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Stanford Cardinal basketball podcast with Joey Friedman: Cardinal open up with new players and returning players against Sonoma State Tuesday

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On the Stanford Cardinal basketball podcast with Joey:

#1 The Cardinal will open their season October 30th against Sonoma State the time has come for the Cardinal to open the season with new faces and returning players.

#2 Stanford has a number of players that can be a difference maker, including Oscar DeSilva, who is a sophomore.

#3 Head coach Jerod Haase is looking forward to work with the younger talent

#4 Joey takes a look at who could be that one player that could fill the void for a Travis Reid as coach Haase shapes this 2018 team.

Joey Friedman does the Stanford Cardinal basketball podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Wednesday night notes: Cardinal’s Top 25 matchup with WSU on Homecoming

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By: Ana Kieu

The #24 Stanford Cardinal has a top 25 matchup versus the #14 Washington State Cougars at Stanford Stadium on Saturday night. Not only that, it’ll be a Homecoming game for the home team, so that gives the coaches, players, media members and fans another reason to be excited to be at The Farm on Saturday.

If you haven’t already purchased your tickets for this matchup, you can do so by clicking on the tweet below.

Anyhow, let’s get to the fun stuff regarding Stanford football!

There has been nine clips of nine touchdowns by senior wide receiver JJ Arcega-Whiteside, including the clip in the tweet below.

Whiteside told Stanford football: “You know it’s coming. You can’t stop it.”

Wednesday was a good day for senior running back Bryce Love, who’s a Human Biology major, who was named one of ten finalists for the Senior CLASS Award. Love’s not only a team captain, but also an aspiring pediatrician. Love set the school record with 2,118 rushing yards in 2017 and recently surpassed 4,000 career all-purpose yards. Love’s an unanimous All-American and Pac-12 All-Academic honoree. Moreover, Love’s expected to graduate in December.

Enough about Love. How about senior wide receiver Trenton Irwin? Okay, Irwin may not be the flashiest player on the team nor does he possess blazing speed, but let’s not forget that he has caught at least one pass in 35 consecutive games for the eighth-longest streak in the country.

Last week, Irwin accomplished a few feats at Arizona State. Irwin matched his career-high with seven receptions and was selected Stanford’s Offensive Player of the Game.

Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football David Shaw told Stanford Football: “I think Trent has been phenomenal … He’s been awesome on third downs, he’s made big plays downfield, he’s made game-changing plays, both with the fumble recovery against San Diego State and a key block in this last game. He’s given us everything he’s got.”

Fun Fact
Irwin likes to collect jerseys–mostly football ones–and has at least 120 of them.

Junior quarterback KJ Costello has been blossoming on the field. Costello has been refining his craft in more ways than one.

Shaw commented on Costello’s performance at Arizona State to Stanford Football: “It was one of his most efficient games … He took care of the football, scrambled for positive yards, checked down a couple times, and was seeing the defense very well. This was a big step for him from an efficiency standpoint and he still was able to make those big throws down the field.”

And, of course, we’ll go over this week’s NFL standouts who were Stanford alumni.

Philadelphia Eagles tight end Zach Ertz continued his stellar season with another standout performance in the Eagles’ 21-17 loss against the Carolina Panthers, leading the team in targets (11), receptions (9) and receiving yards (138). Ertz’s 57 catches are the seventh most in NFL history after seven games and, in 2018, lead all other tight ends by 19. He ranks fifth in the NFL in receiving yards (618) and third in targets (78), and is on pace for 130 catches and 1,413 yards, which would pass the previous all-time records set by Jason Witten (110 catches in 2012) and Rob Gronkowski (1,327 yards in 2011), respectively.

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck continued his excellent season with a four-touchdown performance in the Colts’ 37-7 rout against the Buffalo Bills. Luck completed 17-of-23 passes for 156 yards and zero interceptions, upping his season total to 20, which ranks second in the NFL. Luck’s four-game run of tossing three or more touchdowns is the longest active streak in the NFL, while his 65 percent completion rate is a career-high.

Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle David Parry made three solo tackles on 34 percent of defensive snaps in the Vikings’ 37-17 win at the New York Jets. Parry added two quarterback hurries and two run stops while earning a 74.5 grade from Pro Football Focus, the fifth-highest of any Viking.

Houston Texans safety Justin Reid played all 68 defensive snaps of the Texans’ 20-7 win at the Jacksonville Jaguars, finishing with five solo tackles. Over the course of the Texans’ last three games, Reid has played 186 of 192 possible defensive snaps. On the season, Reid has surrendered just six catches for 74 yards with zero missed tackles.

NFL Season Preview

  • Henry Anderson registered two tackles, including one for loss, two run stops, two quarterback pressures and one pass deflection in the New York Jets’ 37-17 loss against Minnesota.
  • Johnson Bademosi appeared on 18 special teams snaps in Houston’s 20-7 win at Jacksonville.
  • Cameron Fleming was active but did not appear in Dallas’ 20-17 loss at Washington.
  • Joshua Garnett was inactive for San Francisco’s 39-10 loss against the Los Angeles Rams with a toe injury sustained in Week 1.
  • Ryan Hewitt appeared on 26 offensive snaps and 12 special teams snaps in Indianapolis’ 37-7 win against Buffalo.
  • Kevin Hogan was inactive for Denver’s 45-10 win at Arizona on Thursday night.
  • Austin Hooper caught three of four targets for 48 yards in Atlanta’s 23-20 win against the New York Giants.
  • Peter Kalambayi appeared on a team-high 21 special teams snaps in Houston’s 20-7 win at Jacksonville.
  • Josh Mauro made one tackle on 11 defensive snaps in the New York Giants’ 23-20 loss against Atlanta.
  • Quenton Meeks appeared on 18 special teams snaps in Jacksonville’s 20-17 loss against Houston.
  • Christian McCaffrey caught all six of his targets for 51 yards in Carolina’s 21-17 win at Philadelphia, also carrying the ball seven times for 29 yards on all 59 offensive snaps.
  • Trent Murphy recorded two pressures and one tackle in Buffalo’s 37-7 loss at Indianapolis.
  • Andrus Peat was inactive for New Orleans’ 24-23 win at Baltimore with a concussion.
  • Harrison Phillips registered two tackles in Buffalo’s 37-7 loss at Indianapolis.
  • Jordan Richards started and appeared on 24 defensive snaps in Atlanta’s 23-20 win against the New York Giants.
  • Brennan Scarlett made one special teams tackle on 18 special teams snaps in Houston’s 20-7 win at Jacksonville.
  • Dalton Schultz made his NFL debut in Dallas’ 20-17 loss at Washington, catching one of three targets for 12 yards on 19 offensive snaps.
  • Richard Sherman was inactive for San Francisco’s 39-10 loss against the Los Angeles Rams with a calf injury.
  • Michael Thomas made one tackle on 20 defensive snaps and a game-high 22 defensive snaps in the New York Giants’ 23-20 loss at Atlanta.
  • Solomon Thomas made five tackles, including three solo, with three run stops in San Francisco’s 39-10 loss against the Los Angeles Rams while playing 64 percent of defensive snaps.
  • Levine Toilolo appeared on 21 offensive snaps in Detroit’s 33-21 win at Miami.

Byes
Green Bay Packers (Blake Martinez, Ty Montgomery); Pittsburgh Steelers (David DeCastro); Seattle Seahawks (Doug Baldwin)

Cardinal hold off ASU’s late rally for 20-13 win

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By Daniel Dullum
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Thursday, October 18, 2018

A late Arizona State Sun Devils’ rally fell short on Thursday, as the Stanford Cardinal held on for a 20-13 Pac-12 football victory at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz.

Sun Devils quarterback Manny Wilkins drove the ASU offense into the red zone in the last two minutes and 20 seconds of the fourth quarter. But with no time outs available, ASU could not stop the clock. All of ASU’s losses this season have been by a touchdown.

After the Cardinal (5-2 overall, 3-1 Pac-12) built a 20-6 lead with a big third quarter, ASU (3-4, 1-3) bounced back with seven minutes to play in the fourth quarter when Wilkins capped a 64-yard drive with a 10-yard touchdown run, cutting the Stanford lead to 20-13.

Stanford snapped a 6-6 deadlock with 7:55 left in the third quarter when quarterback K.J. Costello connected with JJ Arcega-Whiteside for a 28-yard score. Five minutes later, Cameron Scarlett’s one-yard plunge put the Cardinal up 20-6.

Costello completed 22 of 29 passes for 231 yards and a touchdown with no interceptions. Scarlett ran nine times for 54 yards and a touchdown. Bryce Love ran 11 times for 21 yards.

Arcega-Whiteside and Trenton Irwin each snared seven passes for the Cardinal. Arcega-Whiteside gained 91 reception yards and a touchdown; Irwin gained 79 reception yards. Jet Toner booted field goals of 21 and 31 yards in the first half.

Wilkins threw for 353 yards and a TD while completing 26 of 43 passes. Wilkins also led ASU in rushing with 41 yards on 11 carries. Eno Benjamin gained 38 yards on 11 attempts for the Devils.

Arizona State’s top pass catcher was K’Neal Harry with eight receptions for 91 yards.

The Cardinal return home on Saturday, October 27 for a 3:00 p.m. Pac-12 game against Washington State (5-1).

Bye week aids Stanford’s recovery after rough loss to Utah

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By: Ana Kieu

The Stanford Cardinal suffered a rough 40-21 loss to the Utah Utes at Stanford Stadium last Saturday night. Obviously, the Cardinal was shook up following the home loss to Utah, who got an early lead and never looked back, despite the fact Stanford showed an ample amount of life in the third quarter.

The Cardinal will travel to Sun Devil Stadium to take on the Arizona State Sun Devils next Thursday at 6:00 pm PT on ESPN. As you can see, this will be a nationally televised game, so there’s a chance Stanford will unleash their anger on ASU, but then again it’s college football and we’ll never know what’s going to happen. All I can reassure you about is the fact that this likely will be a better game than the San Jose State Spartans facing a conference or non-conference team.

Anyhow, Stanford’s focused on their upcoming game. But, in the meantime, Stanford has been checking out their former standouts who currently play in the NFL.

Philadelphia Eagles tight end Zach Ertz continued his historic pace by having a day in the Eagles’ 23-21 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. Ertz caught his first touchdown of the season and led the Eagles in targets (11), receptions (10) and receiving yards (110) on 97% of offensive snaps with Carson Wentz targeting him on 35% of pass attempts. Since 2001, there have been three instances where a tight end has caught 10 or more passes three times in a game during a full season–Ertz has accomplished the feat in the last four weeks. Ertz, who’s on pace for 131 catches and nearly 1,400 yards, is one of four players in the league with at least 10 targets in every game so far. Ertz has joined the likes of Adam Thielen, Odell Beckham Jr. and DeAndre Hopkins.

Atlanta Falcons tight end Austin Hooper had a career-high nine receptions in the Falcons’ 41-17 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Hooper also led the Falcons in targets (12) and receiving yards (77) on 76% of offensive snaps. Hooper’s 21 receptions rank second on the Falcons and ninth in the NFL among tight ends.

Green Bay Packers inside linebacker Blake Martinez finished with a career-high two sacks in the Packers’ 31-23 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Martinez finished with four solo tackles, four run stops and a 78.8 defensive grade from Pro Football Focus. According to PFF, Martinez ranks third in total defensive rating (86.8) and fifth in run stops (18) among qualified linebackers.

Houston Texans safety Justin Reid made his first career interception in the Texans’ 19-16 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night. Reid finished with two quarterback hurries and six tackles on 90% of defensive snaps, helping limit the Cowboys to 292 total yards in the overtime win. Reid has been one of the top rookie defensive backs in the NFL after five weeks.

Falcons safety Jordan Richards tied a career high with a team-high seven tackles on 77% of defensive snaps in Atlanta’s 41-17 loss at Pittsburgh. According to Pro Football Focus, Richards finished with three run stops while allowing two catches for 19 yards on four targets.

San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman continued his stellar season with another shutout performance in San Francisco’s 28-18 loss to Arizona. Sherman didn’t allow a catch on two targets while appearing on every defensive snap. Sherman missed Week 4 with a calf injury sustained in Week 3. On 146 coverage snaps in 2018, Sherman leads qualifying cornerbacks in fewest catches allowed (1) and passer rating allowed (39.6).

And, of course, Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey is currently leading the NFL in average yards from scrimmage/game, just a sliver ahead of Alvin Kamara and Todd Gurley.

Stanford Cardinal Football podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: After two straight tough losses, can Stanford overcome ASU?

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On the Stanford Cardinal podcast with Jerry:

#1 The Stanford Cardinal came into last Saturday’s game and ranked #14 and then took a 38-17 loss by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish a week before coming home and getting crushed by the Utah Utes 40-21.

#2 The Utes running back Zach Moss scored two touchdowns–one was in the red zone from a pitch from the 10 that gave Utah a 7-0 lead.

#3 To make things worse, Stanford quarterback KJ Costello mastered getting the Cardinal into the red zone, but threw a pass into the end zone that was picked off by the Utes’ Jaylon Johnson, who ran it back 100 yards for a touchdown.

#4 The afternoon continued to look rough for Costello, who was sacked four times and picked off twice.

#5 The Cardinal head to Arizona State University for a Thursday night Pac-12 football game on October 18th. Join our very own Daniel Dullum for your Cardinal coverage that night.

Jerry Feitlelberg has your Stanford Cardinal podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Utes down the Cardinal 40-21 at Stanford Stadium

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By: London Donson

STANFORD, Calif. — Going into Saturday, the Stanford Cardinal had to be feeling pretty good. Ranked at #14, despite coming off a 38-17 loss to Notre Dame last week, they held a 4-1 record. Looking for a chance to make some serious noise this season against the unranked Utah Utes under the lights in primetime.

The Utes had other plans and came out swinging. After trading scoreless possessions in the first, the Utes made into the red zone where running back Zach Moss would take pitch from inside the Cardinal 10-yard line and score one of his two touchdowns of the night. Giving them the early 7-0 lead, putting Stanford on their heels in the final minute of the first quarter.

KJ Costello, who was in at quarterback for the Cardinal, would orchestrate a drive down the field, getting his team into the red zone. A poor throwing decision later and he was picked off in the end zone by Jaylon Johnson, who dashed it backed down the field for a 100-yard pick six, doubling the Utes’ advantage. Utah continued to dominate the game on both side of the ball, giving the offense fits as the sacked Costello four times and picked him off twice. They would go into the half with a two-touchdown advantage, 21-7.

The second half saw the Cardinal find their moxie. After giving up a score early in the third, running back Cameron Scarlett would leap his way into the end zone virtually untouched. The Cardinal continued to rally four minutes later as Costello would find Michael Wilson in the corner of the end zone from just beyond the Utah 30-yard line. This would narrow the gap, 27-21, in front of a raucous crowd.

But Utah remained resilient. Having pushed the lead to 30-21, Utah had the ball with seven minutes left in the game on their own 42. After escaping a sack, quarterback Tyler Huntley tossed up a prayer off his back foot. His prayer was answered as wideout Samuel Nacua was able locate the ball and get in for six. It was Huntley’s only touchdown off the game, and it dashed the Cardinal’s hope for a comeback.

The Utes held onto the ball to eventually beat the Cardinal 40-21.

The Cardinal have a much-needed bye week and then head to the desert to take on the Arizona State Sun Devils on Thursday, October 18 at 6:00 pm PT.

NCAAFB podcast with Michelle Richardson: TSU’s Christian Abercrombie in critical condition following head injury; Ohio State scores 2 TDs for late win; Cardinal get beat on home turf 38-17

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On the NCAAFB podcast with Michelle:

#1 Tennessee State linebacker Christian Abercrombie suffered a head injury against Vanderbilt is in the hospital in critical condition

#2 The Ohio State Buckeyes got two touchdowns late in the game against Penn State for a 27-26 win.

#3 No. 8 Notre Dame got a 38-17 win over No.7 Stanford Cardinal. Cardinal running back Bryce Love injured his ankle. The ankle gave Love the same problem in the 2017 season.

Michelle does the NCAAFB podcast each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

No. 8 Irish knock off No. 7 Cardinal 38-17

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By Daniel Dullum
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Saturday, September 29, 2018

Ian Book, in his second game as Notre Dame’s starting quarterback, engineered the No. 8-ranked Fighting Irish to their fifth win of the season without a loss Saturday. No. 7 Stanford was the victim in Notre Dame’s 38-17 win at South Bend, Ind.

The Irish held Stanford to 229 yards of total offense, doing the job defensively with five sacks of Stanford quarterback K.J. Costello, nine tackles for loss, an interception and breaking up eight Cardinal passes.

Notre Dame also held the Cardinal (4-1 overall, 2-0 Pac-12) to a second-half 46-yard field goal by Jet Toner and no points in the fourth quarter.

Not helping the Cardinal was losing the services of Bryce Love in the fourth quarter due to an ankle injury. Love, who finished with 73 rushing yards on 17 carries, spent most of last season dealing with a chronic ankle sprain.

Book, meanwhile, completed 24 of 33 passes for 278 yards and four touchdowns. Dexter Williams paced the Irish running attack with 161 yards and one touchdown, and Miles Boykin caught 11 passes for 144 yards and a touchdown.

Love scored on a 39-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, which tied the game at 7-7. Stanford tied the game again in the second quarter at 14-14 when Costello tossed a 4-yard TD pass to JJ Arcega-Whiteside.

After that, it was all Notre Dame. The Irish went ahead to stay on a Book TD pass of 10 yards to Chase Claypool with :39 remaining in the first half.

Notre Dame made it a two-possession game when Book found Boykin for an 8-yard touchdown.

Costello completed 15 of 27 passes for 174 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Arcega-Whiteside and Trenton Irwin each caught five passes for the Cardinal.

Alijah Holder led a busy Cardinal defense with eight tackles and two assists, with Paulson Adebo finishing with seven tackles and one assist. Sean Barton, Malik Antoine and Joey Alfieri each had six tackles.

The Cardinal return home next Saturday to host the Utah Utes. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. PT.

Cardinal pull off come-from-behind win 38-31 to knock off Oregon

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By Daniel Dullum
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Saturday, September 22, 2018

The No. 7 Stanford Cardinal used a dramatic, late comeback Saturday to upend the No. 20 Oregon Ducks 38-31 at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore. The Cardinal overcame a 17-point deficit in the second half.

Colby Parkinson hauled in what became the game-winning touchdown pass in overtime, beating numerous Duck defenders to tip a 23-yard scoring pass to himself from K.J. Costello at the goal line.

On fourth-and-goal to send the game into a second overtime, a pass by Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert was tipped and intercepted by Lameen Murphy in the end zone to wrap up the Cardinal’s victory.

After Stanford recovered a fumble on its own 43-yard line with 51 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, Jet Toner connected on a 32-yard field goal as time expired in regulation play, sending the game into overtime.

Costello threw for 327 yards and three touchdowns for the Cardinal (4-0).

It was Oregon’s first loss after three victories.

Oregon jumped to a 24-7 lead, but the momentum shifted when the Cardinal’s Joey Alfieri returned a fumble 80 yards for a touchdown late in the third quarter.

Bryce Love, who sat out last week’s game against UC-Davis to convalesce, ran for 89 yards and a 22-yard touchdown late in the third quarter that cut the Ducks’ lead to 24-21.

Cyrus Habibi-Likio’s 1-yard touchdown run extended the Ducks’ lead to 31-21 with 4:39 to play. Stanford then answered with a 15-yard TD pass from Costello to JJ Arcega-Whiteside making it 31-28 before Sean Barton’s fumble recovery set up the game-tying field goal.

No. 7 Stanford visits No. 8 Notre Dame next Saturday at 4:30 pm PDT.

Stanford survives slow start to down UC Davis 30-10

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By Jeremy Harness

STANFORD, Calif. – It’s a good thing that the scoreboard doesn’t have pictures or game film.

The quality of play left a lot to be desired from both teams. Saturday morning’s game at Stanford Stadium featured shanked punts, botched fake punts, scratch-your-head interceptions, late hits that were not called, and just overall bad football.

However, the Stanford Cardinal pushed through all of that to get their third straight win to start the season and keep its No. 9 national ranking intact with a (30-3) win over UC Davis. What was much more deceiving than the score was the official attendance on Saturday, which was announced as 31,772. Looking into the stands, which were more than half empty, a four-digit number would have been much more accurate.

Getting past all of that, one thing is abundantly clear going forward: Stanford will have to play a lot better if they are going to beat a much-improved Oregon team, which will be waiting for the Cardinal upon their arrival in Eugene next Saturday.

Quarterback K.J Costello overcame a horrific start to lead the Cardinal to victory. He completed 17 of his 30 throws for 214 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

He was visibly off target in the early going, as he also threw two interceptions, both coming in the first quarter. Although he completed his first pass of the game for a first down, that momentum quickly fizzled, and the Cardinal’s opening drive resulted in a punt.

Stanford’s second possession ended up abruptly when Costello’s pass over the middle was intercepted, giving UC Davis the ball on Stanford’s 12-yard line. The Aggies converted that into a field goal to give them an early 3-0 lead.

Stanford averted disaster on its third drive when Costello appeared to have thrown an inadvertent backward pass and was ruled a live ball, which linebacker Nas Anesi scooped up and jaunted into the end zone untouched to give the Aggies a shocking 9-0 lead.

That play was reviewed, and it was then determined that the ball was thrown forward, therefore an incomplete pass, and the touchdown was taken off the board.

That good fortune vanished into the wind on the very next play, however, as Costello sailed another pass over the middle and had it picked off by sophomore defensive back Isaiah Thomas (not to be confused with the point guard for the NBA’s Denver Nuggets).

The defense held up remarkably well during that stretch, and the offense eventually got itself together in the second quarter. That’s when the Cardinal drove deep into UC Davis territory and took the lead, as J.J Arcega-Whiteside posted up cornerback Vincent White in the end zone, giving Costello a relatively easy 9-yard touchdown pass.

Late in the quarter, Stanford got into the red zone and Arcega-Whiteside got position in the end zone again, this time on cornerback Jordan Perryman. Costello found him once more, and the 8-yard score capped off a seven-play, 62-yard drive and gave the Cardinal a 17-3 lead, which stood at halftime.

A botched fake punt gave the Cardinal the ball on the Aggies’ 19-yard line for its first possession of the second half. After a three-and-out, Stanford settled for a field goal, increasing its lead to 20-3.

Following a Stanford touchdown, UC Davis had another crack at a score, pushing into the red zone. However, that hope was dashed when freshman Thomas Booker picked off a tipped pass.

That was, until UC Davis converted a Hail Mary pass for a touchdown, which was rather meaningless – college fantasy football does not exist, folks – but it changed the overall score nonetheless.

The No. 9 Cardinal head to Autzen Stadium next Saturday, September 22 to take on the No. 20 Oregon Ducks at 5:00 pm PDT on ABC.