Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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GAME PREVIEW: WAKE FOREST BY DAN MURPHY ON PAPER WAKE FOREST RUNNING GAME VS. NOTRE DAME RUN DEFENSE elite level running back, but has yet to show the consistency needed on the field. The redshirt ju- nior ran for a team-high 592 yards in the first nine games this year. Injuries and graduation decimated the Demon Wake Forest's Josh Harris has the tools to be an Deacons offensive line at the start of the season, which put a damper on Harris' chance for a break- out year. The team ranks 107th in the country in rushing offense (112.3 yards per game) and at- tempted only 21 running plays total in its 28-14 win over Boston College Nov. 3. Notre Dame's front seven showed its first leaks of the year in its most recent home game. Pitts- burgh senior Ray Graham ran for 172 yards and a touchdown to push the Irish to the brink of defeat. Despite Graham's big day, the strength of Notre Dame's team is that it ranks 11th in the country in stopping the run (100.7 yards allowed per game). Advantage: Notre Dame WAKE FOREST PASSING GAME VS. NOTRE DAME PASS DEFENSE Demon Deacons' starting quarterback. He has done a good job of protecting the football since his first games as a true freshman. He has 39 career touchdown passes compared to 19 inter- ceptions. Redshirt junior Michael Campanaro has been on Junior Tanner Price is in his third year as the Redshirt junior wide receiver Michael Campanaro equaled a single-game ACC record with 16 recep- tions for 123 yards and three touchdowns in a 28-14 win over Boston College Nov. 3. PHOTO COURTESY WAKE FOREST the receiving end of eight of those touchdowns, including six this season. Campanaro missed two games early in the year with a broken hand and has been less that 100 percent for much of the season. He led his team, nonetheless, with 60 re- ceptions for 604 yards and six scores through nine