Blue & Gold Illustrated: Notre Dame Football And Recruiting

It's game week! Notre Dame is set to kick off the 2017 season with a home contest against the Temple Owls. Temple is led by first-year head coach Geoff Collins, who inherits a team that won the 2016 AAC Championship. Blue & Gold Illustrated senior editor Lou Somogyi and football analyst Bryan Driskell break down the Temple program, both offensively and defensively, and discuss the matchups to watch in this game.

Notre Dame faces three straight ACC opponents beginning in late October. The two opponents in November are the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the Miami Hurricanes. Notre Dame hired Mike Elko this offseason, who was Wake Forest's defensive coordinator the last three years, but the Deacons return quality players on defense. Miami is one of the more talented teams on Notre Dame's 2017 schedule. Blue & Gold Illustrated senior editor Lou Somogyi and football analyst Bryan Driskell preview both games.

Notre Dame concludes the 2017 regular season with a home game against Navy and a road contest against Stanford. How Notre Dame finishes the 2017 season will be crucial to its overall success. Blue & Gold Illustrated senior editor Lou Somogyi and football analyst Bryan Driskell preview both teams, and talk about the big picture implications of the Stanford contest.

BGI recruiting reporters David McKinney and Corey Bodden are joined by Rivals Analysts Adam Gorney and Josh Helmholdt to discuss the new Rivals250 and rankings of Notre Dame commits from the Midwest and the West Coast. McKinney and Bodden also answer fan questions from the message board

Following a midseason bye week, the Notre Dame football team will end October with back-to-back games against two of the better teams on its schedule. USC enters the season as the No. 4 team in the country and NC State has one of the better rosters Notre Dame will face. Blue & Gold Illustrated senior editor Lou Somogyi and football analyst Bryan Driskell preview Notre Dame's matchup against both opponents, and they answer questions from BGI subscribers.

Blue & Gold Illustrated football analyst Bryan Driskell and recruiting reporter David McKinney take a look at Notre Dame's 5th and 6th opponents of the 2017 season. Notre Dame faces Miami, Ohio on Sept. 30 and the North Carolina Tar Heels on Oct. 7. Miami, Ohio is led by former Notre Dame assistant Chuck Martin. The staff gives an overview on both teams before discussing strengths and weaknesses for both heading into the season.

Blue & Gold Illustrated football analyst Bryan Driskell and recruiting reporter David McKinney preview Notre Dame's third and fourth opponents, the Boston College Eagles and the Michigan State Spartans. Following a home game against Georgia the Irish will travel for back-to-back road games against two long-time rivals.

Notre Dame held its first ever "New and Gold Game" on Sunday, Aug. 20th. It was an intrasquad scrimmage open to the media and fans alike. Blue & Gold Illustrated football analyst Bryan Driskell and recruiting reporter David McKinney break down the scrimmage and gauge where the Irish stand less than two weeks before the season opener.

The Notre Dame season is just over two weeks away, which means it is time to start taking a deeper look at the opponents on the Irish schedule. Blue & Gold Illustrated senior editor Lou Somogyi and football analyst Bryan Driskell preview Notre Dame's first two games, home contests against Temple (Sept. 2) and Georgia (Sept. 9). The staff previews both opponents, discusses key matchups and finishes each preview by answering subscriber questions.

Blue and Gold Illustrated recruiting reporters David McKinney and Corey Bodden are joined by Tom Lemming of the Lemming Report and Rob Cassidy of Rivals to discuss all things Irish recruiting