SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — The way Andrew Luck has been playing, Notre Dame might prefer seeing Toby Gerhart again.
Stanford’s first victory over Notre Dame in eight years looked more like a Gerhart highlight reel as he rushed for 200-plus yards and three scores last year, and threw for another.
But the 16th-ranked Cardinal (3-0) have hardly missed the Heisman Trophy runner-up, piling up 155 points — including 68 in a thrashing of Wake Forest last weekend — on the way to their best start since 2001.
“Everybody here knows how excellent Toby was as a football player,” Irish defensive end Kapron Lewis-Moore said. “This year they don’t have Toby, but they’re still putting up numbers, still being successful. We can’t really worry about last year. We’ve got to focus on stopping Andrew Luck on offense.”
