... and a bowl game in the same breath would have been blasphemy.

The 2006 campaign concluded with the Cardinals finishing 1-11 and rock bottom in the Pac-10.

Fast forward three years and the landscape has completely changed. Jim Harbaugh led Stanford to four wins in 2007, and five wins in 2008. Two losses last season came with less then a minute to play in the game.

It is safe to say that a new attitude has swept over the squad and the university in Palo Alto.

The stadium has seen new life with more and more fans filling the seats each Saturday. 

With a bowl berth seeming more and more realistic, here is a look at the 2009 Stanford Cardinals.

 

Offense

For Harbaugh, t...

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