What will keep you up Friday night?

The Irish should beat Pittsburgh handily and without incident.  However. there is a reason they play the game.

Every team gets up to play Notre Dame and the Pitt Panthers are no exception.

Pittsburgh senior quarterback Tino Sunseri, who has not thrown an interception since September 15, has 143 pass attempts with a 69.2 completion percentage.   Sunseri has thrown only two interceptions all season with 13 touchdowns.

Ray Graham has decent numbers this season - seven touchdowns with 622 yards on 162 carries for a 4.6 yards per carry average.  What will keep you up is when you discover that Graham has 4,427 career all-purpose yards, second in Pitt history to Tony Dorsett, despite missing four games last season due to an injury.

Defensive back Andrew Taglianetti has 19 tackles this season.  Below standard perhaps, but what will keep you up are his six career punt blocks.

Turnovers - Pittsburgh is 3-0 this season when forcing at least two turnovers.

Street and Shanahan - the Panthers’ leading receivers averaging 13.9 and 17.1 yards a catch, respectively.

Momentum - half of Pittsburgh’s wins have come in the last two games.

Boston College 1993 and 2002