Blue & Gold Illustrated: 2012 Notre Dame Football Preview
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2016 FOOTBALL PREVIEW ISSUE SENIOR EDITOR Lou Somogyi FOOTBALL ANALYST Bryan Driskell RECRUITING EDITOR Andrew Ivins RECRUITING REPORTER Jordan Wells ASSISTANT EDITOR Andrew Owens MANAGING EDITOR Steve Downey CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Ryan Tice CONTRIBUTING WRITER Brian Fremeau PHOTOGRAPHY Bill Panzica • Joe Raymond COVER PHOTOS Bill Panzica DESIGN Jeanette Blankenship • Chris Miller ✦ ✦ ✦ 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 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. 2016 Notre Dame Football Schedule Date Opponent (TV) Time (ET) Sept. 4 at Texas (ABC) 7:30 p.m. Sept. 10 Nevada (NBC) 3:30 p.m. Sept. 17 Michigan State (NBC) 7:30 p.m. Sept. 24 Duke (NBC) 3:30 p.m. Oct. 1 vs. Syracuse* TBA Oct. 8 at North Carolina State TBA Oct. 15 Stanford (NBC) 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29 Miami (NBC) 3:30 p.m. Nov. 5 vs. Navy^ (CBS) 11:30 a.m. Nov. 12 vs. Army# (NBC) 3:30 p.m. Nov. 19 Virginia Tech (NBC) 3:30 p.m. Nov. 26 at USC TBA * at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.; ^ at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Fla.; # at Alamodome in San Antonio SEASON PREVIEW Notre Dame aims for double- digit wins in consecutive years for the first time since 1991-93 PAGE 20 FEATURES INJURIES .......................................................................28 BRIAN VANGORDER ...................................................32 OFFENSE Q&A .................................................... 38 TORII HUNTER JR. ..................................................52 MIKE MCGLINCHEY ...............................................66 DEFENSE Q&A ........................................................78 ISAAC ROCHELL ......................................................80 NYLES MORGAN ....................................................90 COLE LUKE ............................................................100 OPPONENT SUPERLATIVES .................................114 2015 IN REVIEW ...................................................132 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF 1966 CHAMPS ..............142 RECRUITING CLASS OF 2011 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 .............................................. 36 RECRUITING CLASS OF 2016 TOP STORYLINES ................... 152 TERRIFIC 20 FOR 2017 .................................... 156 POSITION-BY-POSITION NEEDS ..................... 159 ALSO INSIDE 2016 ROSTER .................................................... 18 OPPONENT PREVIEWS ................................... 118 2016 PREDICTIONS ..............................................130 2015 STATISTICS ............................................. 136 IRISH IN THE NFL ............................................ 138 ON THE COVER QB DERBY DeShone Kizer and Malik Zaire battle for the starting job PAGE 40 PHOTO BY ANDREW IVINS PHOTO BY JOE RAYMOND PHOTO BY ANDREW IVINS BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED 2016 FOOTBALL PREVIEW ✦ 1