Blue & Gold Illustrated: 2012 Notre Dame Football Preview
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2015 FOOTBALL PREVIEW ISSUE SENIOR EDITOR Lou Somogyi FOOTBALL ANALYST Bryan Driskell RECRUITING EDITOR Andrew Ivins RECRUITING REPORTER Jordan Wells MANAGING EDITOR Steve Downey CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Chris Riffer CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Brian Fremeau • Andrew Owens Ryan Tice PHOTOGRAPHY Bill Panzica • Joe Raymond COVER PHOTO Bill Panzica DESIGN Cory Lavalette • Jeanette Blankenship ✦ ✦ ✦ PUBLISHER Stu Coman BUSINESS MANAGER Linda Autry CIRCULATION MANAGER Gail Evans MARKETING/MERCHANDISE MANAGER Beverly Taylor CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER Lauren Saunders ADVERTISING SALES Michelle DeLee-Hamilton • Dave Searcy 877-630-8768 The BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED FOOTBALL PRE- VIEW is published by Coman Publishing Company, 324 Blackwell St, Suite 1020, Durham, NC 27701. The BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED FOOTBALL PRE- VIEW is printed by Walsworth Print Group. Saint Joseph, Mich. Postmaster: Send address changes to BLUE & GOLD IL- LUSTRATED, PO Box 2331, Durham, NC 27702-2331. For advertising or subscription information call 1-800-421- 7751 or write BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED, PO Box 2331, Durham, NC 27702-2331. 2015 Notre Dame Football Schedule Date Opponent (TV) Time (ET) Sept. 5 Texas (NBC) 7:30 p.m. Sept. 12 at Virginia (ABC) 3:30 p.m. Sept. 19 Georgia Tech (NBC) 3:30 p.m. Sept. 26 Massachusetts (NBC) 3:30 p.m. Oct. 3 at Clemson (TBD) TBA Oct. 10 Navy (NBC) 3:30 p.m. Oct. 17 Southern California (NBC) 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31 at Temple (TBA) TBA Nov. 7 at Pittsburgh (TBA) TBA Nov. 14 Wake Forest (NBC) 3:30 p.m. Nov. 21 vs. Boston College (NBC)# 7:30 p.m. Nov. 28 at Stanford (TBA) TBA # Shamrock Series at Fenway Park in Boston EMERGING STAR Junior receiver Will Fuller's breakout 2014 campaign leads to high hopes for the upcoming season PAGE 52 FEATURES SEASON PREVIEW ............................................ 20 RUNNING QUARTERBACKS .......................................28 AUTRY DENSON & TODD LYGHT ...............................32 OFFENSE Q&A .................................................... 42 RONNIE STANLEY ............................................. 66 DEFENSE Q&A ........................................................78 SHELDON DAY ........................................................80 MAX REDFIELD .....................................................100 AVOIDING THE UPSET .........................................114 OPPONENT SUPERLATIVES .................................118 2014 IN REVIEW ...................................................136 RECRUITING CLASS OF 2010 REVIEW .................146 POSITION OVERVIEWS QUARTERBACKS ............................................... 44 RUNNING BACKS .............................................. 48 WIDE RECEIVERS .............................................. 56 TIGHT ENDS...................................................... 62 OFFENSIVE LINEMEN ....................................... 70 DEFENSIVE LINEMEN ....................................... 84 LINEBACKERS ................................................... 94 DEFENSIVE BACKS .......................................... 104 SPECIALISTS ................................................... 110 DEPARTMENTS THE FIFTH QUARTER .......................................... 2 UNDER THE DOME ............................................. 4 IRISH ANALYTICS .............................................. 38 RECRUITING CLASS OF 2015 TOP STORYLINES ................... 154 TERRIFIC 20 FOR 2016 .................................... 157 ALSO INSIDE 2015 ROSTER .................................................... 18 OPPONENT PREVIEWS ................................... 122 2015 PREDICTIONS ..............................................134 2014 STATISTICS ............................................. 140 IRISH IN THE NFL ............................................ 142 ON THE COVER LATEST HIT It's junior linebacker Jaylon Smith's time to lead the Notre Dame defense PAGE 90 PHOTO COURTESY NOTRE DAME MEDIA RELATIONS PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED 2015 FOOTBALL PREVIEW ✦ 1