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The Gate 13 Podcast
Coming live* from under the Gate 13 tree outside Stanford Stadium, a weekly look at Stanford football from some longtime fans with just the right mix of optimism and jadedness. THE Stanford football podcast.
Episodes
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2026 Week 9 - Stanford at Louisville: We're .500!!!
The Cardinal are .500! They pulled off the upset win over NC State 31-28. It doesn't mean the team is good, but still .500. Now the Cardinal head out on the…
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2026 Week 8 - Stanford vs NC State: Still Here
After back to back embarassing blow outs, the Cardinal got to be on the other side of the a big win, 34-7 at home against FCS Elon. This week Stanford stays…
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2026 Week 6 - Stanford at Notre Dame: Pathetic
A truly pathetic display by the Cardinal at Wake Forest last weekend. We mostly just rant about the program. This week Stanford is at Notre Dame. Don't bother…
The Gate 13 Podcast2026 Week 5 - Stanford at Wake Forest: Winning is fun!
Stanford is back in the win column, taking down Georgia Tech 34-27 in the first home game of the season with students back in town. This week they head back…
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2026 Week 4 - Stanford vs GT: We've Seen This Before
Stanford went East for the first time this year and did what they do out there, falling to Duke 35-7. We lament seeing the same ol' thing from the Cardinal…
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2026 Week 3 - Stanford at Duke: Tavita not undefeated
Stanford is coming off a bye week that they hopefully used to recover from and forget about the 45-6 drubbing by Miami. We talk about the loss, and then look…
The Gate 13 Podcast2026 Week 1 - Stanford vs Miami: Tavita Undefeated!
Stanford wins! They needed a comeback to do it after blowing a lead, but Stanford defeats Hawai'i 37-27 to get win 1 of the Tavita era. We talk the bright…
The Gate 13 Podcast2026 Week 0 - Stanford vs Hawaii: Luck Pritchard Era!
We are back! For some reason! The 2026 season season is upon us. We take a look at some of the new faces on the team on both the coaching staff and roster…
The Gate 13 Podcast2025 Post Season: Tavita? Really?
The season is over after a 49-20 loss to Notre Dame (good cover). Stanford finishes 4-8 overall, 3-5 in conference. The best finish since 2020! Also, the…
The Gate 13 Podcast2025 Week 14 - Stanford vs ND: The Axe is Back!
The Axe is home! Stanford smoked Cal 31-10 in an unexpected blow to get the big 4th win. We gush about the defense, and then look ahead to the finale against…
The Gate 13 Podcast2025 Week 13 - Stanford vs Cal: Cal is Poo
After two grim losses and a bye week, we're back, and so is Stanford. The Cardinal host Cal for the 128th Big Game this Saturday. Can we finally get a 4th win…
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2025 Week 10 - Stanford vs Pitt: No Camo, Please
Stanford kept it close for a lot longer than we expected, that's good, right? After the 42-7 blowout, Stanford is back home this week to face the (good?) Pitt…
The Gate 13 Podcast2025 Week 9 - Stanford at Miami: All About the U
Stanford pulls off the big upset, beating FSU 20-13! We're a perfect 3-0 at home, what more could we ask for? We talk about the sloppy game, and look ahead to…
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2025 Week 8 - Stanford vs FSU: Was that progress?
Stanford falls to SMU on the road 34-10, which is technically better than they did last year. And the Cardinal kept it close for 3 quarters, so maybe if we…
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2025 Week 7 - Stanford at SMU: Pancakes for All!
Hope everyone had a restful bye week! Stanford's back in action here in Rivalry Week at our long time rival SMU. We talk about how badly we're probably going…
The Gate 13 Podcast2025 Week 6 - Stanford's Second Bye!
Not as good as we hoped, but these days we'll take a win any way we can get it. Stanford comes back to beat SJSU 30-29. We talk about the game, and then…
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2025 Week 5 - Stanford vs SJSU: Back to Reality
Oooooof. That was rough. I guess we aren't good after all, at least on the road. We talk about all the things that went wrong at UVA, and talk about the Bill…
The Gate 13 Podcast2025 Week 4 - Stanford at Virginia: Irrational Exuberance
A win! A home win! In conference! By more than 3 points! We get excited about our home opening 30-20 win over BC, and then talk about whether we can keep a…
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2025 Week 3 - Stanford vs Boston College: Still getting worse!
Things are still bad! This week we talk about the faceplant at BYU, wonder about what we should do at QB, and look ahead to our ACC and home opener vs BC this…
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2025 Week 2 - Stanford at BYU: Rock bottom yet?
Welp, looks like we're still pretty bad. We talk about the week 0 loss to Hawaii, and look ahead to the week 2 game at BYU. Do we think we can cover the 19…
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2025 Week 0 - Stanford at Hawaii: Luck Reich Era!
The 2025 season begins! We look at all of the new faces, including new interim head coach Frank Reich, talk about what we really hope to see this year, and…
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Emergency Podcast: Troy Taylor OUT!
Surprise, Troy Taylor is FIRED! After a report came out about multiple investigations into harassment and bullying of staff and administrators, Troy Taylor is…
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2024 Season Recap!
The 2024 College Football season is over, and we can confirm that the team is just as bad as it was in 2023. We talk about the crappy season, and talk about…
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2024 Week 14 - Stanford at SJSU: NOT LAST!
So close! Stanford blew a two score lead in the 4th quarter and Cal keeps the axe. We look back at the game, the ACC season, and then look ahead to the return…
The Gate 13 Podcast2024 Week 13 - Stanford at Cal: Wow!
That was different! Stanford pulls off the upset with another walk-off Field Goal, beating Louisville 38-35. Now it's Big Game week, with the chance to remind…
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2024 Week 12 - Stanford vs Louisville: Do we still care?
More of the same before the bye with another blowout loss. We talk the drubbing by NC State, look ahead to another likely loss in the last home game against…
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2024 Week 10 - Stanford at NC State: Breakfast Football
The slide continues, but at least we were competitive? We talk the close loss to Wake Forest, and look ahead at maybe our last chance for another ACC game…
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2024 Week 9 - Stanford vs WF: Time to win one
Stanford suffers another blow out, with one of the worst offensive performances we've ever seen. But, the gauntlet is over, and this week we face a team much…
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2024 Week 8 - Stanford vs SMU: Rivalry Week!
Stanford has suffered back to back blow outs, and now faces another challenge in #21 SMU. Maybe we'll see some improvement this week? We're not so sure. Follow…
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2024 Week 6 - Stanford vs Virginia Tech: Repeat the Orange Bowl!
Stanford expectedly drops to Clemson 40-14, but kept it close through a half which maybe we didn't expect. This week the Cardinal return home for their first…
The Gate 13 Podcast2024 Week 5 - Stanford at Clemson: Kings of the ACC!
Stanford opens ACC play with a thrilling 26-24 win at Syracuse! We talk about our PERFECT ACC record, and then look forward to our next game against a team…
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2024 Week 4 - Stanford at Syracuse: We Got a Home Win!
First, we had some technical difficulties this week so we apologize for the poor audio quality. If it isn't fixed next week you can relegate us to the new…
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2024 Week 2 - Stanford vs Cal Poly: Just Like We Predicted
Stanford falls to TCU 34-27 in their season opener, EXACTLY LIKE WE PREDICTED. The Cardinal fall to 0-1, but face FCS Cal Poly this week with a good chance to…
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2024 Week 1 - Stanford vs TCU: The Most Bizzare Schedule
Episode Notes It's week 1 of the 2024 College Football Season! Stanford is in a brand new conference, with brand new teams, and we have no idea what's going…
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2023 Season Recap: So Long, Pac-12!
Another season, another 3-9 finish. But this year feels different! We talk about the struggles and lowlights of the year, some of the highlights, and some of…
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2023 Week 13 - Stanford vs Notre Dame: Beating Expectations!
Episode Notes Stanford drops Big Game 27-15 at home, and ugly, penalty filled loss that was still within winning distance. Stanford finishes the season 2-7 in…
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2023 Week 12 - Stanford vs Cal: Cal is still Poo
Episode Notes Welp, that sucked, like many of our games this season. Stanford falls to #11 Oregon State 62-17 (so close). We briefly touch on the blow and then…
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2023 Week 11 - Stanford at OSU: Road Warriors!
Stanford wins a beautiful 10-7 slugfest over WSU, and miraculously improves to 3-1 on the road! We look back at the impressive defensive performance (and less…
The Gate 13 Podcast2023 Week 10 - Stanford at WSU: Time to Run the Table
Episode Notes Stanford keeps up its streak of alternating good and bad games, this time hanging tough with #5 Washington until the end. We look back at the…
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2023 Week 9 - Stanford vs UW: Still Not Last
Episode Notes Back to form, Stanford loses it's homecoming game to UCLA 42-7 in another not-really-competitive game. We repeat ourselves talking about this…
The Gate 13 Podcast2023 Week 8 - Stanford vs UCLA: WE GOT THE CLICKS!
Holy Moly! Stanford just completed an epic comeback (the largest in school history) and got their first conference win! We talk about the stunning 46-43 2OT…
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2023 Week 7 - Stanford at Colorado: Should We Play for Clicks?
Episode Notes We hope you all had a relaxing BYE week, and completely forgot about that Oregon game. Well, except the first quarter, that was kind of fun. We…
The Gate 13 Podcast2023 Week 5 - Stanford vs Oregon: Moral Victories!
That sucked less! Stanford loses 21-20 to Arizona in a game full of surprises. Honestly, we'll take it. Things get a lot harder as Stanford hosts #9 Oregon…
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2023 Week 4 - Stanford vs Arizona
Episode Notes Welp. That also sucked. Stanford loses 30-23 to Sac State in the home opener. Remember folks, it's a rebuild. This week we host Big-12 bound…
The Gate 13 Podcast2023 Week 3 - Stanford vs Sacramento State: Can't Lose
Episode Notes Welp. That sucked. Stanford loses 56-10 to Southern Cal on our last trip to LA. But this week we can bounce back with the home opener against FCS…
The Gate 13 Podcast2023 Week 2 - Stanford at U$C: C'mon Vegas
Episode Notes The Troy Taylor era kicks off with a 37-24 win over Hawaii! We discuss the win, and look ahead to our matchup at #6 U$C this Saturday. Oh yeah…
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2023 Week 1 - Stanford at Hawaii: Nobody Knows Anything
College football is back! Stanford kicks off the 2023 season at Hawai'i, Friday at 8PM Pacific! We look forward to the game, talk about the conference…
The Gate 13 Podcast2023 Pre-season Preview
The 2023 Season is almost upon us! And the Pac-12 Conference is dead! We talk the end of the Pac-12, Stanford's new coaching staff and roster, and look at the…
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2022 Stanford's Got a New Coach!
Welcome Troy Taylor, Stanford's new head football coach! We talk about Taylor's background and what we think of the hire. And now the podcast isn't going to be…
The Gate 13 Podcast2022 Week 14 - Thank You Coach Shaw!
Emergency Podcast! After the final game of the season, Stanford coach David Shaw announced he was stepping down from the head coaching job. So much for our…
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2022 Week 13 - Stanford vs BYU: Write Your Congressperson
The season is thankfully almost over. Stanford blew a lead to lose Big Game, so Cal kept the axe. We talk about the game, look ahead to BYU, and express…
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2022 Week 12 - Stanford at Cal: Both Teams are Poo
As expected Utah crushed Stanford 42-7. We don't have much to say about that game, but we DO talk about the upcoming 125th Big Game at Cal! A true Toilet Bowl…
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2022 Week 11 - Stanford at Utah: This sucks
This sucks. It's just to hopeless. But for some reason we're still doing this (at least this week). Stupid sports. Follow us on Twitter at @gate13podcast and…
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2022 Week 10 - Stanford vs WSU: Stanford Hates Fun
It's week 10 of college football! This week we talk about how much Stanford hated fun in their blowout loss to UCLA, and look ahead to the winnable game…
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2022 Week 9 - Stanford at UCLA: Karty for Heisman!
Who needs Touchdowns? We discuss Josh Karty's big 15-14 win over ASU, and wonder whether we'll score a TD against UCLA this week!
The Gate 13 Podcast2022 Week 8 - Stanford vs ASU: We Miss Herm
Stanford wins! We discuss the big upset on the road at Notre Dame, and talk about our chances at getting the first conference victory of the season this week…
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2022 Week 7 - Stanford vs Notre Dame: No one thought we would win anyway
Stanford found a new way to lose this year! Which, I guess was more exciting than the last few, but still sucked. We talk about the close loss, and look ahead…
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2022 Week 6 - Stanford vs OSU: Go Beavs
It's week 6 of College Football! Stanford suffered another blow out loss, dropping 45-27 to #12 Oregon. We reflect on the loss, our lack of hope, and wonder…
The Gate 13 Podcast2022 Week 5 - Stanford at Oregon: Who are all these new coaches?
Stanford suffered a depressing 40-22 loss at now #15 Washington last weekend. We lament the start to the season, and look ahead to our third straight top-25…
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2022 Week 4, Stanford at UW: No Fumbles, Please
We're back from the bye, feeling rested, but not optimistic! We talk about the loss to U$C, our new look offense, and our upcoming road game against UW. Fun…