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The Notre Dame offense has improved the last two years but the unit is still not playing championship football, especially on a consistent basis. In this segment, Bryan and Shaun break down where the offense has fallen short, where it has ascended and what work remains. They talk big picture and go position by position.

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Bryan and Shaun break down defensive line recruiting for the 2026 class. They discuss the current board, break down where things stand and how important the next few months are to this class. Overall, they also discuss how important the 2026 class is to the future of the Irish defense.

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In part one of today’s show, Bryan and Shaun discuss whether or not Notre Dame has closed the gap as a championship program. Yes, the 2024 season was exceptional, but was it a one off like 2012, or is it the beginning of great things to come …. and why?

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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 four.

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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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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 Friday Rapid Fire edition of IB Nation Sports Talk has the three-man band of Sean Stires, Vince DeDario and Jesse Stires covering a slew of topics, including:

Which are you more confident in next season: Jaden Greathouse will have at least 700 receiving yards or Drayk Bowen will have at least 100 tackles?

Thoughts on the future of Notre Dame baseball.

SEC and Big Ten athletic directors left their meeting in New Orleans this week saying they are in favor of changing seeding for the College Football Playoff in 2025. If they make a change, the seeding would go directly off rankings 1 through 12 rather than how it was done this year by guaranteeing the highest ranked conference champions got first round byes. It’s not a done deal though because all 10 FBS conference commissioners and Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua would have to vote unanimously to make any format changes for this season and this season only. So, on a scale of 1 to 10: How confident are you they will make the change for 2025?

If they make the change to go directly off seeding, either for this season or for 2026 and beyond when they begin the new CFP format, that could mean Notre Dame could be eligible for a first round bye. So, would you rather have a first round home game or a first round bye?

Fill-in the blank: Former Notre Dame offensive lineman Zack Martin has announced his retirement after 11 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys. The thing you will most remember him for is BLANK.

Will Notre Dame women’s basketball get the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament?

The NHL’s Four Nations Face-Off was a smashing success as an alternative to their All-Star Game. Could Major League Baseball come up with something similar to replace its All-Star game?

ESPN informed MLB it that the sports network will opt out of the last two years of its TV contract with baseball that includes Sunday Night Baseball, the Home Run Derby and first round wildcard playoff series. ESPN would have paid MLB $550 million per season. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says it’s a mutual parting of ways because he doesn’t think it’s beneficial for baseball to accept a smaller deal to remain on a shrinking platform. Do you Buy or Sell Manfred’s spin?

Fill-in the blank...It’s BLANK that the New York Yankees have amended their facial hair policy to allow their players to have “well-groomed beards”.

Rank the NFL TV broadcast teams:

Al Michaels/Kirk Herbstreit

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The Irish Breakdown team answer questions about Notre Dame football, the College Football Playoff and more.

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Bryan and Trevor discuss the Notre Dame defensive end position heading into the 2025 season. It’s a position that has underachieved in recent seasons, but we saw flashes in 2024. The group has the talent and depth to break out in 2025, but will it?

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