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Notre Dame Week 7 highlight: Riley Leonard finds the end zone to tie it at 7

Notre Dame ties it, sighs of relief sound across South Bend.

Notre Dame once again got off to a rough start against an underdog opponent — this time the Stanford Cardinal.

A holding call against Anthonie Knapp and a sack allowed by Knapp stalled a promising first drive for the Fighting Irish. Then the Notre Dame defense struggled to stop Stanford and the Cardinal punched it in from the goal line.

The Irish answered by moving the ball downfield with a mix of runs and passes, though observers were wondering why Jadarian Price got all the carries and Jeremiyah Love wasn’t in the game. Love came in on the final play of the drive — but it was quarterback Riley Leonard taking the ball into the end zone on the ground to tie things up.

Once again, Leonard’s legs have capped off a Notre Dame drive with a touchdown.

Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard makes another big-time watch list
Sep 21, 2024; South Bend, Indiana, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish quarterback Riley Leonard (13) runs for a touchdown in the fourth quarter against the Miami Redhawks at Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-Imagn Images

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Notre Dame missing just one player versus Stanford

Notre Dame is pretty healthy for the matchup with Stanford.

The injury report is out for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish against the Stanford Cardinal, and all but one of the players listed on the two-deep roster this week are available.

Junior defensive lineman Jason Onye is out for personal reasons.

While it’s good news to see the Irish have a relatively clean bill of health going into the game against Stanford, the defensive line is already depleted with the losses of Jordan Botelho and Boubacar Traore for the year.

On the other hand, defensive lineman Gabe Rubio was seen participating in early warmups. Rubio broke his foot during fall camp.

Even though Notre Dame is expected to beat Stanford, the Irish can use all the help they can get on the defensive line.

Notre Dame still has playoff hopes.
Sep 28, 2024; South Bend, Indiana, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish long snapper Rino Monteforte (39) prepares to snap the ball on an extra point in the fourth quarter against the Louisville Cardinals at Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-Imagn Images

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Chiefs scouting report: Stanford Cardinal WR Elic Ayomanor

Stanford Cardinal wide receiver Elic Ayomanor is a potential target for the Kansas City #Chiefs in the 2025 NFL draft.

Injuries to Marquise Brown and Rashee Rice revealed the Kansas City Chiefs’ limited depth in its receiving corps. The Chiefs must continue investing assets in targets for Patrick Mahomes. Fortunately, the 2025 NFL draft will feature a deep pool of pass-catching prospects.

Stanford Cardinal wideout Elic Ayomanor is a young prospect with an impressive 6 foot 2 inch, 210-pound frame. His background as a highly coveted high school track star shows up on vertical routes in a unique way. He lacks the traditional burst associated with former track athletes but uses his long strides to build up speed and stack cornerbacks downfield.

Ayomanor’s route tree is still developing, but he knows how to manipulate leverage and freeze cornerbacks with his route tempo. He stems slant and post routes outside to draw the cornerback toward the sideline before working into space over the middle of the field.

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Ayomanor’s ability to decelerate and reaccelerate quickly is surprising for a player with his size. This helps him stack corners on stutter-go routes or break off comeback routes at the top of the stem. His ability to create natural separation as a route runner is average, but this is only his second season as a college starter. He should continue developing for several years in the NFL before nearing his peak.

Ayomanor doesn’t maximize his frame at the catch point consistently. His large catch radius and ball tracking on downfield plays stand out, but he’s not aggressive enough at the catch point to ward off defensive backs. He fights the football sometimes, causing uncontested drops. Ayomanor projects as a second or third-round selection.

Stanford goes on the road to face No. 11 Notre Dame on Oct. 12 at 2:30 p.m. CST. Stanford’s last game against a ranked opponent was a 40-14 loss to Clemson. Notre Dame defeated a ranked Louisville team 31-24 last week.

Experts say Notre Dame will sail over Stanford

The experts all think Notre Dame will have it easy against Stanford.

It looks like there’s once again consensus that Notre Dame Fighting Irish will win at home.

This time they’re hosting the Stanford Cardinal in South Bend, and experts have the Irish winning — though more than a few believe the Cardinal will at least cover the spread.

We’re still worried about it being a trap game, but then again, the Cardinal aren’t very good and the Irish may have figured a few things out.

We hope, for the sake of the Irish’s playoff chances, that Notre Dame will walk away winners on Saturday. Certainly, most, if not all, experts think that they will.

For example, CBS Sports’ Tom Fornelli has the Cardinal covering the spread, along with several other experts at the network. Yet the staff has unanimously has Notre Dame winning.

“Stanford isn’t likely to try to air it out against this Irish defense, so I don’t know that either team will be able to pull away from the other,” Fornelli wrote.

SOUTH BEND, INDIANA – SEPTEMBER 28: Beaux Collins #5 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in action against Tahveon Nicholson #23 of the Louisville Cardinals during the second half at Notre Dame Stadium on September 28, 2024 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
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Notre Dame football drops its game trailer for the Battle of the Legends Trophy

Are you the customer?

Another week, another trophy that Notre Dame is trying to recapture in its game this Saturday against the Stanford Cardinal.

The Irish will hopefully rudely welcome in the visitors to South Bend, but before that happens, there needed to be some hype built around the game. Notre Dame football’s social media has us taken care of, as it released the trailer for the game against Stanford.

This week they returned to EPMD with another one of it’s hits, “You’re the Customer,” as the soundtrack for this weeks video. It’s a theme that the Irish have kept up all season long, one that will sure continues as the year progresses as well.

The game is set for a 3:30 p.m. EST kickoff, so this hype video will have to get us there as we get closer to seeing Notre Dame return to the field following a bye week with an opportunity to win the Battle for the Legends Trophy.

You can see here who we think will win, along with who the Irish need stop on Stanford’s side.

Notre Dame defensive lineman Donovan Hinish (41) and cornerback Christian Gray (29) celebrate Louisville coming up short on a fourth down during a NCAA college football game between Notre Dame and Louisville at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in South Bend.

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Notre Dame wasn’t just preparing for Stanford during its bye, two other teams also

The Irish were looking ahead during their bye

While you may have been expecting the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team to just have its focus on this weekends game against the Stanford Cardinal, it is the wrong assessment.

During head coach [autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag]’s Monday press conference, he explained that not only were the Irish getting ready for Stanford, they also were preparing to face the triple-option attacks of both Army and Navy.

Yes, these games aren’t coming up soon, with the Midshipmen coming to South Bend at the end of this month and the Knights on the second to last weekend of November.

While this might seem like it’s way too early to be getting ready for the two service academy’s, they both run offenses that typically aren’t run by the majority of teams the Irish face. It makes plenty of sense to do this during a bye week, as the extra practice time won’t really cut into the prep for Stanford.

Sep 21, 2024; Annapolis, Maryland, USA; Navy Midshipmen quarterback Blake Horvath (11) scores atouchdown during the second half Memphis Tigers at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images

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Notre Dame’s depth chart has been released ahead of game vs. Stanford

The Irish are getting ready for the Cardinal

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team had the weekend off during Week 6 of NCAA college football, and they’ll be back on the field against Stanford on Saturday.

With that the Irish released their depth chart as they begin preparations to take on the Cardinals. Offensively, there aren’t really any major changes from when Notre Dame last took the field, with the good news that it looks like wide receiver [autotag]Jordan Faison[/autotag] wasn’t injured again against Louisville.

As for the defense, [autotag]Junior Tuihalamaka[/autotag] will take over at the Vyper position, with freshman Loghan Thomas and redshirt sophomore Joshua Burnham backing him up. The good news is that with the week off, the Irish were able to manage some injuries and the majority of them are trending in the right direction to play this weekend.

Marcus Freeman updates wide receiver Jordan Faison’s injury status
Notre Dame wide receivers Logan Saldate (19) and Jordan Faison (6) stretch before a Notre Dame football practice at Irish Athletic Center on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in South Bend.

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Stanford, Dallas Baptist, Carnegie Mellon, Keiser top latest 2024 Mizuno WGCA Coaches Polls

These are the second polls of the fall 2024 season.

Stanford, Dallas Baptist, Carnegie Mellon and Keiser top the latest 2024 Mizuno WGCA Coaches Polls for the 2024-25 womens college golf season.

These are the second polls of the fall 2024 season. The Women’s Golf Coaches Association releases its polls about every four weeks.

Stanford remains atop of the Div. I ranking after getting all but two first-place votes. South Carolina got the other two and is the new No. 2 in this poll. USC drops from 2 to 3, while Texas remains No. 4. UCLA is the fifth team in this poll.

Division I Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll

Rank University (First Place Votes) Points
1 Stanford (21) 572
2 South Carolina (2) 515
3 USC 514
4 Texas 482
5 UCLA 432
6 Auburn 423
7 Wake Forest 415
8 Arizona State 406
9 Arkansas 379
10 Northwestern 346
11 Oregon 331
12 LSU 294
13 Arizona 287
14 Florida State 271
15 Texas A&M 238
16 Duke University 235
17 Mississippi State 205
18 Vanderbilt 183
19 Mississippi 177
20 Virginia 161
21 Florida 129
22 Clemson 114
T23 Pepperdine 63
T23 North Carolina 63
25 Michigan State 54
Others receiving votes: Houston (26); California (24); Kansas (18); Central Florida (17); Georgia Southern (16); Arkansas at Little Rock (16); San Jose State (11); Virginia Tech (10); Baylor (8); Ohio State (6); SMU (6); TCU (5); Alabama (5); Oklahoma State (4); Georgia (4); Kansas State (3); Kentucky (2); Tennessee (2); Campbell (1); Texas Tech (1); Washington (1)

Division II Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll

Rank University (First Place Votes) Points
1 Dallas Baptist  (8) 410
2 Findlay (7) 400
3 West Texas A&M (1) 363
4 Flagler College 361
5 Anderson 318
6 St. Mary’s (Texas) 313
7 Wingate  (1) 273
8 Saint Leo 255
9 California State San Marcos 239
10 Lee 231
11 Nova Southeastern 228
12 Lynn 223
13 Texas at Tyler 211
14 Rollins College 183
15 Central Missouri 181
16 Missouri-St. Louis 151
17 Grand Valley State 147
18 Barry 119
19 Henderson State 114
20 North Georgia 103
21 Lander 95
22 Rogers State 84
23 Midwestern State 66
24 Florida Southern College 57
25 Indianapolis 52
Others receiving votes: California State Los Angeles (38); Augustana (South Dakota) (37);  West Florida (37); California State East Bay (32); Tampa (28); Tiffin (26); Lincoln Memorial  (22); Ashland (20); Southwestern Oklahoma State (19); California State Monterey Bay (14); Tusculum (14); Colorado State Pueblo (12); Harding (8); Ferris State (7); West Georgia (6); Nebraska at Kearney (5); Sioux Falls (4); Minnesota State Mankato (3); Point Loma Nazarene (3); Simon Fraser (3); Hawaii at Hilo (3); Eckerd College (2); Colorado Christian (1); Lenoir Rhyne (1); Oklahoma Baptist (1); Palm Beach Atlantic (1); Arkansas Fort Smith (1)

Div. III Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll

Rank University (First Place Votes) Points
1 Carnegie Mellon (7) 525
2 Emory (10) 523
3 Pomona-Pitzer (3) 508
4 George Fox (2) 459
5 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 431
6 Williams College 401
7 Washington University in St. Louis 397
8 St. Catherine 371
9 Wellesley College 344
10 Illinois Wesleyan 327
11 University of Redlands 319
12 Centre College 276
13 Amherst College 273
14 Washington and Lee University 264
15 New York 246
16 Trinity (Texas) 218
17 Mary Hardin-Baylor 193
18 Carleton College 173
19 Methodist 135
20 Denison 133
21 Grinnell College 108
22 Randolph-Macon College 90
23 Hamilton College 83
24 Middlebury College 61
25 California Lutheran 49
Others receiving votes: Rhodes College (47); Bowdoin College (35); Aurora (18); Chapman  (17); Sewanee: The University of the South (17); Babson College (16); Wesleyan (15); Whitman College (15); California Santa Cruz (13); Christopher Newport (8); Piedmont College (7); Saint Mary’s College (7); Bethel (5); Occidental College (5); Macalester College (4); Mississippi University for Women (4); Wisconsin Whitewater (4); Manchester (3); Gustavus Adolphus College (1); Huntingdon College (1); Trine (1)

 NAIA Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll

Rank University (First Place Votes) Points
1 Keiser (9) 99
T2 SCAD Savannah 79
T2 British Columbia (1) 79
3 Oklahoma City 58
4 Texas Wesleyan 54
5 Dalton State College 47
6 Lindsey Wilson College 42
7 William Carey 22
8 SCAD Atlanta 18
9 Embry Riddle Aeronautical 10
Others receiving votes: Milligan (7); Lewis-Clark State College (6); Truett McConnell (6); Loyola New Orleans (5); Pikeville (5); Cumberland (2); Indiana Wesleyan (2); Ottawa University – Arizona (1)

About the Women’s Golf Coaches Association

The Women’s Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women’s collegiate golf coaches. The WGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition. Today, the WGCA represents over 750 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.

Cam Ward honored as ACC quarterback of the week after Week 4

See who took home ACC Player of the Week honors in an exciting Week 4 of college football action.

Week 4 of the college football season saw quite a bit of chaos in the ACC. North Carolina gave up 70 points to James Madison in a loss, Virginia Tech fell to Rutgers, Stanford and SMU each picked up big wins, while Florida State finally got into the win column by taking down Cal.

However, the team at the top of the standings, Mario Cristobal’s Miami Hurricanes, remains untouched thanks to another elite performance from veteran quarterback Cam Ward.

Ward threw for 404 passing yards and three touchdowns in Miami’s 50-15 win on the road at South Florida on Saturday, earning him ACC Quarterback of the Week by the conference as voted on by a select media panel.

Ward has now thrown for over 300 yards in all four games this season, putting him squarely in the conversation to win the 2024 Heisman Trophy Award if he and the ‘Canes can keep this up.

Below is a look at the other ACC Players of the Week, starting on the offensive side of the ball:

Offensive Players of the Week

Running Back – Brashard Smith, SMU

Smith totaled 190 all-purpose yards during SMU’s 66 point offensive explosion against in-state rival TCU. Smith also had a career-high four touchdowns – the most for an SMU player since receiver Courtland Sutton did it against North Texas in 2017. Smith has now totaled over 100 all-purpose yards in each of SMU’s games this season.

Receiver – Lewis Bond, Boston College

Bond hauled in a 42-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter to put away Michigan State and secure a nice win for the Eagles against a Big Ten opponent. Bond finished the game with six catches and 102 receiving yards, his second career 100-yard game.

Offensive Lineman – Noah Josey, LG, Virginia

Virginia ran all over Coastal Carolina in Week 4, totaling a whopping 384 rushing yards thanks in large part to the work of left guard Noah Josey. Josey played every offensive snap and had the third-highest pass blocking grade (86.2) of any guard in the country at Pro Football Focus.

Specialist – Emmet Kenney, K, Stanford

Hard to go with anyone other than Kenney here, who booted a game-winning 39-yard field goal to pick up Stanford’s first ACC victory on the road at Syracuse. Kenney also set his personal record with a 51-yard field goal earlier in the game, and is now a perfect 8-for-8 on the year.

Defensive Players of the Week

Defensive Lineman – Patrick Payton, Florida State

Payton racked up a trio of sacks for FSU in the team’s first victory of the season over Cal, all which came in a decisive second half. Payton had two of his sacks on fourth down, one which led to a missed field goal for the Golden Bears.

Linebacker – David Bailey, Stanford

Bailey had a pair of sacks for the Cardinal against the Orange on Friday. It was Bailey’s second career multi-sack game and first of the season. Bailey had four total tackles and a forced fumble in the game as his strong season continues.

Defensive Back – Ahmaad Moses, SMU

Moses had a pass breakup and four tackles in SMU’s win over TCU, but his big impact was a pair of interceptions including one which he took 60 yards to the house for a touchdown.

Stanford wins first ACC game, dropping Syracuse on late field goal

Emmett Kenney kicked a field goal as time expired to life Stanford to its first ACC victory

They won’t forget that first conference clash between rivals Stanford and Syracuse.

Yes, Stanford and Syracuse are in the same conference, the ACC, thanks to realignment.

The Cardinal went into Central New York on Friday and won their first ACC games, 26-24, over the Orange on a field goal as time expired.

Stanford was lined up for a 34-yard kick but an offensive lineman flinched causing a five-yard penalty.

Emmett Kenney kicked his fourth field goal of the game from 39 yards and Stanford was perfect in its ACC history.