Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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www.BLUEANDGOLD.com JANUARY 2018 15 THEY SAID IT "Key player: Running back JOSH ADAMS was at one point in the Heisman conversation. He has rushed for 1,386 yards this season. Storyline to watch: Can Adams, quarterback Brandon Wimbush and the Notre Dame offense get back on the track? After dominating for much of the season, the Irish failed to do much of anything in late-season losses to Miami and Stanford." ESPN.com on Notre Dame heading into the Citrus Bowl "McGlinchey is bound for the NFL, where he'll be one of the most coveted tackle prospects in the class, a 6-8, 315-pound technician. … Nelson and McGlinchey helped pave the way for running back Josh Adams to construct a dark-horse Heisman campaign as the Irish worked their way into the national title race." — Sports Illustrated on naming Notre Dame offensive linemen Mike McGlinchey and Quenton Nelson first-team All-Americans "You know what I like though? I like the fact that it is going to be a physical game. This is going to play into exactly what LSU is trying to build their brand as: 'We're going to run the football. We're going to play good defense.' Notre Dame is going to come in with the same mentality." — Former Auburn head coach and current SEC Network analyst Gene Chizik on the Notre Dame-LSU Citrus Bowl matchup "The Fighting Irish will be fine — perhaps ranking them fifth was a tad overambitious in the first place — but the matchup with the Spartans wasn't an ideal one. If your best player is a stretch big man, he's a mismatch against 95 percent of the teams in America. Not so against Michigan State; for instance, see Luke Maye and Bonzie Colson. Those guys have each had one bad game this season. It's no coincidence that it came against Miles Bridges, Jaren Jackson, Nick Ward and the ferocious Michigan State interior." — Joe Boozell of NCAA.com "I didn't get to see a lot of Farrell, but he seemed like a tough and solid all-around point guard who would fit at a mid-major when I saw him. Many in New Jersey following his recruitment would say behind the scenes that most of his recruiting attention was due to coaches trying to package him with teammate Dominique Uhl [who ended up at Iowa]. As it turns out, Farrell has far outperformed Uhl and clearly merited the attention he got in high school." — Rivals basketball recruiting analyst Eric Bossi on Irish senior point guard Matt Farrell outperforming his three-star ranking OF THE MONTH "Congratulations to @NDFootball's Quenton Nelson and Mike McGlinchey, the FIRST Notre Dame offensive line tandem to be named first-team All- Americans in the same season since 1947! #GoIrish" The official Notre Dame athletics account (@FightingIrish) Dec. 7 PHOTO BY ANGELA DRISKELL UNDER THE DOME 2017 Holiday Gift Guide I L L U S T R A T E D For Dozens Of Great Gift Ideas, Visit BlueGoldOnline.com ND Golf BaG BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED PO Box 2331 • Durham, NC 27702 1-800-421-7751 www.BlueGoldOnline.com Please add sales tax if shipping to: NC (7.5%), MI (6%), or IN (7%) FREE DIVOT TOOL SET W/PURCHASE OF GOLF CLUB BAG! $23.95 Value! Item #6483 VICTORY CART BAG New Item! $ 249 95 FREE S&H