Cajuste finished with five catches for 125 yards.
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Clemson extended its nation’s best winning streak to 15 games. Stanford starting CB Ronnie Harris (ankle) missed his second straight game.
Kizer has thrown for 2,362 yards with 18 touchdowns to nine interceptions.
It’s never about the last 30 seconds. Kizer has 28 total so far (19 passing and 9 rushing) this season. The Irish did end up running 60 plays in the game, almost catching up to Stanford’s 64.
The outcome looked bleak for the quarterback and his No. 13 Cardinal (10-2) as the offense was forced to watch from the sideline.
“One play at Clemson and one play here at Stanford”, Irish coach Brian Kelly said of how close his team came to perfection.
Odds: Stanford -3.5; Over/under 56. Now, there’s just a handful of games left. He now has 157 carries on the year for 1,029 yards. Malik Zaire will get healthy at quarterback. That was too big of a hole for the Wolfpack (7-5, 3-5).
The regular season is over for Notre Dame, while Stanford (10-2) will play Southern California next Saturday in the Pac-12 championship game in Santa Clara, Calif.
DeShone Kizer had given the Irish (10-2, No. 6 CFP) a one-point lead on his 2-yard run with 30 seconds left only to see Hogan drive Stanford to the winning score.
With both teams throwing punches on either side of the ball, it was the Cardinal that was able to withstand the body blows and leave Foster Field with a thrilling 38-36 win.
The loss ended the irish hopes of making the the College Football Playoff. In the end, it’s the latter that holds the lone remaining hope for the rivalry.
It was little consolation for the Gators, who will be huge underdogs next week for the Southeastern Conference championship game in Atlanta against second-ranked Alabama. The Seminoles probably locked up a spot in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl on December 31 in Atlanta. He has 14 touchdowns this season. Just as he did against Virginia, USC and so, so many more, junior wide receiver Will Fuller outran his coverage, chased down the football and galloped – this time for 73 yards. “And I have no doubt in my mind that we were going to win that game”. IL also announced interim coach Bill Cubit had agreed to a two-year contract. Cubit took over for the fired Tim Beckman right before the season.
Joe Mixon ran for 136 yards and two touchdowns and Samaje Perine had 131 yards and two scores for the Sooners. The Cardinals star running back is a dual threat out of the backfield, as he has 34 receptions for 416 receiving yards on the season.
Instead, their quarterback, Tommy Armstrong, decided it was better to throw four picks, and stay home for the bowl season. The Cardinals defense will try to contain Kizer, as his play could determine the outcome of this crucial game.
Prescott completed 31 of 42 passes for 254 yards and two touchdowns, but was sacked seven times and rarely looked comfortable in the pocket.
Darreus Rogers and Taylor McNamara caught TD passes while the Trojans (8-4, 6-3 Pac-12) scored 20 consecutive points in the second half before raising the Victory Bell in the frenzied Coliseum.
With the Big 12 devoid of a championship game, these two battled it out on the frozen turf of Stillwater, with conference supremacy on the line. And lost. They averaged 9.4 yards per pass attempt.
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And even when the offense stalled late in the game, the defense, which had one of its roughest outings of the year, bailed the Cardinal out with some huge stops. It’s a national fanbase that draws ratings no matter what – there’s a reason why Notre Dame has played nationally-televised primetime games against Navy, Pitt, Purdue, Syracuse and Temple over the last three years. Prosise and rushing for 168 yards. The Wolverines were tough as nails all season, but they didn’t face a guy like Elliott until Saturday – 214 yards and two touchdowns later, they had to be mighty impressed.
