[oh8eleven]

It plays too easy a schedule.
A quick hop around the Internet and I found 3-4 sites (like this one ) listing ND's pre-season 2012 schedule anywhere from 1st to 8th hardest.
I don't think that's "too easy."

[BwanaNdege]

“...listing ND’s pre-season 2012 schedule anywhere from 1st...”

My boys at Georgia Tech (6-7 going into the game) beat USC, Preseason - Week 2 #1) worse than Notre Dame did.

GT 21 - USC 7
ND 22 - USC 13

Preseason does not always mean much.