Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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FEBRUARY 2012 ✦ volUmE 31, issUE 14 sEnioR EditoR Lou Somogyi FootBAll REcRUiting EditoR Jason Sapp AssistAnt EditoR Wes Morgan stAFF wRitER Dan Murphy mAnAging EditoR Steve Downey contRiBUting EditoR Chris Riffer contRiBUting wRitER Todd D. Burlage PhotogRAPhY Greg Oyster Joe Raymond covER Photo Greg Oyster dEsign Cory Lavalette Jeanette Blankenship ✦ ✦ ✦ PUBlishER Stu Coman BUsinEss mAnAgER Linda Autry ciRcUlAtion mAnAgER Gail Evans AssistAnt ciRcUlAtion mAnAgER Jason Jones mARkEting/mERchAndisE mAnAgER Beverly Taylor AdvERtising sAlEs Dave Searcy Michelle DeLee-Hamilton 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, 324 Blackwell St, Suite 560, Durham, NC 27701. A one-year (20 issues) subscrip- tion is $52.95. 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 1-800-421-7751 or write BLUE & GOLD ILLUS- TRATED, P.O. Box 2331, Durham, N.C. 27702. www.BLUEANDGOLD.com Florida State overcomes a two-touchdown deficit to top Notre Dame, 18-14, at the Champs Sports Bowl ✦ FULL GAME COVERAGE STARTS ON PAGE 26 BOWLED OVER PHOTO BY JOE RAYMOND LOOKING TO 2012 Five things to watch for next football season ✦ PAGE 22 ✦ INSIDE THIS ISSUE Upon Further Review ✦ Todd D. Burlage .......4 Fighting Words ✦ Wes Morgan ......................5 Murphy's Law ✦ Dan Murphy ........................6 Fan Forum ......................................................7 Under The Dome ............................................8 Football Awards ............................................14 Top 11 Players ...............................................18 Recruiting Update .........................................38 Commitment Profile .....................................40 Prep Profiles .................................................41 Football Recruiting Notes, Master List .........42 Men's Basketball ...........................................44 Women's Basketball .....................................46 ND Sports .....................................................48 Irish In The Pros ............................................50 Blue & Gold Marketplace .............................51 Where Have You Gone? ................................52 The 5th Quarter ✦ Lou Somogyi ..................54 THE NEXT ISSUE OF BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED WILL BE MAILED THE WEEK OF FEB. 10 FEBRUARY 2012 3 PHOTO BY GREG OYSTER