Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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GAME PREVIEW: WAKE FOREST games. He had an ACC-record 16 catches in a 28- 14 win over Boston College Nov. 3. Campanaro is less than six feet tall and has nearly twice as many receptions as anyone else on the Deacons' roster. Notre Dame's secondary can't stack up in the ex- perience column to Wake Forest, but that hasn't been a problem for them this year. Campanaro aver- aged 7.7 yards per catch in that record-setting win over the Eagles. The Irish will he happy to hold him to that number on Satur- day. Advantage: Notre Dame NOTRE DAME VS. WAKE FOREST RUN DEFENSE averaged 200.3 yards per game in its first nine wins. The last time Notre Dame finished a season over the 200 mark was in 2000, when the Irish landed in the Fiesta Bowl. Sophomore quarterback Everett Golson has been the little extra shove the team needed to get past that checkpoint. Golson ran for 230 yards in a four-game stretch starting in an overtime win against Stanford and ending with a one-yard touchdown run in triple overtime against Pittsburgh. He had a career-high 74 yards in the Pitt game. When added to the trio of talented running backs RUNNING GAME The Irish rushing attacked Through nine games, redshirt junior outside linebacker Justin Jackson led the team with 66 total stops, seven tackles for loss and four sacks. PHOTO COURTESY WAKE FOREST that run the ball well, giving up 385 yards in a loss to Florida State, for example, and 429 yards to Army the following week. Wake Forest's downfall has come against teams Advantage: Notre Dame Notre Dame has in the backfield, Golson creates a lot of options to find the holes in opposing de- fenses. Wake Forest has done a good job of filling those holes for the most part this season. The Demon Deacons have four players on defense with at least 50 tackles and eight with at least 40. Red- target for Notre Dame in wins against Oklahoma and Pittsburgh. He had a team-high seven catches, including a clutch 45-yarder on the game-tying drive, against Pittsburgh. In the process, he be- came one of four Irish receivers with at least 20 receptions. Junior wideout TJ Jones (31 for 383 yards and three Sophomore DaVaris Daniels emerged as a regular NOTRE DAME PASSING GAME VS. WAKE FOREST PASS DEFENSE shirt junior outside linebacker Justin Jackson is first among that group with 66 tackles, including seven for loss and four sacks.