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How Twitter reacted to Notre Dame-Stanford: Cardinal side

You have to give Stanford credit for being prepared for a game no one gave it a chance to win.

You have to give Stanford credit for being prepared for a game no one gave it a chance to win. Notre Dame was a heavy favorite in its own stadium, and the Cardinal hadn’t gotten off to the best start. Instead, they’ll be going home with the Legends Trophy after a 16-14 victory. It undoubtedly will go down as one of, if not the biggest highlight of the season.

Cardinal fans will be celebrating this one a lot since they have been given very little to be happy about recently. Beating the Irish might not be quite as fun as beating natural rival California, but winning any annual rivalry game will give fans a sense of pride. The Cardinal probably won’t win much, if at all, for the rest of the season, so such a big moment will not go unnoticed. If you don’t believe that, check out what some Cardinal fans are saying on Twitter:

How Twitter reacted to Notre Dame-Stanford: Irish side

Just a wild guess, but you’re probably not happy.

Notre Dame entered its game against Stanford with as much confidence as possible. The Legends Trophy remaining in South Bend appeared to be a foregone conclusion. Instead, the Irish will have to allow the trophy to spend at least the next year in Northern California. Such is the arrangement after a stunning 16-14 loss to the Cardinal.

Just when the Irish had momentum with a record above .500, they gave it all back with their second bad home loss this season. To say the least, Irish fans are not having this. [autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag] was supposed to be a player’s coach who could relate to the young men he was in charge of and turn that into success. Instead, he and his staff have a lot of questions to answer from both media and fans.

Irish fans took to Twitter to voice their displeasure. Whether you’re on Twitter yourself or not, chances are you’re echoing what’s being said in this tweets:

Watch: Larry King Attends Notre Dame Game With Regis Philbin

The broadcasting world was shaken Saturday with the news that Larry King died at the age of 87.

The broadcasting world was shaken Saturday with the news that Larry King died at the age of 87. Anybody who was somebody appeared on his CNN talk show. One of those somebodies was Notre Dame alumnus Regis Philbin, who passed away in July. When the Irish battled Stanford at Notre Dame Stadium in 2002, Philbin invited King to the game, and the two appeared on WNDU-TV’s pregame show:

The Cardinal were a bad team in 2002, so it should be no surprise that the Irish crushed them that afternoon, 31-7, in the first of a rivalry-long seven consecutive wins in the battle for the Legends Trophy. Notre Dame’s two-headed rushing monster of Ryan Grant and Rashon Powers-Neal combined for 211 yards and two touchdowns on 31 carries. On defense, Courtney Watson and Shane Walton returned interceptions for touchdowns from 34 and 18 yards out, respectively. To say the least, King was in South Bend on a good day.

Shrek fans know that King and Philbin worked together on those films. They were the respective voices of Doris and Mabel, the ugly stepsisters. But whatever they did together, they were broadcasting legends who happened to be legends. Let’s be happy that they didn’t have to be separated from each other for very long.

Stanford A Decade Long House of Horrors for Notre Dame

There haven’t been many more painful losses in Brian Kelly’s now ten-year run than what happened to conclude the 2015 regular season.

Forget that.

There haven’t been many more painful losses for Notre Dame in the almost 30 years I’ve been watching as the regular season finale in 2015 was.

The Notre Dame versus Stanford rivalry for The Legends Trophy has had some iconic moments for Notre Dame.

The Goal Line Stand in 2012:

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Ben Koyack in 2014:

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Dexter Williams 2018 Debut:

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Unfortunately for Notre Dame these moments have been few and far between in odd-numbered years, when the Irish finish their regular season on the west-coast.

Notre Dame leads the all-time series against Stanford 19-13 (2012 being vacated) but hasn’t won at Stanford since the forgettable 2007 campaign that came to forgiving end with a rather forgettable 21-14 win at Stanford.

We’ve got all week still to get set for a regular season conclusion at Stanford, who has been incredibly disappointing this season, but let’s take a quick moment to look back on the five-straight Notre Dame has lost at Stanford, a trend they hope to finally end in the Brian Kelly era this Saturday.

First up:  2009 – Charlie’s Last Stand

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