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Notre Dame football: Previewing the 2022 Blue-Gold Game

By Brad Weiss

SOUTH BEND, IN - SEPTEMBER 18: A Notre Dame Fighting Irish flag is seen before the game against the Purdue Boilermakers at Notre Dame Stadium on September 18, 2021 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
SOUTH BEND, IN - SEPTEMBER 18: A Notre Dame Fighting Irish flag is seen before the game against the Purdue Boilermakers at Notre Dame Stadium on September 18, 2021 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images) /
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GLENDALE, ARIZONA – JANUARY 01: Quarterback Drew Pyne #10 of the Notre Dame football warms up before the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl against the Oklahoma State Cowboys at State Farm Stadium on January 01, 2022, in Glendale, Arizona. The Cowboys defeated the Fighting Irish 37-35. (Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images)
GLENDALE, ARIZONA – JANUARY 01: Quarterback Drew Pyne #10 of the Notre Dame football warms up before the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl against the Oklahoma State Cowboys at State Farm Stadium on January 01, 2022, in Glendale, Arizona. The Cowboys defeated the Fighting Irish 37-35. (Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images) /

Previewing the Notre Dame football Blue Team

Blue Team Offense

  • QB: Pyne, Powlus III, Buchner
  • RB: Diggs, Estime, Ketterer, Assaf
  • WR: Styles Jr., Colzie, Dixon, Polian, Davis, Salerno
  • TE: Evans, Sherwood, Liebentritt, Yanoshak
  • OL: Fisher, Baker, Kristofic, Murphy, Wicks, Lugg, Patterson

Drew Pyne gets the nod for the Blue Team, and Gold Team, and will have every opportunity to prove he is the starting quarterback for the 2022 season. He has both star true sophomore running backs behind him in Logan Diggs and Audric Estime, while this offense also boasts the potential WR1 in Lorenzo Styles Jr.

Blue Team Defense

  • DL: Lacey, Ehrensberger, Mills, Burnham, Foskey, Ademilola, Onye
  • LB: Liufau, Bothelo, Tuihalamaka, Bertrand, Schweitzer, Opperman
  • CB: Lewis, Barnes, Tucker, Simonson, Bracy
  • S: Henderson, Griffith, Walters, Scheidler
  • Specialists: Peitschm Dowd, Grupe

You have to like the linebacker group, as well as the defensive backfield for the Blue Team this year. Marist Liufau has superstar written all over him after dealing with injury issues the last few seasons, and the cornerback tandem of Clarence Lewis and Ryan Barnes is one to watch on Saturday.

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