STANFORD, Calif. (AP) Football players at almost every level subscribe to the 24-hour rule. The celebration of any win or dejection over a loss needs to be out of the system within a day so a team can move on to its next task.

That proved to be a little harder than usual for Stanford, whose crushing Big Game loss to rival California cost the Cardinal a chance at a Pac-10 title and lingered all the way into Monday morning.

"This one was tough," star running back Toby Gerhart said Tuesday. "We really wanted this one. We had big wins against USC and Oregon, but I feel like this would have meant more than those wins. Everybody wanted the Axe back. We wanted the Axe back. Not to get it, hurts. It's disappointing but we have to move on. We have a big game this week against Notre Dame on national television. We can remake a name for ourselves again after last week and move on." (MORE)