Blue & Gold Illustrated: 2012 Notre Dame Football Preview
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2017 Notre Dame Football Schedule Date Opponent (TV) Time (ET) Sept. 2 Temple (NBC) 3:30 p.m. Sept. 9 Georgia (NBC) 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16 at Boston College (ESPN) 12 p.m. Sept. 23 at Michigan State (FOX) 8 p.m. Sept. 30 Miami (Ohio) (NBCSN) 5 p.m. Oct. 7 at North Carolina TBA Oct. 21 USC (NBC) 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28 North Carolina State (NBC) 3:30 p.m. Nov. 4 Wake Forest (NBC) 3:30 p.m. Nov. 11 at Miami (Fla.) TBA Nov. 18 Navy (NBC) 3:30 p.m. Nov. 25 at Stanford TBA FEATURES 2017 SEASON PREVIEW ..............................................20 BRIAN KELLY .................................................................28 BEST COMEBACK SEASONS .......................................32 NEW COORDINATORS ................................................36 OFFENSE Q&A .................................................... 42 BRANDON WIMBUSH ...........................................48 MIKE MCGLINCHEY AND QUENTON NELSON .....76 DEFENSE Q&A ........................................................82 WHAT HAPPENED TO D-LINE U? ...........................90 DRUE TRANQUILL ................................................100 NICK WATKINS .....................................................110 OPPONENT SUPERLATIVES .................................118 2016 IN REVIEW ...................................................136 1977 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS .............................146 CLASS OF 2012 REVIEW .......................................150 POSITION OVERVIEWS QUARTERBACKS ............................................... 44 RUNNING BACKS .............................................. 52 WIDE RECEIVERS .............................................. 60 TIGHT ENDS...................................................... 66 OFFENSIVE LINEMEN ....................................... 70 DEFENSIVE LINEMEN ....................................... 84 LINEBACKERS ................................................... 94 DEFENSIVE BACKS .......................................... 104 SPECIALISTS ................................................... 114 DEPARTMENTS THE FIFTH QUARTER .......................................... 2 UNDER THE DOME ............................................. 4 RECRUITING CLASS OF 2017 OVERVIEW ............................. 154 TERRIFIC 10 FOR 2018 .................................... 158 POSITION-BY-POSITION NEEDS ..................... 160 ALSO INSIDE 2017 ROSTER .................................................... 18 OPPONENT PREVIEWS ................................... 122 2017 PREDICTIONS ..............................................134 2016 STATISTICS ............................................. 140 IRISH IN THE NFL ............................................ 142 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED 2017 FOOTBALL PREVIEW ✦ 1 2017 FOOTBALL PREVIEW ISSUE SENIOR EDITOR: Lou Somogyi FOOTBALL ANALYST: Bryan Driskell STAFF WRITER: Matt Jones RECRUITING REPORTERS: Corey Bodden, David McKinney MANAGING EDITOR: Steve Downey CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: Ryan Tice PHOTOGRAPHY: Bill Panzica • Rick Kimball • Joe Raymond • Corey Bodden COVER PHOTO: Bill Panzica DESIGN: Jeanette Blankenship • Chris Miller PUBLISHER: Stu Coman BUSINESS MANAGER: Linda Autry ADVERTISING: Michelle DeLee-Hamilton CIRCULATION MANAGER: Gail Evans MERCHANDISE MANAGER: Beverly Taylor CUSTOMER SERVICE: Lauren Saunders The BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED FOOTBALL PREVIEW is published by Coman Publishing Company, 905 W. Main St. Suite 24F, Durham, NC 27701. The BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED FOOTBALL PREVIEW is printed by Fry Communications, Me - chanicsburg, PA. Postmaster: Send address changes to BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED, PO Box 2331, Durham, NC 27702-2331. For advertising or subscription information call 1-800-421-7751 or write BLUE & GOLD ILLUS - TRATED, PO Box 2331, Durham, NC 27702-2331. ON THE COVER RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP Junior running back Josh Adams has been quietly productive in his first two years at Notre Dame PAGE 56 PHOTO BY RICK KIMBALL