Today's show begins with a handful of comments from Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman from his Thursday press conference. Topics include:

* Updates on the status of Devyn Ford and Nolan Ziegler. 

* Preparing his freshmen for their first road game environment this weekend. 

* Saturday's weather calls for thunderstorms in Raleigh, NC. Freeman discusses preparing for wet weather. 

* Thoughts on NC State's defense. 

* Thoughts on NC State quarterback Brennan Armstrong. 

We have whiteboard talk on those last two topics as well. 

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