re: Why has Matt Barkley gone 0-4 against Stanford?

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And they're still a good ways away from actually competing for a national championship.

Clemson made a BCS bowl last year, would you call them a true national power

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Stanford was 1 win away from being in the BCS CG the last 2 years Yeah, they lost that game to Oregon pretty bad both times, but they were very close. That maybe as close as they get any time soon. Clemson had 3 loses lat year, so they weren't really close.

IMO to be a national power, a team would have to be in the hunt consistently, but as Stanford showed, if you get an elite QB, even second tier teams can compete for the top 5 and maybe a NC