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The Irish should be able to thrive against a struggling Stanford offense, but they’ll need a few players to be at their best. Bryan and Trevor also break down the players they want to see step up for the defense to be poised to dominate in the second half of the season.

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Notre Dame needs several offensive players to step up and dominate against Stanford, and it begins with the offensive line. But quarterback Riley Leonard and the pass catchers also need to step up.

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The Notre Dame offense has struggled for much of the 2024 season, but Stanford presents the Irish with a unique opportunity. For the run game it is facing a really quality unit, which gives the Irish a chance to show their skills. In the pass game it’s about facing a weak secondary, one that should allow the offense to flourish. Bryan and Trevor go over ways the pass game can and must improve, and what it needs to see against Stanford.

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Today's Rapid Fire topics include:

* Notre Dame defensive back Jordan Clark took responsibility for his unsportsmanlike conduct head butt against Louisville. We discuss his comments. 

* We hear Irish head coach Marcus Freeman's comments on running back Jadarian Price's benching after his fumble in the Louisville game and ask if the punishment fit the crime and if Clark should have received a similar fate in the game for his penalty. 

* We discuss comments from Irish offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock on what he expects from Riley Leonard coming out of the bye week. 

* The NCAA has opted to keep both the winter and spring transfer portals for college football, but they will shorten the windows. The winter portal will be 20-days from Dec. 9 – which is the Monday after conference championship games -- through Dec. 28. The spring portal will be open for 10 days from April 16 through 25. Do you Buy or Sell the move?

* Men's and women's basketball will also move from a 45-day to a 30-day transfer window that opens the day after the end of the second round of the NCAA tournaments. The transfer window in basketball previously opened on the day after Selection Sunday. Do you Buy or Sell this move?

* Robert Saleh became the first NFL head coach fired yesterday. Who’s next on the hot seat?

* What college coach has the hottest seat right now?

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Wednesday means Mailbag Day on IB Nation Sports Talk! Irish Breakdown is answering questions about Notre Dame football and more on today's show. Some of today's questions include:

* We start with a report on Stanford starting quarterback Ashton Daniels' availability for this week's game against Notre Dame. 

* What's the biggest thing Notre Dame can accomplish in this week's game?

* What's our confidence that Notre Dame can sweep the next three games?

* Why can't the Irish get freshman receivers Micah Gilbert and Cam Williams on the field?

* Thoughts on the ability of Stanford receiver Elic Ayomanor.

* Has Al Washington proven he can develop young talent?

* Thoughts on "Project Rudy" that would create a college football "super league".

* Thoughts on the Marcus Freeman/Chad Bowden hit rate on elite quarterbacks.

* Do Jadarian Price and Jeremiyah Love need to see more screen passes and wheel routes?

* Why no Tosh Baker at left tackle?

* More!

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The biggest game of the weekend, and one of the biggest of the season, is the matchup between #2 Ohio State and #3 Oregon. It will be the biggest test yet for both teams, and we'll see how well Oregon has adapted to the Big Ten.

The CFB All-America duo of Bill Bender and Bill Trocchi are joined by Tim May to preview the game.

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The Stanford defense ranks among the nation’s worst offenses, where as the Notre Dame defense is one of the nation’s best. Should be a mismatch, right? Well, it should, but we need to see Notre Dame bring their best. Bryan and Trevor break down what they need to see from the Irish defense, especially up front.

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Stanford is struggling on defense this season, especially its pass defense. That puts Notre Dame in position to finally get its pass game going, but if it can’t, when will that happen. Bryan and Trevor break this matchup down and discuss what they want to see from the Irish offense this weekend.

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Notre Dame has a chance to win a fourth straight game, and get on a good path, when it takes on rival Stanford. Bryan and Trevor break down what’s at stake for Notre Dame in this weekend’s matchup against the Cardinal.

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Today's Rapid Fire topics include:

* Fill-in the blank...You feel BLANK about Notre Dame’s playoff chances right now.

* An IB subscriber has concerns about what Notre Dame Stadium would look like if the Fighting Irish host a College Football Playoff game since the game would be run by the CFP and not the school. We share our thoughts on that prospect. 

* Which is the worse loss...Alabama falling to Vanderbilt or Notre Dame falling to Northern Illinois?

* We look at the preseason over/under win totals for Notre Dame opponents coming into the season and see where they stand.

* Notre Dame women’s basketball player KK Bransford announced she’s going to redshirt this season as she deals with a lingering leg injury. We discuss the impact.

* Fill-in the blank...MLB putting “Strauss” decals on batting helmets for the playoffs is BLANK.

* San Diego Padres reliever Jeremiah Estrada says he doesn’t think the Padres should have to play game five of their ALDS series against the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium if the series gets that far. Estrada says MLB commissioner Rob Manfred should not allow it after Sunday’s game had to be delayed for 10 minutes because Dodgers fans were throwing bottles, beer cans and baseballs at Padres players. Do you Buy or Sell it? 

* Thoughts on The Blair Witch Project.

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