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www.BLUEANDGOLD.com SEPT. 11, 2021 3 THE NEXT ISSUE OF BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED WILL BE MAILED ON SEPTEMBER 12* READY FOR LAUNCH The Toledo Rockets are trending upward after a promising season ✦ STARTS ON PAGE 32 SURVIVAL SKILLS Quarterback Jack Coan's big day helps the Fighting Irish hold off the Seminoles 41-38 in overtime ✦ PAGE 20 PHOTO COURTESY TOLEDO ATHLETICS Sept. 5 Florida State Sept.11 Toledo Sept. 18 Purdue Sept. 25 Wisconsin Oct. 2 Cincinnati Oct. 9 Virginia Tech Oct. 23 USC Oct. 30 N. Carolina Nov. 6 Navy Nov. 13 Virginia Nov. 20 Georgia Tech Nov. 27 Stanford 2021 NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL SCHEDULE * SUBJECT TO CHANGE ✦ INSIDE THIS ISSUE Upon Further Review ✦ Todd D. Burlage ............... 4 Fan Forum ............................................................... 5 Under The Dome ..................................................... 6 Dan Coan 9/11 Feature ......................................... 14 Houston Griffith Feature ....................................... 17 Engel's Angle ✦ Patrick Engel ............................... 31 Notre Dame and Toledo Rosters ........................... 40 Football Commitment Profile ...............................42 Prep Profiles .........................................................43 Recruiting Roundup ..............................................44 Men's Basketball ...................................................47 Women's Basketball .............................................48 ND Sports .............................................................49 Irish In The Pros ....................................................50 Blue & Gold Marketplace .....................................63 Irish Echoes ✦ Jim Lefebvre ............................. 52 Golden Gamut ✦ Tyler Horka ............................... 54 PHOTO BY BOB MYERS SEPT. 11, 2021 ✦ VOLUME 41, ISSUE 1 EDITOR Patrick Engel MANA GING EDITOR Steve Downey C ONTRIBUTING EDITORS Ryan Tice Mark Panus Matt Herb IN MEMORY OF Lou Somogyi, Editor 1985-2021 S TAFF WRITER Tyler Horka RE CRUITING REPORTER Mike Singer C ONTRIBUTING WRITERS Todd D. Burlage Jim Lefebvre PHO TOGRAPHY Chad Weaver Mike Miller Bob Myers C OVER PHOTO Elliot P. Finebloom/Courtesy FSU Photo DE SIGN Jeanette Blankenship Chris Miller ✦ ✦ ✦ PUBLISHER Stu Coman BUSINESS MANAGER Linda Autry ADVERTISING SALES Michelle DeLee-Hamilton 877-630-8768 CIR CULATION 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. (www.comanpub.com) A one- year (20 issues) subscription is $67.95. 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.