Blue & Gold Illustrated: 2012 Notre Dame Football Preview
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2018 Notre Dame Football Schedule Date Opponent (TV) Time (ET) Sept. 1 Michigan (NBC) 7:30 p.m. Sept. 8 Ball State (NBC) 3:30 p.m. Sept. 15 Vanderbilt (NBC) 2:30 p.m. Sept. 22 at Wake Forest TBA Sept. 29 Stanford (NBC) 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6 at Virginia Tech TBA Oct. 13 Pittsburgh (NBC) 2:30 p.m. Oct. 27 vs. Navy* (CBS) 8 p.m. Nov. 3 at Northwestern TBA Nov. 10 Florida State (NBC) 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 vs. Syracuse^ (NBC) 2:30 p.m. Nov. 24 at USC TBA * at SDCCU Stadium in San Diego; ^ at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, N.Y. FEATURES 2018 SEASON PREVIEW ................................... 20 VETERAN DEFENSE .......................................... 28 SCHEDULING ..................................................... 32 BRIAN KELLY ...................................................... 36 OFFENSE Q&A ........................................... 42 BRANDON WIMBUSH ................................. 48 ALIZÉ MACK .................................................. 66 ALEX BARS AND SAM MUSTIPHER ............. 76 DEFENSE Q&A .............................................. 82 TYLER NEWSOME ...................................... 114 OPPONENT SUPERLATIVES ....................... 118 2017 IN REVIEW ......................................... 136 1988 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS ................... 146 CLASS OF 2013 REVIEW ............................. 150 POSITION OVERVIEWS QUARTERBACKS ...................................... 44 RUNNING BACKS ..................................... 52 WIDE RECEIVERS ..................................... 56 TIGHT ENDS............................................. 62 OFFENSIVE LINEMEN .............................. 70 DEFENSIVE LINEMEN .............................. 84 LINEBACKERS .......................................... 94 DEFENSIVE BACKS ..................................104 SPECIALISTS ...........................................110 DEPARTMENTS THE FIFTH QUARTER ................................. 2 UNDER THE DOME .................................... 4 RECRUITING 2018 RECRUITING STORYLINES ..............154 2019 POSITION-BY-POSITION OVERVIEW ...158 ALSO INSIDE 2018 ROSTER ........................................... 18 OPPONENT PREVIEWS ...........................122 2018 PREDICTIONS .................................... 134 2017 STATISTICS .....................................140 IRISH IN THE NFL ....................................142 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED 2018 FOOTBALL PREVIEW ✦ 1 2018 FOOTBALL PREVIEW ISSUE SENIOR EDITOR: Lou Somogyi FOOTBALL ANALYST: Bryan Driskell RECRUITING REPORTERS: Corey Bodden, David McKinney MANAGING EDITOR: Steve Downey CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: Ryan Tice EDITORIAL INTERN: Will Eudy PUBLISHER: Stu Coman PHOTOGRAPHY: Bill Panzica, Corey Bodden, Angela Driskell, Joe Raymond COVER PHOTOS: Angela Driskell DESIGN: Jeanette Blankenship, Chris Miller BUSINESS MANAGER: Linda Autry ADVERTISING: Michelle DeLee-Hamilton MERCHANDISE MANAGER: Beverly Taylor BUSINESS INTERN: Mileah Shriner CUSTOMER SERVICE: Debbie Earnhardt, Gail Evans The BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED FOOTBALL PREVIEW is published by Coman Publishing Com- pany, 905 W. Main St. Suite 24F, Durham, NC 27701. The BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED FOOTBALL PREVIEW is printed by Walsworth, St. Joseph, Mich. Postmaster: Send address changes to BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED, PO Box 2331, Durham, NC 27702- 2331. For advertising or subscription information call 1-800- 421-7751 or write BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED, PO Box 2331, Durham, NC 27702-2331. PHOTOS BY BILL PANZICA 90 GROWING UP Globetrotting senior Jerry Tillery found a home at Notre Dame, which has helped him mature on and off the field CAPTAIN COMEBACK Drue Tranquill has bounced back from a pair of knee injuries to excel in every way at Notre Dame 100 ON THE COVER