Bryan and Vince break down the battles at right tackle and left guard. The conclusion of these battles could decide whether the offensive line can take that next step or not. It will not only effect this year but next as well. Do not be surprised if there are a couple wild card options at those spots as well. The guys break it all down!

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Bryan and Vince break down the Irish offensive line in 2024. They discuss what it could be this season and what it could be in 2025. There is a lot of talent in the OL room but not a lot of experience. They guys discuss whether that is important or not.

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Today's Rapid Fire topics include:

* Do you Buy or Sell that Notre Dame offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock calling the plays creates an elite quarterback?

* The LA Dodgers and LA Lakers each won championships during the 2020 season that was interrupted by Covid. They haven’t won titles since then and there are a lot of people who put asterisks by those titles. If Notre Dame had won it all in 2020 how would you view that championship?

* SMU head coach Rhett Lashlee said during his first ACC Media Day press conference that he challenged Florida State head coach Mike Norvell to play him in EA Sports College Football 25. He said maybe the winner should determine the coin toss for their game in September. Who would you like to see Marcus Freeman play?

* Fill-in the blank...Former Notre Dame cornerback Julian Love coming in at No. 95 in the NFL’s top 100 ranking to make the list for the first time in his five-year career is BLANK.

* Fill-in the blank...ACC Network on-air personalities referring to DJ Uiagalelei as “DJ U” during their ACC Media Days coverage is BLANK.

* Netflix is set to release a documentary called "Sign Stealer". It will be told from the point of view of Connor Stalions, who was the man in the middle of the Michigan sign stealing scandal last year. On a scale of 1 to 10...how interested are you in watching?

* How many teams from the NFC West can win the Super Bowl this season? 

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Irish Breakdown discusses the latest happenings with Notre Dame football. We talk about the relatively quiet past couple of months the Irish have had as well as the upcoming announcement of this year's Shamrock Series uniforms, some of Marcus Freeman's recent media appearances and whether or not the Irish should already be planning for the possibility of a December home College Football Playoff game and more.

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Irish Breakdown talks Notre Dame football and takes a look at the Florida State Seminoles with special guest Curt Weiler of The Osceola. The Irish host FSU on Nov. 9 and Weiler joins IB's Sean Stires to discuss how they look at they open their fall training camp before a week zero matchup with Georgia Tech in Dublin, Ireland. They also discuss FSU's future in the ACC as well as the turnover from last year's 13-1 team and how Mike Norvell has handled it. How will former Clemson and Oregon State quarterback DJ Uiagalelei impact the offense and what are some of the other bigger questions they face heading into the season?

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Notre Dame is going through a rough spot when it comes to wide receiver recruiting. Bryan breaks it all down, and talks about what comes next.

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In part two of today's show, Bryan breaks down the Notre Dame receiver roster. He talks transfers, the talented rising sophomores and more.

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Notre Dame has had shaky play at WR in past seasons, something that must change. Bryan breaks down the past WR play, and talks about how the unit will be asked to do a lot more in the Mike Denbrock offense. The WR will be far more important to success now than they were in the past.

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Today's Rapid Fire topics include:

* ESPN has wide receiver as Notre Dame’s biggest question mark this season. What do you have as the team’s biggest question mark?

* This question comes from IB subscriber/listener Andre Tonsil: What if Notre Dame is ranked #4 team in a country with the record of 11 - 1 and the College Football Playoff committee seeds them 7 or 8 because the teams that lost power Four conferences championship games lost in close games? What do you think of this possibility?

* These are the college football programs that have the most all-time wins without ever winning a national championship: Wisconsin, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Utah, North Carolina, Missouri, Purdue, Oregon, Baylor, and NC State. Which is the most surprising?

* Fill-in the blank...It’s BLANK that Minnesota Vikings rookie JJ McCarthy only threw 34 total passes in the fourth quarter for Michigan last season.

* With NFL training camps under way, we’re going to start doing this question with each division: How many teams from the AFC North can win the Super Bowl this season?

* Jim Leyland was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this weekend. Who’s the next manager who should get the call?

* Notre Dame alum Arike Ogunbowale earned MVP honors with 34 points to lead the WNBA All-Stars to a 117-109 win over Team USA in the All-Star Game. On a scale of 1 to 10...How worried should the US team be heading into the Paris Olympics?

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Notre Dame football fall training camp is just a little more than a week away and Irish Breakdown takes a look at some of the top breakout candidates on today's show. Sean Stires and Jesse Stires make their picks on which Fighting Irish players they think will have the best chance to breakout heading into the 2024 season. 

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