Notre Dame comes into this game with a 10-1 record and the Fighting Irish are ranked as the 6th best team in the country but the Fighting Irish find themselves a 3.5 point underdog to beat Stanford this week on the road in Palo Alto.
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Vancouver College last played for the Frank Gnup provincial championship title in 2012 when they lost to Mt. Douglas on their first of consecutive championships. Tonight, it was turnovers.
The tournament sleeper could be Dayton, a team that won this event in 2011 and enters it this year 3-0. Notre Dame was outgained by 3-8 Wake Forest and had five turnovers and looked sloppy while beating 3-8 Boston College by a 19-16 score. We don’t know for sure yet how much the committee values these, but we do know that over time, if this works against the Fighting Irish, then Notre Dame football will take their friends with benefits arrangement with the ACC, and then turn it into an engaged relationship.
Notre Dame won the event formerly known as the Old Spice Classic while making its first appearance in 2010, leaving its coach eager to see what happens this year. “It’s just the way we want to play”.
“They just keep going and they keep moving forward”. “On the second one, there was a protection issue”.
Injuries have hurt, especially now with Russell out, but the unit has several standouts, led by potential top-10 pick Jaylon Smith at outside linebacker, plus middle linebacker Joe Schmidt and defensive tackle Sheldon Day. I ended up throwing the ball inside and off my back foot, which was obviously idiotic in that situation. We’re just not sitting pretty with the “nuts” heading into the river this weekend.
So you see, in poker terms, Notre Dame still has a lot of out cards left in the deck.
With guard Demetrius Jackson (20.7 points per game) leading four players averaging in double figures, the Irish feel good about their situation and what lies ahead. The bad news was that this wouldn’t be the first interception of the night.
Notre Dame can strengthen its case for a spot in the College Football Playoff with a win Saturday at Stanford, which needs a victory to keep alive its slim playoff hopes. McCaffrey’s racked up another 100 plus yards in that game, which made it nine-straight games for the sophomore running back where he acquires 100 or more yards.
With just four seconds remaining in the first quarter, Kizer found Amir Carlisle in the endzone for a touchdown pass right out in front of the Red Sox bullpen.
And it’s not like Notre Dame’s offense didn’t do anything right against Boston College. Josh Adams dropped the ball after a two-yard loss, giving the ball back to Boston College. “And he’s done a great job with that”.
Kelly said the Irish haven’t let the adversity bother them. Tells you everything you need to know about depth charts.
Justin Simmons picked Kizer off again later in the quarter, ultimately sending the game into the half with a 10-0 Irish advantage. Bryce Love put up 56 rushing yards and a TD on two carries.
Through all the injuries, Notre Dame has yet to falter in 2015 beyond its 24-22 loss at Clemson, who is ranked No. 1.
ESPN College GameDay is in Philadelphia for the Notre Dame and Temple game.
The Irish couldn’t secure the ball on the PAT and failed to convert. “But that’s good, at the same time, we’re in, we’re working harder”.
“There’s a lot of good teams and a lot of good players, so you have to approach every game the same way”.
Chris Brown finished with six catches for 104 yards. He also recorded his second career 300-yard game.
Stanford is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Notre Dame. DeShone Kizer had a big game as well, totaling 262 yards and five TDs through the air.
“Well, I don’t have a perspective, I have an assignment error”.
He said he’s a “completely different guy” from who he was last season, when he didn’t take a single snap.
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The Eagles failed to convert on the attempt after.
