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Matchup of turnaround teams in Orange Bowl
Stanford’s football program was in a slump in 2006 when Thomas Keiser, a widely recruited prep defensive lineman from Pennsylvania, accepted a scholarship offer to play for the Cardinal. “I committed very early — I believe it was June before my senior year,” Keiser says. “My dad actually made me commit, and I was kind of mad at him.” Keiser had reason to second-guess his…