Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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GAME PREVIEW: PITTSBURGH a 6-6 season (prior to Pitt's loss to SMU in the Compass Bowl). Judging from the first half of the 2012 cam- paign, Chryst — the for- mer Wisconsin offensive coordinator — has his work cut out for him. A season-opening one on the roster, with the exception of a cou- ple true sophomores that Graham really got, a lot of these guys were recruited to play in a pro-style offense," said Sam Werner, who covers Panthers football for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "At least theoretically, they're better suited for it. But at the same time, every offense is differ- ent, and defense, too, for that matter. "Anytime you have 31-17 loss to Football Championship Subdivi- sion school Youngstown State set the tone for a 3-4 record to date. But a 35-17 victory over Vir- ginia Tech in game three was an indication that Chryst's way of doing things is starting to take hold in Pittsburgh. "Pretty much every- Fifth-year senior quarterback Tino Sunseri has flourished in Pitt's reinstated pro-style attack, completing 142 of 206 passes (68.9 per- cent) for 1,878 yards with 10 touchdowns and just two interceptions in seven games. PHOTO COURTESY OF PITT ATHLETICS a whole new coaching staff coming in and in- stalling their terminol- ogy and their general philosophies, there's go- ing to be some growing pains. Pitt has definitely experienced that this season." Fi f th-year senior quarterback Tino Sun-