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ACC's additions of Cal, Stanford create test for coast-to-coast basketball scheduling plans
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Brooke Demetre was ready to go. The Stanford forward isn’t deterred by the idea of the cross-country travel that awaits the Cardinal and California men’s and women’s basketball teams in the newly expanded Atlantic Coast Conference. No, just like for this week’s flight to the state of North Carolina for the league’s preseason media days, she’ll have everything she’ll need to pass the time between homework and hobbies. “I love crafts, and art,” she said with a laugh Wednesday. “So I love to paint, draw, crochet. And I have a bedazzling kit. So on the way here, I have this little mini-watercolor set. So I was painting on the plane ride over.” OK, so the 6-foot-3 junior is set. But what about everybody else for the Cardinal or the Bears? Or, for that matter, the teams in the ACC’s eastern-seaboard footprint that will now have trips to the Golden State? The league’s expansion to 18 basketball programs, including the addition of SMU to plant the ACC’s flag in Texas, has turned what used to be largely regional tussles to determine a regular-season champion into a Pacific-to-Atlantic endeavor that changed the way the ACC handled scheduling.
Everything Notre Dame Football Coach Al Golden Said Tuesday Before Stanford
On Tuesday, Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden spoke with the media about a variety of topics. Here is everything he had to say. "You look at everything. You look at explosive passes, explosive runs, how you're doing in the red zone, what's your approach on third down. You look at everything. Some things you can change. Some things you have to avoid. And some things you have to add. It's really a three-pronged approach. What do you have to eliminate, what can you improve and what do you need to add for the home stretch? That's really what we did, keeping Stanford at the fore of it, though, moving forward."
Virginia Tech FPI continues to surge after blowout of Stanford
The Virginia Tech football team showed no hangover following their 38-34 loss at Miami on Sept. 27 when they traveled out to California to play Stanford. Instead of letting the loss linger and compound into another loss against Stanford, the Hokies played a good 60 minutes Saturday afternoon to roll to a 31-7 win over the Cardinal.
Insider’s Preview: Stanford
A road upset win part of what is already a mixed bag resume for 2024, Stanford travels to South Bend this weekend for its biennial matchup with Notre Dame. The 2-3 Cardinal have not won since that mid-September, 26-24, Friday night victory at Syracuse, but will attempt this Saturday to return to the scene of its 2022 crime—one largely perpetrated by the Irish in defeat, but orchestrated by a Stanford squad that would not yield as underdogs of 16.5 points.
Bay Area woman makes history riding water bike to Farallon Islands in honor of daughter
By Dion Lim Click here for updates on this story SAUSALITO, California (KGO) — A history-making journey took place this week from Sausalito to the Farallon Islands by a local woman via water bike. It’s a journey Jessica Schiller made for a greater purpose. “A lot of people thought I was crazy!” said Schiller, who The post Bay Area woman makes history riding water bike to Farallon Islands in honor of daughter appeared first on KION546.
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