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WAKE FOREST PREVIEW TROUBLE IN THE TRENCHES W Offensive line issues haunt Demon Deacons BY WES MORGAN ake Forest fans have had to keep their favorite team's roster handy to keep track of the personnel changes along the offensive line. Already challenged to replace four starters from the 2011 season, it has been a patchwork effort by first-year offensive line coach Jonathan Himebauch to find five able bodies each and every week. Along with returning starting fifth-year A patchwork offensive line has had difficulty creating holes for redshirt junior running back Josh Harris, with the Demon Deacons averaging just 3.1 yards per carry and 102.7 rushing yards per outing through 10 games. PHOTO COURTESY WAKE FOREST ✦ GAME FACTS third season), Wake Forest — Jim Grobe (73-72, 12th season). Series Facts: This is just the second meeting between Date: Nov. 17, 2012 Site: Notre Dame Stadium (80,795) Kickoff: 3:41 p.m. ET Television: NBC Radio: This broadcast can be heard live on SIRIUS Satellite Radio (channel 129). Coaches: Notre Dame — Brian Kelly (26-10, the two schools. Notre Dame visited Winston-Salem, N.C., Nov. 5, 2011, and rallied for a 24-17 victory over the Demon Deacons at BB&T Field. senior center Garrick Williams, the unit's anchor and most talented player, the front five was supposed to include redshirt ju- nior left tackle Steven Chase, redshirt sophomore left guard Antonio Ford, red- shirt junior right guard Frank Souza and redshirt sophomore right tackle Collin Summers. Souza, originally a defensive lineman, began working with the first team early Michael Campanaro finished fourth in the ACC with 6.1 receptions per game in 2011, and recorded 73 total catches for 833 yards and a pair of touchdowns. The 5-11, 195-pounder missed two games with a broken hand this fall, but still has a team-high 65 receptions for 618 yards (9.5 yards per catch) and six touchdowns. De- fense — Redshirt junior nose guard Nikita Whitlock is the heart and soul of the Demon Deacons' defense. The 5-11, 260-pounder has 41 tackles, 4.5 stops for loss and three sacks through 10 games. For The Record: Wake Forest alumnus Brian Piccolo Prime Personnel: Offense — Redshirt junior flanker NOV. 14, 2012 in spring practices, inspiring sophomore Daniel Blitch to transfer to UNC Char- lotte. Souza was one of six players sus- pended for the Oct. 10 contest at Maryland (a 19-14 loss) due to a failed drug test, but has been solid otherwise for the 5-5 Demon Deacons. Chase tore his ACL on the second day of fall camp, but head coach Jim Grobe held off on scheduling surgery. Senior Devin Bolling, who has barely played, stepped in at left tackle and came up limp in the opener against Liberty (a 20-17 vic- tory). Despite little stability in his knee, Chase didn't complain of much pain and was reinserted into the lineup for the next five games before collapsing in a 42-13 loss to Clemson Oct. 25 and subsequently being shut down for the season. Redshirt freshman Dylan Intemann has filled in since then. Ford broke his leg against Maryland and was lost for the season, getting replaced by redshirt junior Whit Barnes, who had seen very little playing time in previous years. finished 10th in the 1964 Heisman Trophy voting (won by Notre Dame quarterback John Huarte) after rushing for 1,044 yards and 15 touchdowns with two receiving scores. He passed away in 1970 at the age of 26 due to an aggressive form of cancer. He was not drafted, but spent five seasons with the Chicago Bears, including one on the practice squad in 1965. He backed up legendary tailback Gale Sayers before moving into the starting spot at full- back. Piccolo's fight with cancer, his battle to beat the odds and play in the NFL, as well as his relationship with Sayers, were the themes of the 1971 TV movie "Brian's Song" … The Chicago Bears have drafted the most Wake Forest players (18) of all NFL franchises. The most Demon Deacons drafted in one year was seven in 1953, with the Bears taking three of them (Joe Koch, Clyde Pickard and Jack Lewis).