On a record-setting day for Bryce Love, Stanford coach David Shaw had a difficult time deciding which of the junior running back's runs was his favorite.
There was the 61-yard touchdown in the first quarter on Love's second carry of the afternoon, followed up not long after by a 43-yard score in the second. Or the 59-yard burst through the middle in the third.
No player in Stanford history has ever had the type of day that Love did when he set a single-game school record for 301 yards rushing and three touchdowns to help the Cardinal beat Arizona State, 34-24.
Love entered the day leading the nation in rushing and padded his total with another big day on the ground. He had scoring runs of 61, 43 and 59 yards, giving him 1,088 yards overall this season, the third player since 2004 to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark in his team's first five games.
Love repeatedly gouged the Sun Devils for big gains but did some of his best running late after Arizona State pulled within 31-24 following Demario Richard's second touchdown, a 2-yard run, with 8:02 remaining.
Love, who broke Christian McCaffrey's year-old record of 284 yards, helped Stanford secure the win with a series of clock-draining runs that set up Jet Toner's 22-yard field goal.