Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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www.BLUEANDGOLD.com AUGUST 2018 3 AUGUST 2018 ✦ VOLUME 37, ISSUE 19 SENIOR EDITOR Lou Somogyi FOOTBALL ANALYST Bryan Driskell RECRUITING REPORTERS Corey Bodden, David McKinney MANAGING EDITOR Steve Downey CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Ryan Tice CONTRIBUTING WRITER Todd D. Burlage PHOTOGRAPHY Bill Panzica, Joe Raymond, Corey Bodden, Angela Driskell COVER PHOTO Bill Panzica DESIGN Jeanette Blankenship Chris Miller ✦ ✦ ✦ PUBLISHER Stu Coman BUSINESS MANAGER Linda Autry ADVERTISING SALES Michelle DeLee-Hamilton 877-630-8768 MARKETING/MERCHANDISE MANAGER Beverly Taylor CUSTOMER SERVICE Debbie Earnhardt Gail Evans 800-421-7751 ✦ ✦ ✦ BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED (ISSN 0746-2557) is published 20 times annually — weekly Sept.-Nov. and monthly Dec.-Aug., except June — by Coman Publishing Company, 905 W. Main St., Suite 24F, Durham, NC 27701. A one-year (20 issues) subscription is $52.95. BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED is printed by The Papers in Milford, Ind. Postmaster: Send address changes to Blue & Gold Illustrated, P.O. Box 2331, Durham, N.C. 27702. Periodical postage paid at Durham, NC 27702 and additional offices. For advertising or subscription information call 1-919-688-0218 or write BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED, P.O. Box 2331, Durham, N.C. 27702. THE NEXT ISSUE OF BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED WILL BE MAILED THE WEEK OF AUGUST 24 THE YEAR IN REVIEW A dramatic run to the national championship by women's basketball highlights another event-laden 2017-18 academic year at Notre Dame ✦ PAGE 52 PHOTO COURTESY FIGHTING IRISH DIGITAL MEDIA Upon Further Review ✦ Todd D. Burlage ............... 4 Fan Forum ..............................................................5 Under The Dome ....................................................6 Roster And Depth Chart Updates .........................14 Junior Class Review ..............................................16 RB Tony Jones Jr. ...................................................20 WR Chase Claypool ...............................................22 DE Khalid Kareem .................................................24 CB Julian Love and CB Troy Pride Jr. ......................26 Offensive Coordinator Chip Long..........................30 Defensive Coordinator Clark Lea ..........................32 Closer Look ✦ Bryan Driskell ...............................34 Commitment Profiles ...........................................35 Prep Profiles .........................................................44 Football Recruiting ...............................................45 Recruiting Roundup/Master List ...........................46 Men's Basketball ...................................................48 Women's Basketball .............................................50 ND Sports .............................................................58 Irish In The Pros ....................................................59 History Feature .....................................................60 Blue & Gold Marketplace .....................................61 The Fifth Quarter ✦ Lou Somogyi ........................62 ✦ INSIDE THIS ISSUE 2018 NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent (TV) Time (ET) Sept. 1 Michigan (NBC) 7:30 p.m. Sept. 8 Ball State (NBC) 3:30 p.m. Sept. 15 Vanderbilt (NBC) 2:30 p.m. Sept. 22 at Wake Forest TBA Sept. 29 Stanford (NBC) 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6 at Virginia Tech TBA Oct. 13 Pittsburgh (NBC) 2:30 p.m. Oct. 27 vs. Navy* (CBS) 8 p.m. Nov. 3 at Northwestern TBA Nov. 10 Florida State (NBC) 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 vs. Syracuse^ (NBC) 2:30 p.m. Nov. 24 at USC TBA * at SDCCU Stadium in San Diego; ^ at Yankee Sta- dium in Bronx, N.Y.