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www.BLUEANDGOLD.com JUNE/JULY 2020 3 THE NEXT ISSUE OF BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED WILL BE MAILED ON JULY 14* JUNE/JULY 2020 ✦ VOLUME 39, ISSUE 18 MANAGING EDITOR Steve Downey SENIOR EDITOR Lou Somogyi CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Ryan Tice STAFF WRITER Patrick Engel RECRUITING REPORTER Mike Singer CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Todd D. Burlage Andrew Mentock PHOTOGRAPHY Mike Miller, Andris Visockis COVER PHOTO Matt Cashore, University of Notre Dame 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 Cathy Jones Laura Thornton 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 $57.95. 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. FAREWELL TRIBUTE Muffet McGraw steps down after Naismith Hall Of Fame 33-year career at Notre Dame ✦ PAGE 14 PHOTO COURTESY FIGHTING IRISH MEDIA ✦ INSIDE THIS ISSUE Upon Further Review ✦ Todd D. Burlage .....................4 Fan Forum ..................................................................... 5 Under The Dome ........................................................... 6 New Women's Basketball Head Coach Niele Ivey .......17 Director Of Athletics Jack Swarbrick ...........................20 Football Update...........................................................22 Director Of Football Performance Matt Balis ..............24 Sophomore Class Review ............................................26 DE Isaiah Foskey ..........................................................30 P Jay Bramblett ............................................................ 32 NFL Draft Recap ...........................................................34 Football Commitment Profiles ....................................37 Football Recruiting Roundup & Master List ............... 40 Basketball Commitment Profiles ............................... 42 The All-McGraw Team ............................................... 44 Blue & Gold Marketplace .......................................... 45 The Fifth Quarter ✦ Lou Somogyi ............................. 46 2020 NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent (TV) Time (ET) Aug. 29 vs. Navy* TBA Sept. 12 Arkansas (NBC) 2:30 p.m. Sept. 19 Western Michigan (NBC) 2:30 p.m. Sept. 26 vs. Wake Forest+ TBA Oct. 3 vs. Wisconsin^ (NBC) 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10 Stanford (NBC) 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at Pittsburgh TBA Oct. 31 Duke (NBC) 3:30 p.m. Nov. 7 Clemson (NBC) 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 vs. Georgia Tech# TBA Nov. 21 Louisville (NBC) 2:30 p.m. Nov. 28 at USC TBA * at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland; + at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C.; ^ at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis.; # at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta *SUBJECT TO CHANGE