Blue & Gold Illustrated: 2012 Notre Dame Football Preview
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BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED 2017 FOOTBALL PREVIEW ✦ 13 UNDER THE DOME Serving You Since 1988 Buy ✦ Sell ✦ Trade BeST SelecTion & priceS Notre Dame Football tickets www.NotreDametickets.com Tickets also available for other nationwide events including MlB, nFl, auto racing, nBa, all sports, concerts 800-925-2500 Call today for friendly, personal service and a Special Discount! Michigan Regains Lead In All-Time Winning Percentage Michigan and Notre Dame headed in oppo‑ site directions during the 2016 campaign. The Wolverines continued to ascend under Jim Harbaugh, posting their second straight 10‑3 mark, while the Irish sputtered to a 4‑8 record to put Brian Kelly squarely on the hot seat. However, there were other implications from last season's results, which included U‑M nudging back ahead of Notre Dame in the race for the Football Bowl Subdivision's best all‑time winning percentage. The Maize and Blue enter the fall .00191 ahead of the Golden Domers in winning percentage — tak‑ ing the top spot for the first time since the 2013 season — and have stretched their lead in overall victories to 39 more than the Irish. DIVISION I FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION ALL-TIME WON-LOST RECORDS BY PERCENTAGE School Games Pct. W L T Change 1. Michigan 1,305 .73027 935 334 36 Up 1 2. Notre Dame 1,259 .72836 896 321 42 Down 1 3. Boise State 591 .72420 427 162 2 — 4. Ohio State 1,261 .72363 886 322 53 — 5. Oklahoma 1,246 .72111 872 321 53 — 6. Alabama 1,248 .72075 878 327 43 — 7. Texas 1,284 .70678 891 360 33 — 8. USC 1,213 .70074 823 336 54 — 9. Nebraska 1,301 .69869 889 372 40 — 10. Penn State 1,293 .68639 867 385 41 — Notre Dame stumbling to a 4-8 record last season helped the Wolverines, who posted a 10-3 record, take over the top spot for all-time win percentage for the first time since 2013. PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA Just when one might have thought the Fighting Irish were on the threshold of returning to consistent prominence after a 12-1 result in 2012, the overall out- come of the last four campaigns has been sobering. Defensive coordinators hired by Notre Dame since 1990, with Mike Elko this winter the most re- cent. It began with Gary Darnell (1990-91) af- ter a glorious reign in 1988-89 by Barry Alvarez, who was hired as the new head coach at Wisconsin in 1990, and is now the athletics direc- tor there. Most re- cently it included the interim role for then-defen- sive analyst G r eg H u d - son the final eight games of 2016, with much assistance from current defensive line coach Mike Elston. 12 20-19 Record Notre Dame has posted in the four seasons from 2013-16 against o p p o n e n t s f r o m t h e Power Five conferences. PHOTO BY JOE RAYMOND