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Stanford places 18 on All-Pac-12 team
No. 7 Stanford beat visiting Notre Dame, 27-20, in a nonconference game. Lyons hopes the No. 7-ranked ighteen Stanford players, of linebackers in Trent Murphy Cardinal (10-2) is still smiling covering 19 positions, and Shayne Skov while junior some time Saturday night. Stanwere named to the All- safety Ed Reynolds also earned ford travels to No. 11 Arizona Pac-12 Conference football first-team honors. Murphy and State (10-2) for the Pac-12 chamteam this week. Six players Reynolds have been two-time pionship game, a berth in the earned first-team honors, an- first-team selections. 100th Rose Bowl at stake. Kickother six claimed second-team off is slated for 4:45 p.m., with the Named to the second-team honors and seven more earned offense were Tyler Gaffney game televised on ESPN. honorable-mention status (RB), Montgomery (WR), In addition to his two intercepin voting conducted by the Cameron Fleming (RT), Antions, Lyons has 61 tackles (tied league’s head coaches. for fourth on the team with Ed drus Peat (LT) and Khalil WilTy Montgomery was a first- kes (C). Reynolds), 4 1/2 tackles for a loss, team pick as a return specialist two pass breakups and two forced Montgomery claimed firstand a second-team selection as team honors at return specialist fumbles. a wide receiver. “He’s trending upward,” Cardiwith the junior ranking second Six Cardinal earned honors nationally in kickoff returns nal coach David Shaw said of Lyon offense with left guard Da- with 31.3 yards per return and ons. “He’s gotten better, smarter. vid Yankey earning the second two touchdowns. He’s understanding more and getstraight first-team honor of his ting a good feel for what it takes Also earning special teams career. to be a good cornerback in this honors for non-kickers or reOn defense, four Cardinal turners was Joe Hemschoot, league.” earned honors with Ben Gard- who earned second-team honLyons and the defense square ner earning first-team honors ors for his hard-hitting on kick off against an ASU team that is despite being sidelined by in- coverage units. averaging 43.2 points a game this jury since late October. season, just behind conference Seven Stanford players “He has a lot of respect earned honorable mention inleader Oregon. Stanford leads the around the league,” Stanford cluding Henry Anderson (DL), Pac-12 on defense, allowing just football coach David Shaw said. sophomore Alex Carter (CB), 19 points a game. The Sun Devils “When he runs on the field you Kevin Danser (RG), Josh Maugive up an average of 24.8 points don’t really notice him but he’s ro (DL), Ben Rhyne (P), Jordan a contest. difficult to account for.” Arizona State is also good at Richards (S) and A.J. Tarpley Gardner was joined by a pair (ILB). N creating turnovers, leading the Pac-12 in turnover margin at a plus-13. Stanford has created as “It’s always difficult to play the many turnovers (17) as it has in It was the same year Lyons, same team twice,” Martinez said. who is good at reading quarterturning the ball over. “That’s a good, complete foot- “Going in, we think of them as a backs, got his first look at Stanball team,” Shaw said. “They have different team.” ford, traveling to the school on an It will be nearly three months unofficial visit. It was his first trip good players on all three levels.” The game also features two since the teams last played — to the West Coast. of the top four running backs in Stanford beat ASU, 42-28, on “It opened up my mind and exthe conference with Stanford’s Sept. 21 in Stanford Stadium — posed me to so much more,” he making it easTyler Gaffney ranking said. “There are brilier to convince third with 123.8 yards liant people, beautiful Stanford playper game and Arizona minds, on this football ers that ArizoState’s Marion Grice, team.” na State will four yards shy of 1,000, Lyons missed most be completely averaging 90.5 yards. of his freshman season different. Sun Devils’ quarterwith a broken foot and “It’s a betback Taylor Kelly ranks started just one game ter position for fifth in the conference last season. He had just the coaches with 278.1 passing one career interception to say this is yards and fourth with prior to the Notre Dame a new game,” 27 touchdowns. game. In the first meetShaw said. Wayne Lyons Cardinal quarterback Kevin Hogan ing with ASU, however, “We haven’t Kevin Hogan averages Lyons tied Shayne Skov 184.2 passing yards, 11th in the seen them in a long time.” with a team-high nine tackles. Lyons, meanwhile, may not Pac-12. He’s fourth in pass effiThe Cardinal, which has won be headed for a political career, 10 regular-season games a fourth ciency with a rating of 149.9. Stanford linebacker Blake Mar- though he can certainly work straight season, hopes to continue tinez grew up in Tucson a fan of crowds well. the journey with a second consec“I just made friends with ev- utive trip to the Rose Bowl, someArizona football. His family has season tickets. Playing against the eryone I met,” Lyons said. “I’m thing the school hasn’t done since Sun Devils, for whom he “has a the guy everybody gets along John Ralston’s final two years at healthy dislike,” has to be a little with. Guys would run against Stanford in 1970-71. me (for class president) but it special. “We need to sustain drives,” “Arizona State talked to me was really like I was in a race of Shaw said of the keys on Saturafter (coach Todd) Graham got my own.” day. “And no field goals, we need During his junior year, Lyons touchdowns against these guys. there,” Martinez said. “By that time I had my mind set on Stan- started his virtual book club as When they blitz, there’s no time a way to repay his mother, who to hold the all. We have to get it ford.” Martinez, who missed four works with the school board in and get it off.” games with a knee injury, under- Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for taking The last time Stanford played stands the perils of the second the time to inspire him to read. in Tempe, it escaped with a 17-13 “She’s the biggest influence on victory in 2010. time around against a team. The Cardinal played UCLA in the fi- me,” Lyons said. “I struggled with “We had to claw and bite and nal regular-season game last sea- reading and she helped me a lot. scratch our way to a victory out son and then hosted the Bruins It doesn’t have to take much time, there,” Skov said. “So, I don’t exsix days later in the conference just start reading for 20 minutes pect anything less coming back a day.” championship game. down there.” N
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