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Notre Dame has another important game this weekend when the Irish host Virginia. It’s not big from a great opponent standpoint, but it’s important because it’s another chance for the Irish to make a statement to the playoff committee and another chance to develop as a team.

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Bryan, Vince and Trevor were live when the latest College Football Playoff rankings were released. In this segment they go through the 25 teams as they are released and then give their thoughts on Notre Dame's placement. They also talk about their overall thoughts on the rankings.

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Notre Dame picked up a commitment from talented 2026 linebacker Thomas Davis Jr. The Irish Breakdown team discusses how this commitment came to be, they talk about the talent Davis adds to the class and they break down his game.

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Today's Rapid Fire topics include:

* Fill-in the blank...It’s BLANK that Notre Dame is one of 10 national semifinalists for the Joe Moore offensive line of the year award.

* Fill-in the blank...Notre Dame’s loss to Northern Illinois seems like BLANK today.

* This From Stewart Mandel of The Athletic is BLANK... “Brian Kelly left Notre Dame three years ago largely because he felt being at LSU gave him a better chance at winning a national championship. But first, he’s got to make a Playoff. Something his former school has a better shot at this season.”

* The second College Football Playoff rankings come out tonight. Dan Wetzel from Yahoo Sports is not a fan of the weekly College Football Playoff rankings release. He says it’s just a publicity stunt for TV ratings and “the real damage that will continue to be done by having fans question and condemn various committee decisions (all of them unnecessary) over the next month-plus isn’t worth it.” Do you Buy or Sell what Wetzel’s saying?

* Fill-in the blank...It’s BLANK that with three weeks to go in the regular season the SEC has 8 teams alive and has 28 SEC championship game possibilities at play.

* The Chicago Bears have ousted offensive coordinator Shane Waldron after failing to score a touchdown for a second straight game. Marc Silverman...who is known as Silvy from the Silvy and Waddle Show on ESPN radio in Chicago...Tweeted this:“After talking to a few people with knowledge of the situation, players went to Matt Eberflus & Ryan Poles asking them to make a change at offensive coordinator. There have also been a few veteran players requesting Tyson Bagent starts.” Could it get much worse for the Bears? 

* FILL-IN THE BLANK...Jerry Jones doubling and tripling down on the massive west-looking window that lets the sun shine in his stadium is BLANK.

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Irish Breakdown talks about Notre Dame running backs Jeremiyah Love and Jadarian Price on today's show. We have comments from Irish head coach Marcus Freeman on Notre Dame's dynamic running back duo, the buy-in they have for splitting the workload and how it could pay off for them and the Irish both down the stretch of the regular season and into the College Football Playoffs. We have thoughts on the passing of former Irish head coach Gerry Faust as well.

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Bryan and Trevor preview tonight’s College Football Playoff rankings and what they could mean for Notre Dame.

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Notre Dame had yet another dominant performance on defense, this time against Florida State. Bryan and Vince revisit the keys to victory for the defense and grade how the Irish performed.

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Notre Dame’s offense got off to a slow start, but once they got going they rolled. Bryan and Vince revisit the keys to victory for the offense and grade how the Irish performed.

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Notre Dame earned a dominant win over Florida State. The Irish made a statement with that win, and it went beyond just what the Irish did to the Seminoles.

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Notre Dame picked up a key commitment tonight from 2025 running back Nolan James Jr, who the Irish flipped from Boston College. Bryan and Vince break down his commitment, his fit in the class and his game.

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