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Bryan Driskell – A former college football coach, Bryan has been covering Notre Dame football for over a decade.
Sean Stires – A long-time radio host in South Bend, Sean is the host of IB Nation Sports Talk and the play-by-play announcer for the Notre Dame Women’s Basketball team.
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The Athlon Sports college football preview magazine is out and Notre Dame got a lot of love. Bryan and Trevor break it all down, including their Top 25 ranking, All-Americans, unit rankings and more.
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The top coaches rankings continue to come out and Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman has shot up the rankings. Bryan and Trevor break down the rankings, discuss where Freeman ranks and give their thoughts on where other coaches are ranked. They also discuss how this upcoming season will shake things up.
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The first round bye going to a conference champion was eliminated this offseason, and now Notre Dame can get a first round bye. That has created a lot of whining from SEC teams and supporters, who are also still upset that a bunch of three-loss teams didn’t make the playoff last season. Bryan and Trevor address all of this in a heated discussion that takes down the current complaints of schools whose past actions drove the sport to what they are now complaining about.
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Today's Rapid Fire topics include: Marcus Freeman and Jeremiyah Love are on the cover of the EA Sports College Football 26 deluxe game edition, Josh Pate says it's "complete garbage" that Notre Dame can now get a first round College Football Playoff bye, we react to comments from SEC commissioner Greg Sankey on one of the 16-team CFP format proposals as well as teams ducking out of marquee non-conference games, if college football goes to just one transfer portal window per year when should it be, and former college football announcer Brent Musburger is 86.
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Irish Breakdown is joined by longtime South Bend TV and radio sports media reporter and Notre Dame alum Chuck Freeby on today's show. Freeby joins IB's Sean Stires and Vince DeDario to share thoughts on the Notre Dame - USC rivalry, the College Football Playoff as well as ND basketball and baseball.
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In part three of last week's RTCF show, Bryan and Shaun give a state of the program breakdown of wide receiver recruiting. They talk past, present and some future aspects of recruiting the wide receiver position for the Irish.
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In part two of last week's RTCF show, Bryan and Shaun discuss the biggest potential stumbling blocks to Notre Dame winning the national championship in 2025.
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Expectations are certainly high for Notre Dame in 2025. In last week's RTCF show, Bryan and Shaun break down the reasons why the Fighting Irish can - and will - win the championship in 2025.
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In this best of the week segment, we look back at the discussion Bryan and Trevor had where Notre Dame faces a challenging schedule in many ways in 2025, but it’s also not a vintage Irish slate. Bryan and Trevor discuss the overall strength of the schedule, what makes it challenging, what makes it manageable and much more. That includes the top storylines, trap question, toughest matchups, overrated opponents and more
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In this best of the week segment, we look back at the discussion Bryan and Trevor had breaking down the talented sophomore class on offense and why Notre Dame needs that group step up big in 2025.
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