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No. 8 BYU feeling weight of challenge in hosting No. 2 Notre Dame (+predictions)

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Cougars are familiar with having to prove themselves. Can they do it against the Irish? Heisman winner Ty Detmer was right 27 years ago, the week before BYU upset No. 1 Miami in Provo. It seems BYU is always having to prove it can play with the big boys, Detmer said.

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