Syracuse vs. Notre Dame: Four Irish Players Dismissed, Including Ishaq Williams

The Syracuse Orange will "host" the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at MetLife Stadium on September 27. When they do, it looks like the Irish might be without a handful of players thanks to a little thing I like to call academic fraud.

Actually, that's what everyone likes to call it.

According to Fox Sports' Bruce Feldman, the four players being investigated — wide receiver DaVaris Daniels, cornerback KeiVarae Russell, defensive lineman Ishaq Williams and linebacker Kendall Moore — have been dismissed from the school. Three have been starters, and Moore was considered at least a contributor. 247 Sports noted that those four were not at practice on Friday.

You may remember Ishaq Williams as the highly-touted DL recruit who chose ND over Syracuse and Penn State.

The Irish are coming into the season as a Top 20 team and opened as a 5.5-point favorite over the Orange in their upcoming game. That line has been removed by many casinos and it might be slightly less by the time it returns.