Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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BLUEGOLDONLINE.COM FEBRUARY 2023 3 THE NEXT ISSUE OF BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED WILL BE MAILED ON FEB. 10* * SUBJECT TO CHANGE MIXED EMOTIONS Notre Dame inks another top-10 class, but a feeling of what could have been persists ✦ PAGE 32 PHOTO BY CHAD WEAVER FEBRUARY 2023 ✦ VOLUME 42, ISSUE 14 IN MEMORY OF Lou Somogyi, Editor 1985-2021 MANAGING EDITOR Steve Downey CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Mark Panus Matt Herb EDITOR Patrick Engel STAFF WRITER Tyler Horka RECRUITING REPORTER Mike Singer CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Todd D. Burlage Jim Lefebvre PHOTOGRAPHY Meg Oliphant, Joshua Bessex, Chad Weaver, Tavan Smith COVER PHOTO Chad Weaver 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, Crystal Clayton, 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. ✦ INSIDE THIS ISSUE Upon Further Review ✦ Todd D. Burlage ............... 4 Golden Gamut ✦ Tyler Horka ................................. 5 Fan Forum ............................................................... 6 Under The Dome ..................................................... 7 Deion Colzie .......................................................... 14 Xavier Watts .......................................................... 16 Engel's Angle ✦ Patrick Engel ............................... 29 Final 2022 Football Statistics ................................. 30 Blue & Gold Marketplace .....................................31 Football Recruiting: Early Signing Period .............. 32 Class of 2023: Ranking The Recruits ..................... 34 Football Commit Profile ........................................ 38 Football Recruiting Roundup ................................39 Men's Basketball ...................................................41 Women's Basketball .............................................42 Irish In The Pros ....................................................43 Irish Echoes ✦ Jim Lefebvre .................................44 Best of the Fifth Quarter ✦ Lou Somogyi ............46 FIGHT TO THE FINISH Sophomore quarterback Tyler Buchner led the Irish to a come-from-behind, 45-38 victory over South Carolina in the Gator Bowl ✦ PAGE 18 PHOTO BY CHAD WEAVER