Notre Dame started the regular season with a 23-13 victory over Texas A&M. After the game the IB team broke down what we saw from the Irish win with their second half analysis.

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Notre Dame started the regular season with a 23-13 victory over Texas A&M. After the game the IB team broke down what we saw from the Irish win with their first half analysis.

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Notre Dame started the regular season with a 23-13 victory over Texas A&M. After the game the IB team broke down what we saw from the Irish win with their gut reactions.

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So how will we know that Notre Dame is locked in and ready to roll against Texas A&M? Bryan dives into what he wants to see early from the Irish on both sides of the ball to know that Notre Dame is ready to play its best football.

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Notre Dame is an underdog this weekend against Texas A&M, but why? Why is there pessimism about this team? Bryan breaks it down and talks about why it exists, why it shouldn’t, what Notre Dame can do to eliminate it and then explains what’s truly at stake for the Irish in this game.

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Today's Rapid Fire topics include:

* Do you Buy or Sell this as the biggest game of Marcus Freeman’s career?

* Passing yards and touchdown pass season over/unders for Riley Leonard.

* Season over/under rushing yards for Jeremiyah Love.

* Which will be the bigger factor in the game: The Texas heat or the Kyle Field environment?

* Fill-in the blank...It will be BLANK if Notre Dame has another 10-men on the field kind of moment this season.

* Which is more likely to happen in this game: Jordan Faison returns a punt for a touchdown, Jayden Harrison returns a kickoff for a touchdown or Texas A&M fumbles a punt from James Rendell?

* We predict this year's 12-team College Football Playoff field.

* Game props for Riley Leonard, Jeremiyah Love, Jaden Greathouse, Kris Mitchell and more.

* Final predictions for the game.

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The 2024 regular season is upon us and Irish Breakdown gets you ready for Notre Dame at Texas A&M in our first Countdown to Kickoff of the season! Some of the things we discuss in this show include:

* One word to describe Notre Dame football right now.

* Do you like having a game of this magnitude to start off the season?

* Greatest confidence and greatest concern heading into the season.

* Does Notre Dame have a path to the playoff if they lose this game?

* Notre Dame's new offensive line. 

* New Irish QB Riley Leonard.

* Will how Notre Dame plays in this game truly tell us where the program is under third year head coach Marcus Freeman?

* Discussion on new A&M head coach Mike Elko and his defensive approach as well as new offensive coordinator Collin Klein's system.

* Texas A&M quarterback Conner Weigman.

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Bill Bender of the CFB All-America team and Bryan Driskell of Irish Breakdown join forces to preview and make picks for the biggest games of week one.

They preview and make picks for the following games:

Georgia vs. Clemson

LSU vs. USC

Miami at Florida

Penn State at West Virginia

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