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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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Today's Rapid Fire topics include:
* Notre Dame defensive back Jordan Clark took responsibility for his unsportsmanlike conduct head butt against Louisville. We discuss his comments.
* We hear Irish head coach Marcus Freeman's comments on running back Jadarian Price's benching after his fumble in the Louisville game and ask if the punishment fit the crime and if Clark should have received a similar fate in the game for his penalty.
* We discuss comments from Irish offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock on what he expects from Riley Leonard coming out of the bye week.
* The NCAA has opted to keep both the winter and spring transfer portals for college football, but they will shorten the windows. The winter portal will be 20-days from Dec. 9 – which is the Monday after conference championship games -- through Dec. 28. The spring portal will be open for 10 days from April 16 through 25. Do you Buy or Sell the move?
* Men's and women's basketball will also move from a 45-day to a 30-day transfer window that opens the day after the end of the second round of the NCAA tournaments. The transfer window in basketball previously opened on the day after Selection Sunday. Do you Buy or Sell this move?
* Robert Saleh became the first NFL head coach fired yesterday. Who’s next on the hot seat?
* What college coach has the hottest seat right now?
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Wednesday means Mailbag Day on IB Nation Sports Talk! Irish Breakdown is answering questions about Notre Dame football and more on today's show. Some of today's questions include:
* We start with a report on Stanford starting quarterback Ashton Daniels' availability for this week's game against Notre Dame.
* What's the biggest thing Notre Dame can accomplish in this week's game?
* What's our confidence that Notre Dame can sweep the next three games?
* Why can't the Irish get freshman receivers Micah Gilbert and Cam Williams on the field?
* Thoughts on the ability of Stanford receiver Elic Ayomanor.
* Has Al Washington proven he can develop young talent?
* Thoughts on "Project Rudy" that would create a college football "super league".
* Thoughts on the Marcus Freeman/Chad Bowden hit rate on elite quarterbacks.
* Do Jadarian Price and Jeremiyah Love need to see more screen passes and wheel routes?
* Why no Tosh Baker at left tackle?
* More!
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The biggest game of the weekend, and one of the biggest of the season, is the matchup between #2 Ohio State and #3 Oregon. It will be the biggest test yet for both teams, and we'll see how well Oregon has adapted to the Big Ten.
The CFB All-America duo of Bill Bender and Bill Trocchi are joined by Tim May to preview the game.
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The Stanford defense ranks among the nation’s worst offenses, where as the Notre Dame defense is one of the nation’s best. Should be a mismatch, right? Well, it should, but we need to see Notre Dame bring their best. Bryan and Trevor break down what they need to see from the Irish defense, especially up front.
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Stanford is struggling on defense this season, especially its pass defense. That puts Notre Dame in position to finally get its pass game going, but if it can’t, when will that happen. Bryan and Trevor break this matchup down and discuss what they want to see from the Irish offense this weekend.
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Notre Dame has a chance to win a fourth straight game, and get on a good path, when it takes on rival Stanford. Bryan and Trevor break down what’s at stake for Notre Dame in this weekend’s matchup against the Cardinal.
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Today's Rapid Fire topics include:
* Fill-in the blank...You feel BLANK about Notre Dame’s playoff chances right now.
* An IB subscriber has concerns about what Notre Dame Stadium would look like if the Fighting Irish host a College Football Playoff game since the game would be run by the CFP and not the school. We share our thoughts on that prospect.
* Which is the worse loss...Alabama falling to Vanderbilt or Notre Dame falling to Northern Illinois?
* We look at the preseason over/under win totals for Notre Dame opponents coming into the season and see where they stand.
* Notre Dame women’s basketball player KK Bransford announced she’s going to redshirt this season as she deals with a lingering leg injury. We discuss the impact.
* Fill-in the blank...MLB putting “Strauss” decals on batting helmets for the playoffs is BLANK.
* San Diego Padres reliever Jeremiah Estrada says he doesn’t think the Padres should have to play game five of their ALDS series against the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium if the series gets that far. Estrada says MLB commissioner Rob Manfred should not allow it after Sunday’s game had to be delayed for 10 minutes because Dodgers fans were throwing bottles, beer cans and baseballs at Padres players. Do you Buy or Sell it?
* Thoughts on The Blair Witch Project.
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Notre Dame is coming out of its first of two bye weeks and Irish Breakdown has a look at this week's opponent: Stanford. We start with our thoughts on what the Irish need to look like over the next three games before their second bye as well as some thoughts on the offense and defense of the Cardinal.
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Today's Rapid Fire topics include:
* We hear Marcus Freeman's thoughts on defensive back Jordan Clark's unsportsmanlike conduct penalty in retaliation for a Louisville player spitting on him.
* Buy or Sell either Beaux Collins or Jaden Greathouse getting to 500 receiving yards this season?
* What did you end up doing and/or watching the most without Notre Dame playing this weekend?
* Fill-in the blank....The weekend’s college football action makes you feel BLANK about Notre Dame’s college football playoff chances.
* Does Vanderbilt beating Alabama mean any less considering it’s Kalen DeBoer’s Tide and not Nick Saban’s?
* The SEC fined Vanderbilt and Arkansas for their field storming after their wins over Alabama and Tennessee Saturday. Vandy’s was $100,000 while Arkansas’ was $250k for a repeat offense. Is it worth the money?
* Is Notre Dame missing out since there is basically no win that would ever justify tearing down the goal posts other than winning a national championship?
* Fill-in the blank...Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin with this quote after losing to Dallas last night “There is a fine line between drinking wine and smashing grapes” is BLANK.
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Irish Breakdown has comments from Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman's most recent press conference. We discuss his comments on defensive end Josh Burnham playing both defensive end positions, the possible correlation between the strength and conditioning program and injuries, progress updates on offensive linemen Anthonie Knapp, Guerby Lambert and Tosh Baker and tight end Mitchell Evans and more.
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