Elon travels to Palo Alto to take on Stanford

By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Elon’s football team will be California dreamin’ this week. The Phoenix plays at Stanford on Saturday, with this matchup against an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent coming with a different backdrop than many such assignments in the past. “It’s a good opportunity, a good challenge to go out to Palo Alto and play an ACC team,” Elon linebacker Carter Wyatt said. “Immediately, the first thing I thought of was the travel. Going out to play all the way in California. Just an exciting opportunity and something we’ve all been looking forward to.” Past clashes with ACC teams often have come in the early portion of the schedule against in-state opponents. This comes just past the midway mark for the Phoenix (4-3). “It’s different,” coach Tony Trisciani said. “We like opening up the season with these games, but I also liked our schedule this year the way we started.

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