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A battle of two balanced attacks

By Kirk Herbstreit
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, November 20, 2002

MIAMI, Fla. -- When considering whether Pittsburgh has a chance to upset Miami this week, you first have to talk about Pitt's balanced offensive attack. Any team that wants to run the ball and have success against the Hurricane defense has to have a legitimate threat in the passing game, and the development of quarterback Rod Rutherford has probably been the biggest surprise this year for the Panthers. Pitt coach Walt Harris is known for his sophisticated passing scheme, but many wondered ho ...

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