Our Friday 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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Part of our 2024 season predictions show was to make our College Football Playoff picks. Bryan and Vince take a stab at predicting the first 12 team playoff.

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Part of our 2024 season predictions show was to make conference championship predictions for the Power 4 conferences. Bryan and Vince take a stab at who wins and who is contending for the titles.

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Today's Rapid Fire Topics include: 

* We react to comment from ND quarterback coach Gino Guidugli on what's surprised him the most about Riley Leonard.

* We react to what Leonard says has stood out to him about freshman Irish QB CJ Carr.

* We have thoughts on Notre Dame's plan to rotate five linebackers in three on-field spots this season. 

* Fill-in the blank...Notre Dame nickel back Jordan Clark says Irish receiver Jaden Greathouse reminds him of Raiders receiver Davante Adams. That comparison is BLANK.

* IB's Bryan Driskell trying to find himself a new NFL team. If you were going to find a new team, what team would you choose?

* Fill-in the blank...Your least favorite NFL TV personality is BLANK. 

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Irish Breakdown answers subscriber submitted questions about Notre Dame football and more on today's show. Some of today's questions include:

* We In / We Out: CJ Carr will remain QB#4 for the entire 2024 season and play no meaningful snaps.

* We in we out: Leonard is a Heisman finalist.

* We In/We out: Notre Dame will have 4 All-Americans this year. Thats both def and offense combined.

* We in/we out: ND defense scores a TD against A&M

* We in/we out: ND beats A&M by double digits

* We in/we out: TEs catch more than 5 passes in week 1

* We in/we out: Tosh Baker doesn’t give up more than 1 sack in week 1.

* We in/ We out Tosh Baker will have a breakout season

* One under the radar guy from both sides breaks out and provides a huge depth piece.

* We In/We Out: Riley Leonard will have over 3500 total yards this season.

* We in/ We out: The strength of the DL and DBs will free up the athletic LBs and the collective expertise of Freeman, Golden and Bullough will find a way to use them to maximum effectiveness.

* We in/ We out: Jack Kiser will be a more athletic Danny Spond.

* In/out This years heisman winner will not come from Bama, Georgia, LSU, Ohio State or Michigan

* Brett McMurphy stated in an “X” post that this year’s champion will come from the preseason top 7 ranked teams saying except for Florida State and Auburn, since 2004 all national champions have come from the preseason top 7 ranked teams. Based on that premise are you in or out that Notre Dame is indeed in the talking to win the national championship this year.

* The defense absolutely stifles TA&M in the opener and keeps their offense under 14 points and under 215 yards. We in or we out??

* We in/We out: Tennessee @ Georgia game in mid November will be for a spot in Atlanta.

* We in/ We out: The defense will have 4+ sacks and 2+ Turnovers in the opener.

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Irish Breakdown answers subscriber submitted questions about Notre Dame football and more on today's show. Some of today's questions include:

* Being ranked 7th in the AP preseason poll is a really good spot for Notre Dame to start the season because it leaves them a little wiggle room for a loss, but also sets them up for a good spot to get into the playoffs. In or out?

* We in/We out: Al Golden will leave next year and CB coach Mike Mickens will get promoted to DC?

* We in/We Out The 2025 recruiting class will have a bigger impact then the 2024… National champion opportunities/draft picks?

* We In/We Out: James Rendell balls out and TAMU’s average starting field position will be behind the 15 yard line.

* We in/ We out: The Texas heat will be a significant factor in the first game of the season?

* We in / We out: Notre Dame will finish the season post season included ranked higher than their AP poll #7 ranking?

* We In / We Out: Jack Kiser, Drayk Bowen and Jaylen Sneed will combine for 175 tackles this season.

* We In / We Out: Howard Cross and Rylie Mills will combine for 6+ sacks this season.

* In the opener, the storyline of Riley Leonard playing for Mike Elko at Duke will be brought up 10+ times – we in or we out?

* We In/ We Out: Notre Dame currently has 2+ LBs that will go in the second round or sooner when they enter the draft.

* We in / we out: in an expanded playoff era where players are monetizing NIL, should ND put names on jerseys again? I’m all for certain traditions, but this one is an incredibly inconsistent tradition – one that doesn’t make sense to me in the current environment.

* We In / We Out: ND RB, TEs, and WRs will combine for more than 250 receptions this year.

* We In / We Out: At the end of the season, more than 12 ND players will have accounted for at least one rush attempt.

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Bryan and Vince give their season predictions for 2024 season. They discuss Notre Dame's post season chances as well as where they think the Irish could slip up in the regular season.

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Bryan and Vince hand out their Notre Dame player predictions for the 2024 season. MVP, MOP, breakout players and more in this edition of the Irish Breakdown podcast.

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Notre Dame enters the 2024 season as a preseason Top 10 team, and expectations are sky high for the Irish in year of the Marcus Freeman tenure. It's certainly a big year for Freeman and Notre Dame. Bryan and Vince discuss why it's so important for Freeman to show progress, and they discuss what progress looks like in 2024.

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The start of Notre Dame football season is getting closer and Irish Breakdown continues to talk details from Irish fall training camp. We have interesting comments today from Notre Dame linebackers coach Max Bullough. Some of the things he discusses include:

* A new linebacker philosophy this season that is dependent more on a rotation of players and less on a true depth chart.

* How freshman Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa and Drayk Bowen fit in the plans.

* Thoughts on Jaylen Sneed and Jaiden Ausberry.

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