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www.BLUEANDGOLD.com DECEMBER 2021 3 THE NEXT ISSUE OF BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED WILL BE MAILED ON DEC. 20* FAMILIAR PROBLEMS Irish men's basketball team looking for answers on offense ✦ PAGE 41 STATEMENT MADE Notre Dame dominates wire-to-wire in 45-14 win at Stanford to wrap up 11-1 regular season ✦ PAGE 18 PHOTO COURTESY NOTRE DAME 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 Andrew Kristofic: A Welcome Change ....................16 Kurt Hinish: Old School ......................................... 18 Engel's Angle ✦ Patrick Engel ............................... 31 Cumulative Stats ................................................... 32 Football Commit Profile ........................................34 Football Recruiting ...............................................35 Prep Profiles .........................................................36 Recruiting Roundup ..............................................37 Men's Basketball ...................................................40 Women's Basketball .............................................41 ND Sports .............................................................42 Irish In The Pros ....................................................43 Blue & Gold Marketplace .....................................43 Irish Echoes ✦ Jim Lefebvre ............................. 44 Golden Gamut ✦ Tyler Horka ............................... 46 PHOTO BY CHUCK ARAGON DECEMBER 2021 ✦ VOLUME 41, ISSUE 12 IN MEMORY OF Lou Somogyi, Editor 1985-2021 MANAGING EDITOR Steve Downey BLUEANDGOLD.COM EDITOR Greg Ladky CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Ryan Tice Mark Panus Matt Herb EDIT OR Patrick Engel STAFF WRITER Tyler Horka RECRUITING REPORTER Mike Singer CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Todd D. Burlage Jim Lefebvre PHOTOGRAPHY Spencer Allen, Chuck Aragon, Keith Lucas, Mike Miller, Chad Weaver COVER PHOTO Courtesy Notre Dame Football DESIGN Jeanette Blankenship Chris Miller ✦ ✦ ✦ PUBLISHER Stu Coman BUSINESS MANAGER Linda Autry ADVERTISING SALES Michelle DeLee-Hamilton 877-630-8768 CIRCULATION MANAGER Sarah Boone 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.