Del Nero is reported not to have traveled outside Braz

STANFORD, Calif. -- Stanford tight end Dalton Schultz saw Christian McCaffrey run the football earlier than most. Their high school teams played twice, and Schultz said he and his teammates were helpless to stop McCaffrey.Our entire defensive game plan was structured around him. He tore our defense up, Schultz said. I remember one play he broke like six tackles and went 99 yards.Stanford fans hope to see something memorable Saturday when the Cardinal (8-3) face Rice (3-8) in what could be McCaffreys final home game. When asked this week if he expects to enter the 2017 NFL draft, the junior running back said only: Im just focused on Rice right now, bringing the juice and sending the seniors out the right way.Cardinal coach David Shaw said the two plan to discuss the matter after Stanfords bowl game.Whatever McCaffrey decides wont be soon enough to help Rice. The Owls have won their past two games, but coach David Bailiff knows a serious challenge awaits at Stanford Stadium.We better tackle well this week. Hes an amazing back. Weve all seen him on TV, Bailiff said. Hes not just an amazing back. He catches the ball well. Everything he does hes incredible at. Kick returns, punt returns; he can do it all.McCaffrey, the 2015 Heisman Trophy runner-up after rushing for more than 2,000 yards and setting an FBS record for all-purpose yards, is coming off a 284-yard performance against rival Cal. He has rushed for 807 yards the past four games.Schultz said blocking for McCaffrey is much more fun than trying to tackle him. He particularly enjoyed McCaffreys 90-yard TD run against Cal during which he eluded three would-be tacklers at the line of scrimmage.Just knowing if you stay on that block an extra half a second something goods going to come out of it, Schultz said. You dont have to be perfect, he gives you a little leeway.Things to watch for when Stanford faces Rice:LASTING MOTIVATIONShaw said Stanfords early-season stumbles continue to provide fuel and should motivate the Cardinal even as a heavy favorite against Rice.Hopefully we have that feeling of still trying to make up for lost time, said Shaw, whose team has won its past four games after a 4-3 start. The real opponent for us is making sure we play better this week than we did last week.RICE DEFENSE RISES UPBailiff is hoping for a repeat of the Owls defensive efforts the past two weeks, when they allowed just 21 and 24 points in wins over Charlotte and UTEP. He was especially excited that Rice held Miners running back Aaron Jones to 75 rushing yards after hed topped 200 each of his two previous games.Defensively, I think it was the finest defensive performance that Ive seen maybe since Ive been here, he said. We only had four missed tackles on the day so we tackled exceptionally well.TOUGH AT HOMENot much tilts in Rices direction in this one. Stanford is 10-0 in non-conference home games under Shaw and has won 15 straight games at home outside the Pac-12 dating to a 2007 loss to Notre Dame. Then theres this: After struggling on offense for much of the season, the Cardinal have found their groove. With junior Keller Chryst now playing quarterback and McCaffrey fully healthy, Stanford has totaled more than 500 yards of offense in three straight games for the first time since 2011.TYNERS TURNRice freshman quarterback Jackson Tyner, who had thrown just five passes all season before starting last week, now faces one of the nations most physical defenses. Tyner was thrust into action when starter Tyler Stehling went down with a knee injury. Tyner responded by going 18 for 25 for 196 yards with two touchdowns and an interception against UTEP.Jackson Tyner stepped in and did an incredible job, Bailiff said. It was a great, great effort by him. He had an interception, but he made wise decisions with the football.WHY THIS GAME ON THIS DATEStanford customarily faces Notre Dame in the final regular-season game in odd-numbered years, but that leaves the Cardinal with scheduling issues in the even-numbered years. The contract between the schools called for the game to be played in Week 2, but Rice agreed to move it to the end of the schedule so Stanford wouldnt finish a week earlier than everyone else. The move also created an early bye that prevented the Cardinal from having to play 12 consecutive weeks. Dallas Goedert Eagles Jersey .com) - The women will also have a new champion at the Australian Open. Reggie White Womens Jersey . 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The Brazilian soccer confederation has lost five major sponsors in the last 18 months as its president -- and the previous two presidents -- has been indicted on corruption charges.The latest to bail out is Samsung, which joins Michelin and Gillette as major sponsors abandoning the CBF, whose president Marco Polo del Nero is wanted by U.S. prosecutors on racketeering, fraud and other charges.The CBF confirmed Samsungs exit, but declined other comment. The CBFs website shows it has 10 sponsors remaining, including Nike, Chevrolet and MasterCard.Reports in Brazil say Samsung may have to pay $20 million to get out of the deal. The South Korean company has been buffeted by recent financial losses related to its Galaxy Note 7 phone.The shaving brand Gillette, owned by Proctor & Gamble, left 11 months ago and told the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo at the time that it is committed to sound ethics and seeks partners who correspond with our values.Erich Beting, the owner of Brazilian sports marketing company Maquina do Esporte, said Brazils economic crisis is also playing a role in the exits. He said sponsors overpaid in the run-up to Brazils 2014 World Cup.The amounts CBF was getting were very high, mainly because of the tournament being played here, Beting told The Associated Press. Brazils economy crisis is making companies rethink their investments.The CBFs website shows income from sponsorships soared in the run-up to the 2014 World Cup.Sponsorship income for 2012 was 235 million reals (now $70 million), and reached 359 million reals ($107 million) in 2014 -- a 50 percent increase.It fell to 339 million reals ($101 million) in 2015, the last year for which the CBF provided data.Sponsorship income was expected to be much lower in 2016 as Brazils faces its deepest recession in decades with inflation and unemploymeent each over 10 percent.ddddddddddddReports of corruption at the CBF are decades-old, but came into focus when high-ranking soccer officials were arrested in Switzerland in May 2015 in raids at a five-star hotel. They included Jose Maria Marin, the former president of the CBF who was extradited to the United States and awaits trial on corruption charges.Marin, who is out on a $15 million bond, is under house arrest in a luxury New York apartment. A trial date has been set for November 2017.Marins predecessor, Ricardo Teixeira, and current CBF president Del Nero, have both been indicted by U.S. officials but have not been extradited.Brazil has an extradition treaty with the United States, but seldom extradites its own nationals. However, legal authorities in Brazil are reported to be cooperating with their American counterparts in pursuing Del Nero and Teixeira.Del Nero is reported not to have traveled outside Brazil since he fled Zurich, Switzerland, in the wake of the FIFA raid, and seems unlikely to attend the 2018 World Cup in Russia, where Brazil will be a favorite.Del Nero has acknowledged he earns about 200,000 reals monthly ($60,000), which the Sao Paulo lawyer has described as too little.The Sao Paulo newspaper Estadao also reported last year that members of the Brazilian national team have been selected by sponsors -- rather than the coach -- that want only the most marketable players picked.The CBF denied the allegations.---Stephen Wade on Twitter: http://twitter.com/StephenWadeAP . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/stephen-wadeMauricio Savarese on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MSavarese . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/journalist/mauricio-savarese ' ' '