Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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May 2012 ✦ voluMe 31, issue 17 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 Joe Raymond cover Photo Joe Raymond design Cory Lavalette Jeanette Blankenship ✦ ✦ ✦ Publisher Stu Coman business Manager Linda Autry circulation Manager Gail Evans 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 Theo Riddick and the Fighting Irish cap off spring practice with the annual Blue-Gold Game ✦ GAME RECAP AND NOTES START ON PAGE 32 FIRST LOOK PHOTO BY MIKE BENNETT/LIGHTHOUSE IMAGING For the second straight year, the Irish women's basketball team falls in the title game ✦ PAGE 47 ONE GAME SHORT ✦ 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 Aaron Lynch ..................................................17 Spring Football's Top 10 Risers .....................20 Post-Spring Offense ......................................24 Post-Spring Defense .....................................28 Football Commitment Profiles .....................37 Prep Profiles .................................................45 Recruiting Master List & Notes .....................46 Basketball Recruiting ....................................50 Pat Connaughton ..........................................52 ND Sports .....................................................54 Irish In The Pros ............................................56 Blue & Gold Marketplace .............................58 Where Have You Gone? ................................60 The 5th Quarter ✦ Lou Somogyi ..................62 THE NEXT ISSUE OF BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED WILL BE MAILED THE WEEK OF MAY 25 MAY 2012 3 PHOTO BY JOE RAYMOND