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Notre Dame football week 8 preview: BYU

Found October 19, 2012 on isportsweb.com:
PLAYERS: Cierre Wood
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 Notre Dame football heads into its week 8 match-up against the Brigham Young Cougars after a much-celebrated (and highly controversial) victory over the Stanford Cardinal last week. That victory propelled Notre Dame to a #5 ranking in both the AP and Coach’s polls as well as the initial BCS standings. That’s the Irish’s highest ranking since achieving the #2 rank in week 2 of the 2006 season.The Fighting Irish need to avoid a let down this week against the 4-3 Cougars. After this, Notre Dame travels toNorman,Oklahomato play #9Oklahoma. Making this an even bigger potential let-down is the fact that BYU is coming off of a 42-24 beat down courtesy ofOregonState. Notre Dame has had in the past a penchant for “playing down” to its competition, so it’s going to be interesting to see how well head coach Brian Kelly can motivate his team and keep them from looking ahead to next weeks game against the Sooners.Ironically enough, the best Mormon football player on the field this Saturday won’...
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