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<\/a>Elijah Brown #2 of the Stanford Cardinal throws an interception while being tackled by Jasheen Davis #30 of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in the first quarter at Stanford Stadium on Oct. 26, 2024 in Stanford, California. (Photo by Eakin Howard\/Getty Images)\u00a0<\/p>\nRedshirt freshman Elijah Brown played the entire second half against the Seminoles. He led one 94-yard touchdown drive, but only recorded two first downs on five other possessions in the second half \u2013 and one of those came when FSU jumped offsides on fourth down.<\/p>\n
Brown finished 6 of 12 passing for 71 yards as the Cardinal held on for the win. Reich praised Brown\u2019s poise.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe big thing is just play the play and don\u2019t try to be a superstar,\u201d Reich said. \u201cDon\u2019t try to be a hero.\u00a0Just do what the play is called for. Let your teammate shine and stick to the script. And he did that well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still, Stanford will need more than just a game manager if it hopes to score against Miami. Gulbranson has thrown five passing plays of at least 50 yards, which ranks eighth in college football.<\/p>\n
EMERGING WEAPONS<\/p>\n
Whoever\u2019s under center will lean heavily on emerging playmakers like redshirt freshman Cole Tabb and senior tight end Sam Roush.<\/p>\n
Tabb was named the ACC running back of the week after gaining 118 yards and a touchdown on 28 carries against FSU after starter Micah Ford left in the second quarter with a leg injury. Ford will be unavailable against the Hurricanes.<\/p>\n
\u201c(Tabb) showed that power to move the pile but also showed speed to get around the edge, and that\u2019s a rare combination,\u201d Reich said.<\/p>\n
Roush was expected to be the top target heading into the season. After being held to 10 catches through five games, he has caught 14 passes for 152 yards in the past two weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have a really super talented player who has the ability to be a big-time playmaker,\u201d Reich said. \u201cIt\u2019s not our MO to just have one guy that we\u2019re targeting. We like to spread the ball around. But we certainly want him to be a big part of our offense.\u201d<\/p>\n
MENTAL TOUGHNESS<\/p>\n
Miami has NFL talent on its roster and is bound to make plays. But Stanford must bounce back quickly before the Hurricanes take an insurmountable lead.<\/p>\n
Junior outside linebacker Ernest Cooper said that general manager Andrew Luck has been stressing the motto \u201cre-engage and persist.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, no matter what may happen, good or bad, you\u2019ve got to obviously have amnesia, forget about the past, and focus on what\u2019s next in front of you,\u201d Cooper said. \u201cThat\u2019s not just been a defensive thing, but the mentality of the team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Originally Published: October 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM PDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stanford enters Saturday\u2019s game at No. 9 Miami in a position it hasn\u2019t been in for nearly 20…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3607,9636,4535,111,143,9635,114,123,125,124,9637,9638,9639,110,6815,6756,6816],"class_list":["post-19061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-acc-football","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-college-sports","tag-college-football","tag-inside-sports","tag-latest-headlines","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-palo-alto","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-south-bay","tag-sports","tag-stanford","tag-stanford-cardinal","tag-stanford-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>Stanford head coach Frank Reich, center right, celebrates with safety Scotty Edwards (21) after the team’s victory over Florida State in an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, in Stanford, Calif. (AP Photo\/Godofredo A. V\u00e1squez)\u00a0<\/p>\n