Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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www.BLUEANDGOLD.com OCT. 10, 2016 3 OCT. 10, 2016 ✦ VOLUME 31, ISSUE 5 SENIOR EDITOR Lou Somogyi FOOTBALL ANALYST Bryan Driskell STAFF WRITER Matt Jones RECRUITING REPORTERS Corey Bodden, David McKinney MANAGING EDITOR Steve Downey CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Ryan Tice CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Todd D. Burlage Brian Fremeau PHOTOGRAPHY Bill Panzica Joe Raymond, Andrew Ivins COVER PHOTO Rick Kimball DESIGN Jeanette Blankenship Chris Miller ✦ ✦ ✦ PUBLISHER Stu Coman BUSINESS MANAGER Linda Autry CIRCULATION MANAGER Gail Evans ADVERTISING SALES Michelle DeLee-Hamilton 877-630-8768 MARKETING/MERCHANDISE MANAGER Beverly Taylor CUSTOMER SERVICE Lauren Saunders 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. A one-year (20 issues) subscription 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 ILLUSTRATED, P.O. Box 2331, Durham, N.C. 27702. ORANGE CRUSHED The Irish put the squeeze on Syracuse in the second half en route to a 50-33 victory ✦ FULL GAME COVERAGE STARTS ON PAGE 22 PACK MENTALITY Matthew Dayes and NC State aim to knock off the Irish ✦ PAGE 34 PHOTO BY RICK KIMBALL PHOTO BY KEN MARTIN THE NEXT ISSUE OF BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED WILL BE MAILED THE WEEK OF OCT. 10 Upon Further Review ✦ Todd D. Burlage ............... 4 Fan Forum ..............................................................5 Under The Dome ....................................................6 Time For A Change: VanGorder Dismissed ...........16 New Defensive Coordinator Greg Hudson ............19 Irish Analytics ✦ Brian Fremeau ..........................20 Chalk Talk ✦ Bryan Driskell ..................................21 On The Irish Beat ✦ Matt Jones...........................32 Cumulative Statistics ............................................33 Notre Dame-North Carolina State Rosters ...........42 Football Recruiting ...............................................44 Prep Profiles .........................................................45 FB Recruiting Roundup & Master List ...................46 Men's Basketball ...................................................48 ND Sports .............................................................50 Irish In The Pros ....................................................51 Worst Upsets ........................................................52 Blue & Gold Marketplace .....................................53 The Fifth Quarter ✦ Lou Somogyi ........................54 ✦ INSIDE THIS ISSUE