GAME PREVIEW: PITTSBURGH
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Oct. 13-27 — Stanford, Brigham Young and at Oklahoma — were the most challenging three-week stretch the 2012 Fighting Irish were going to face.
Notre Dame's trio of opponents from THREE UP, THREE DOWN
at Boston College (Nov. 10) and Wake Forest (Nov. 17) is considered, on pa- per, the "easiest" three-week stretch during the 2012 season. Pitt is in reconstruction with its
Conversely, the trio of Pitt (Nov. 3),
fourth head coach in three seasons and lost this year's opener at home, 31-17, to Football Championship Subdivision foe Youngstown State. Boston College head coach Frank
Senior running back Ray Graham has bounced back from a knee injury he suffered in 2011 to log 115 car- ries for 513 yards (4.5 per attempt) and five touchdowns through seven games.
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