Pat Forde has some good stuff to say about Andrew Luck:
Finally, here's a quick video from the good folks at Sports Illustrated: