Blue & Gold Illustrated: 2019 Notre Dame Football Preview
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2019 Notre Dame Football Schedule Date Opponent (TV) Time (ET) Sept. 2 at Louisville (ESPN) 8 p.m. Sept. 14 New Mexico (NBC) 2:30 p.m. Sept. 21 at Georgia TBA Sept. 28 Virginia (NBC) 3:30 p.m. Oct. 5 Bowling Green (NBC) 3:30 p.m. Oct. 12 USC (NBC) 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26 at Michigan (ABC/ESPN/2) TBA Nov. 2 Virginia Tech (NBC) 2:30 p.m. Nov. 9 at Duke (ACCN) TBA Nov. 16 Navy (NBC) 2:30 p.m. Nov. 23 Boston College (NBC) 2:30 p.m. Nov. 30 at Stanford TBA FEATURES 2019 SEASON PREVIEW ................................... 20 OFFENSIVE FIREPOWER .................................. 30 NATIONAL TITLE SEARCH ................................ 34 BRIAN KELLY YEAR 10 ....................................... 38 OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR Q&A................ 44 JAFAR ARMSTRONG .................................... 58 CHASE CLAYPOOL AND CHRIS FINKE ......... 68 DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR Q&A ................ 82 SENIOR BOOKENDS ..................................... 90 JALEN ELLIOT AND ALOHI GILMAN .......... 106 OPPONENT SUPERLATIVES ....................... 114 2018 IN REVIEW ......................................... 132 50TH ANNIVERSARY — BOWL BAN ENDS ...142 CLASS OF 2014 REVIEW ............................. 146 POSITION OVERVIEWS QUARTERBACKS ...................................... 46 RUNNING BACKS ..................................... 54 WIDE RECEIVERS ..................................... 62 TIGHT ENDS............................................. 72 OFFENSIVE LINEMEN .............................. 76 DEFENSIVE LINEMEN .............................. 84 LINEBACKERS .......................................... 94 DEFENSIVE BACKS ..................................100 SPECIALISTS ...........................................110 DEPARTMENTS THE FIFTH QUARTER ................................. 2 UNDER THE DOME .................................... 4 RECRUITING 2019 STORYLINES ...................................150 2020 POSITION-BY-POSITION OVERVIEW ...154 BRIAN KELLY'S ALL-FLIP TEAM ..............158 ALSO INSIDE 2019 ROSTER ........................................... 18 OPPONENT PREVIEWS ...........................118 2019 PREDICTIONS .................................... 130 2018 STATISTICS .....................................136 IRISH IN THE NFL ....................................138 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED 2019 FOOTBALL PREVIEW ✦ 1 2019 FOOTBALL PREVIEW ISSUE SENIOR EDITOR: Lou Somogyi FOOTBALL ANALYST: Bryan Driskell RECRUITING REPORTERS: EJ Holland David McKinney, Mike Singer MANAGING EDITOR: Steve Downey CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: Ryan Tice COVER PHOTO: Angela Driskell PHOTOGRAPHY: Bill Panzica, Corey Bodden, Angela Driskell, Joe Raymond DESIGN: Jeanette Blankenship, Chris Miller PUBLISHER: Stu Coman BUSINESS MANAGER: Linda Autry ADVERTISING: Michelle DeLee-Hamilton MERCHANDISE MANAGER: Beverly Taylor CUSTOMER SERVICE: Cathy Jones, Gail Evans 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 Walsworth, St. Joseph, Mich. 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 to BLUE & GOLD ILLUS- TRATED, PO Box 2331, Durham, NC 27702-2331. PHOTO BY ANGELA DRISKELL 50 THE NEXT CHAPTER Quarterback Ian Book and Notre Dame strive for higher ground after 2018 march to the College Football Playoff ON THE COVER