that's where we find anthony flores at the rose bowl where stanford has had a pretty good run no matter who they're playing, anthony. >> reporter: they certainly have. stanford is playing its first road game of the season. but they're not too concerned. they feel right at home playing in pasadena, especially against ucla. they've beaten the bruins in eight straight including each of their last three visit to the rose bowl. >> we'll always want to be the kings of cali, especially when you have a lot of players from california and different parts of l.a. and northern california as well, you definitely taking pride in being the kings of california. >> nothing that happened before this year, nothing that happened before this game matters. everything is about what's in front of us on saturday. and it's our second, second pac-1 pac- pac-12 opponent. as we talked about last year, we don't live life in the rearview mirror. we've got to see what's in front of us. >> reporter: coach shaw says the key to victory are simple. on defense they must remain disciplined and on offense it is simple, no se