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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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Irish Breakdown had a full Buy/Sell/Hold segment that was loaded with great submissions about Notre Dame football, recruiting and college football. Bryan and Trevor went through all the submissions for this week's episode. This is part two of the show.
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Irish Breakdown had a full Buy/Sell/Hold segment that was loaded with great submissions about Notre Dame football, recruiting and college football. Bryan and Trevor went through all the submissions for this week's episode. This is part one of the show.
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Despite suffering multiple crushing injuries, the Notre Dame defense has remained an outstanding unit in the last three games. Can that continue down the stretch, or will the youthful defense take a step back? Bryan and Trevor break all this down, plus they discuss the concerns moving forward, plus reasons why the defense could also not only maintain its strong play, but perform even better.
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Notre Dame made necessary changes during its last bye, and they proved impactful. Bryan and Trevor dive into the numbers to show the growth and also break down what changes were made. Then they dive into whether or not the unit play even better coming out of this bye.
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Notre Dame heads into its bye week playing its best football of the season. When the Irish get back to action it goes into a very important four game stretch that will ultimately define the season. Bryan and Trevor break down why it’s such an important stretch, the challenges the Irish face and why the games are so important when compared to other playoff contenders.
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Today's Rapid Fire topics include:
* We hear Marcus Freeman's response to being asked how big Notre Dame's win over Navy was last Saturday and discuss.
* We hear comments from Riley Leonard about talking to previous Notre Dame quarterbacks since he's been with the Irish.
* Fill-in the blank...Leonard’s approach right now is BLANK.
* On a scale of 1 to 10...What’s your confidence Notre Dame is in the playoff if they finish 11-1.
* What’s more impressive: Jeremiyah Love and Kyren Williams each scoring touchdowns in nine straight games or Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman with home runs in five straight World Series games?
* Notre Dame women’s basketball hosts Davenport in its exhibition game tomorrow night. What’s more likely to happen...The Irish break 100 points...they win by 50...both happen or neither happen?
* Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus defended the decision to concede a 13-yard sideline pass the play before Washington’s 52-yard game-winning touchdown pass with no time on the clock. Washington was at its own 35 and move to the 48 thanks to the extra 13 yards and had :02 seconds left to snap the ball. Here’s what Eberflus said: “You’re defending touchdown there and them throwing the ball for 13 yards or 10 yards, whatever that is, doesn’t really matter. It’s always going to come down to that last play.” Eberflus’s explanation is BLANK.
* Fill-in the blank…It’s BLANK that Colts head coach Shane Steichen says they’re evaluating whether or not Anthony Richardson will start this week after taking himself out of the game after a fourth quarter run Sunday against Houston because he was winded and tired.
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Irish Breakdown starts today's show with an exclusive interview with Hannah Hidalgo. The Notre Dame women's basketball All-American talks with IB's Sean Stires about playing with Olivia Miles for the first time, her offseason as well as other teammates. She reveals with Irish teammate would make the best football player and much more!
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Today's Rapid Fire topics include:
* On a scale of 1 to 10...How surprised are you that Notre Dame stayed ahead of both Texas A&M and Indiana in both polls this week?
* College Football Playoff projections out this week have Notre Dame as the No. 9 seed playing No. 8 Tennessee in the first round. The winner would get No. 1 Oregon in the first round. We have thoughts on that.
* We hear Marcus Freeman's comments on guard Billy Schrauth returning for the Irish against Navy and discuss what it could mean going forward.
* We hear and discuss Riley Leonard's comments on what's changed for the Irish quarterback during his current run of hot play.
* After beating LSU Saturday night, Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko had this to say: “This is a real program. It’s not fake. It’s not a politician running this program, talking fast and BS-ing everybody. This is a real program and for all the recruits out there, this is a real place.” Was Elko talking about Brian Kelly, Jimbo Fisher or both of them?
* One of the most insane endings to the Bears – Commanders game yesterday when Jayden Daniels 52-yard Hail Mary deflected into the hands of Noah Brown in the end zone with no time on the clock. What did you think about Bears DB Tyrique Stevenson...who was taunting the crowd in Washington during the play....and then ultimately tipped the ball to Brown?
* When Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman ended Friday’s game one of the World Series with a grand slam...Fox announcer Joe Davis copied Vin Scully’s iconic “she is gone” call from game one of the 1988 series that Scully used for Kirk Gibson’s walk-off home run. Was Davis’ call a rip-off or appropriate sampling of Scully?
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Irish Breakdown roles into Notre Dame's second bye week of the season with comments from Irish head coach Marcus Freeman on his team's win over Navy. We hear Freeman's thoughts on the defense, his team's fast start and six turnovers as well as how he has played clips from the week two loss to Northern Illinois to motivate his team.
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Notre Dame's offensive line showed much-needed growth in the win over Navy. The new-look line showed promise, and it could bode well for the future of the Irish offense.
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