It’ll probably never get better for Toby Gerhart, a running back for Stanford who was largely anonymous until four days ago. But in the aftermath of leading The Cardinal to a 55-21 drubbing of USC at The Coliseum, he’s now a hot college football commodity.

Gerhart’s performance last Saturday and this season will almost certainly warrant an invitation to the Heisman Trophy ceremony in New York, and his NFL draft stock is on the rise. Not to mention he’s an accomplished baseball player who may choose to consider that sport after college.

So everyone wants to know more about Gerhart, beyond the pre-packaged pap produced by the Stanford Sports Information Dept. (Bless their hearts.) So I’m pleased to introduce the lovely girlfriend of Gerhart for the last two years: Stanford swimmer Meredith Ayres. Read more…