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Preseason 2015

Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football

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BY ANDREW OWENS T hree years ago, a veteran-laden team took Notre Dame to the BCS National Championship Game with an undefeated reg- ular season. But if you ask head coach Brian Kelly, this 2015 group outpaces the 2012 version in three vital areas. "It's a faster team," Kelly said at his media day press conference Aug. 18. "It's a more athletic team. We are deeper at virtually all posi- tions across the board, both on the offensive line and the defensive line. Maybe we don't have singularly one superstar here or there, but the depth of the group is a whole different foot- ball team than that group. That was a unique group in that they knew how to win, had great leadership … win- ning teams have a special group of guys that find ways to win, and that group did. "But this is, from an athletic stand- point and from a physical prowess FORWARD PROGRESS Head coach Brian Kelly feels his 2015 squad is more talented than the 2012 national runner-up team Kelly enters his sixth season at Notre Dame look- ing to eclipse the 10-win mark for the second time. PHOTO BY JOE RAYMOND

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