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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The Notre Dame Football Mailbag was jam-packed with a ton of great questions about the Fighting Irish! We had to break it into four shows! Here is part one.

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The Notre Dame Football Mailbag was jam-packed with a ton of great questions about the Fighting Irish! We had to break it into four shows! Here is part three.

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The Notre Dame Football Mailbag was jam-packed with a ton of great questions about the Fighting Irish! We had to break it into four shows! Here is part two.

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