CAL at NOTRE DAME
Data: Cal 2-0, 0-0 within the Pac-12; Notre Dame 0-2
Kickoff: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana
TV: NBC
Radio: KGO (810 AM)
Collection historical past: Notre Dame leads 4-0. The groups are assembly for the primary time since 1967, when the defending nationwide champion Irish beat Cal 41-8 in South Bend. Notre Dame has outscored Cal by a mixed margin of 138-27.
Cal storylines: The Bears hit the street for the primary time after wins over UC Davis and UNLV. Regardless of Notre Dame’s points, this might be by far Cal’s hardest recreation up to now this fall. The Irish are 11-point favorites . . . Senior quarterback Jack Plummer, a switch from Purdue, is the one Cal participant to have confronted Notre Dame. He was 25-for-36 for 187 yards and a landing towards the Irish final season in a 27-13 loss . . . Freshman working again Jaydn Ott is fourth within the Pac-12 in speeding (78.0 yards per recreation) and has scored three touchdowns in his first two video games . . . Cal is 2-0 within the Jap time zone below coach Justin Wilcox, with wins over North Carolina in 2017 and Ole Miss in 2019 . . . Reserve RB Chris Road and WR Mason Starling are each anticipated to overlook their third straight video games as a consequence of damage.
Notre Dame storylines: The Irish are winless in coach Marcus Freeman’s three video games since taking up final December instead of Brian Kelly, who left to develop into coach at LSU. Freeman is the primary Notre Dame coach to start his tenure 0-3 . . . The Irish started the season ranked No. 5 within the AP High 25 and dropped to No. 8 after a 21-10 opening loss to No. 2 Ohio State. After shedding 26-21 to twenty.5-point underdog Marshall at house final week, they grew to become simply the third group since 2000 to start out the 12 months within the prime 5 and lose its first two video games, becoming a member of Michigan in 2007 and Florida State in 2017 . . . Sophomore Drew Pyne will begin at quarterback after a season-ending shoulder damage to Tyler Buchner . . . The Irish have 4 gamers projected by USA Right this moment to be first-round NFL draft picks in 2023: tight finish Michael Mayer at No. 18, edge rusher Isaiah Foskey at No. 19, security Brandon Joseph at No. 24 and offensive lineman Jarrett Patterson at No. 31.
Stats that matter: Cal dedicated 18 turnovers in its 4 losses to Notre Dame from 1959 by means of ’67. That’s greater than the whole variety of turnovers the Bears have (12 in 14 video games) because the begin of the 2021 season . . . The Combating Irish have but to create a takeaway after forcing 25 turnovers a 12 months in the past . . . Notre Dame ranks 117th nationally in scoring (15.5 factors) and whole offense (302.0 yards) and 119th in third-down conversions (26.9%) . . . Cal punter Jamieson Sheahan leads the Pac-12 and is sixth in FBS at 48.33 yards per punt.