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Notre Dame improved to 3-0 on the season with a sometimes sloppy, sometimes dominant win over Florida State. It marks the second straight victory over the Seminoles, and the second straight 40+ game against Florida State by the Fighting Irish.

Irish Breakdown football analyst Vince DeDario and publisher Bryan Driskell break down the performance.

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There were a ton of great questions in the latest installment of the Irish Breakdown Mailbag podcast. I probably should have cut it into two shows, there were just so many great questions. But it's one long show, and there's a lot of good content in here.

We talk about what Notre Dame needs to do to win a title, issues at quarterback, Ian Book vs. Phil Jurkovec, Kevin Austin, the talented 2021 receiver class, prospect Dont'e Thornton, the Irish offensive line and what needs to happen for the Irish to be able to beat Clemson.

That's not even all of the questions, but you just have to listen to get the rest.

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After landing two commits last week, the Notre Dame 2021 recruiting class now has one of the nation's best group of wide receivers.

SI All-American recruiting director John Garcia joined the show to break down all three commits, how the group fits together and how they stack up against the nation's best hauls. The show concludes with Garcia breaking down the one player that remains uncommitted that could put this group over the top.

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In this week's segment with the guys at WSBT Sportsbeat (Darin Pritchett and Sean Stires), we dove into a number of very interesting and entertaining topics. 

Of course, we started the show off with the latest about Notre Dame's COVID-19 situation. We also talked about Florida State, Deion Colzie, cornerback recruiting, the Miami Hurricanes, Louisville vs. Pittsburgh and much more.

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Irish Breakdown football analyst Vince DeDario spoke with South Florida beat writer Joey Knight of the Tampa Bay Times about the Bulls. 

We apologize in advance for the poor sound quality at times. 

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Notre Dame and Duke square off this weekend as the Fighting Irish kick off their first season in the ACC.

Irish Breakdown football analyst Vince DeDario hosted BlueDevilCountry publisher Shawn Krest to get the latest on Duke. You can watch the full podcast in this video:

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Former Notre Dame quarterback Steve Beuerlein spent time with Irish Breakdown publisher Bryan Driskell breaking down the 2020 Fighting Irish. The 17-year NFL vet discussed the strengths and concerns for Notre Dame on both sides of the ball, he broke down the four games after Clemson that give him the most concern, and he talked about the expectations for the Irish for the 2020 season.

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In this Friday's Irish Breakdown podcast we go the mailbag approach.

Topics include the latest dust up on Twitter between Notre Dame players and fans, how the NCAA's recent ruling on eligibility will impact the team, 2021 and 2022 recruiting and of course, we talk about the Notre Dame season that is now just over two weeks away!

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The college football season is at risk. After months of keeping our mouths shut on the topic, it's finally time that Vince DeDario and I (Bryan Driskell) let our voices be heard. In our latest show we discuss why this push to cancel the season, or move the season to the spring, is misguided and based more on emotion, feelings, fear and agendas than it is data and putting young people at greater risk.

We talk about the data and science behind the need to let them play, how players are actually at greater risk if they don't play, and what is really driving this push to end the season. And simply saying "Play in the spring" doesn't address anything, because what will change in the next four months?

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This has been a busy week in the Notre Dame news cycle. Notre Dame's official 2020 schedule has been released, former Irish quarterback Phil Jurkovec was cleared to play at Boston College and wide receiver Kevin Austin had surgery on his foot.

Irish Breakdown football analyst Vince DeDario and publisher Bryan Driskell break down all of the news and dive into the new-look schedule

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