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The Big Game a little bigger this year

By Ted Miller
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Jealousy? Dryden called it a "tyrant of the mind," while Shakespeare tagged it "a green-eyed monster." But that's just literary hooey. Jealousy is a bunch of Stanford fans letting their frazzled thoughts wander 35 miles north over San Francisco Bay. There they see the Temple of Tedford, glorious and strong -- even if it's a bit of an earthquake hazzard -- and headed toward the Rose Bowl. Then they frown at the Tent of Teevens, a worn canvas that could use a good hosing down. And there is m ...

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