Oregon’s Dana Altman, Stanford’s Kyle Smith reflect on renewal of old Pac-12 rivalry in San Jose

SAN JOSE — Stanford and Oregon aren’t members of the Pac-12 Conference anymore.

But for one Saturday night in San Jose, the two longtime Pacific Coast rivals could play against each other and pretend. 

“It was just nice,” said Stanford coach Kyle Smith. “It was a Pac-12 game, an old throwback. We’d like to play some of those teams on the West Coast.”

Oregon, the No. 10 team in the country, was the superior squad, as they often were during the pair’s Pac-12 days. But different challenges are ahead for both teams.