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Notre Dame football news: Kyle Hamilton out vs. Virginia

Not much of a surprise but still not fun to hear…

No. 9 (CFP rankings) Notre Dame’s task against Virginia’s powerful offense Saturday night has become that much more difficult.

At least officially.

Brian Kelly announced on Thursday that All American safety Kyle Hamilton is not yet ready to return to the field for the Irish after injuring his knee on October 17 versus USC.

Kelly stated:

“Kyle Hamilton is not ready to play.  Kyle is not cleared medically to play.  Once he’s cleared medically to play, he has every intention of playing.  He just hasn’t been cleared yet.”

“This isn’t a young man that doesn’t want to play.”

Virginia is 6-3 on the season and has their own questions as to whether or not starting quarterback Brennan Armstrong will be able to play after suffering a rib injury two weeks ago at BYU.

Virginia ranks 11th in all of the FBS as they’re averaging 38.9 points per game.  Among Power Five programs that’s tied with North Carolina for the sixth-most.

The Cavaliers are also averaging 401 yards of passing offense per game, trailing only Western Kentucky nationally.

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Notre Dame-Virginia betting information

Notre Dame has covered the spread in 6 of their last 7 games. Do they do it again Saturday?

No. 9 (CFP rankings) Notre Dame heads to 6-3 Virginia on Saturday night for what is assumed will be the toughest remaining regular season test for the Fighting Irish this season.  Notre Dame looks to move to 9-1 before heading home for senior day against Georgia Tech next week.

Will Notre Dame have Kyle Hamilton against Virginia’s dynamic offense?

Will Brennan Armstrong be healthy enough to play for Virginia?

Notre Dame is favored by nearly a touchdown ahead of Saturday night’s game.

Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook:

Spread: Notre Dame -5.5
Money lines: Notre Dame -220, Virginia +175
Total: 64.5

For what its worth, Notre Dame has won 13-straight November contests and 22-straight regular season games against ACC opponents.

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Notre Dame-Virginia: Will Brennan Armstrong play for Cavaliers?

He’s got to be playing, right?

Virginia quarterback Brennan Armstrong’s 3,557 passing yards this season rank him second in all of FBS college football.  He has also helped lead Virginia to average 545.2 yards of offense per game this season, the most of any FBS program.

Notre Dame travels to Virginia on Saturday night as defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman and the Irish will be tasked with trying to contain one of the best offenses college football has to offer.  What makes that perhaps even a bit more difficult to game plan for is the fact Notre Dame doesn’t know if it’ll be Armstrong who starts for Virginia.

Nor does anyone on Virginia, at least according to Cavaliers head coach Bronco Mendenhall who was asked this week about the status of starting quarterback Brennan Armstrong.

“No, I don’t have an update on Brennan. Man, I’m planning on him being our quarterback. Yeah, I probably won’t have an update until the ball is kicked off and we all look out there and see who our quarterback is.” – Bronco Mendenhall

Mendenhall was then asked if it was by choice that he hasn’t revealed any information or if he actually doesn’t know if Armstrong will be able to give it a go.

“It means just collectively where I don’t really plan to address it because I don’t think it’ll help you, me, or anyone else in terms of preparation. It helps our football team best to let Brennan heal, recover, and our team get ready to play.” – Bronco Mendenhall

By the sounds of it I would think Armstrong, who suffered a rib injury two weeks ago in a loss at BYU, at least tries to give it a go.

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Stock Watch: Desmond Ridder, Brennan Armstrong make some noise

Desmond Ridder and Brennan Armstrong are among the collegiate passers who helped themselves, and their teams, on Saturday.

Week 7 of the college football season had a few surprises for fans. While unbeaten Georgia handled business against the previously-unbeaten Kentucky Wildcats, the number-two team in the nation fell at home in a shocker. Texas continued to struggle, losing at home to Oklahoma Stat, and LSU perhaps saved Ed Ogeron’s job, at least for the moment.

As always, here at Stock Watch we recap the quarterback play with an eye towards the future. What QB’s helped their draft stock on Saturday, who needs to do some work over their bye week, and what passer saw his stock frozen due to a lineup change? We’ll dive into that and more in this week’s installment of Stock Watch.

Virginia’s Brennan Armstrong is making a splash in the 2022 QB class

The QB1 race in the 2022 NFL draft class is still wide open, and Virginia’s Brennan Armstrong is making a strong case

Heading into the 2021 college football season, it was a wide-open race to be the top quarterback prospect in the 2022 NFL draft class. A few games in, it’s still anybody’s guess who the first passer off the board will be come next April.

After his performance up to this point, Virginia’s Brennan Armstrong is making as strong a case as any other signal-caller in the country to claim that title.

Armstrong is lighting up opposing defenses at a ridiculous rate, and putting up video-game numbers for the Cavaliers. He’s also doing a huge chunk of his damage with deep throws, proving he’s not afraid to challenge opposing defenses down the field:

His latest effort, despite losing a shootout to another top quarterback prospect in North Carolina’s Sam Howell, Armstrong threw for a whopping 554 yards and four touchdowns, completing 39 of his 54 pass attempts.

Production is great, but we’ve seen plenty of college passers who can light up the stat sheet, but don’t necessarily have the tools to succeed in the pros at the game’s most important position. Thankfully for Armstrong, that doesn’t appear to be the case.

Listed at 6-2, 215 pounds, Armstrong doesn’t have any size concerns when projecting to the next level, and his arm appears to be capable of making every throw to all levels of the field. He’s not surrounded by superstars, and he’s still putting up big numbers and putting his team in position to win games.

There’s still plenty of season left, and the predraft process always has plenty to say about the quarterback pecking order, but Armstrong is doing everything he can on the field to be among the top players selected at his position next year.

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