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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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Irish Breakdown has the last word before Saturday's "Irish Wear Green" game between Notre Dame and Louisville. We discuss what we've learned about the Irish so far, the impact of injuries and the recent departure of Jaden Mickey and of course we take a look at the matchup with the Cardinals and how Marcus Freeman's Irish will look to attack Jeff Brohm's Cardinals.

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Today's Rapid Fire topics include:

* Buy or Sell Leonard has turned the corner with his passing game?

* We’ve talked about Devyn Ford and Aneyas Williams seeing the bulk of third down snaps for the Irish this season because they have the roles of third down backs and are the better blockers. The other side of it is: Is it a good idea to take Jeremiyah Love, who is ND's most dynamic offensive player, off the field on third down?

* Notre Dame - Louisville will be televised on the Peacock streaming app. Iff you could only do one of these things: put this game on NBC or swap it with Florida State as the prime-time home game, which would you choose?

* What’s more likely: Notre Dame is a one loss team or they lose at least three games?

* Louisville held Notre Dame to 44 rushing yards on 28 carries last year. Over/Under...1.5 Irish players who will have at least 44 rushing yards this week.

* Fill-in the blank…A two-loss September for Notre Dame would be BLANK.

* It's an Irish wear green game. What percentage of the crowd do you think will have red on?

* We also have game prop predictions for Riley Leonard, Jeremiyah Love, Beaux Collins and Louisville's Tylor Shough and Ja'Corey Brooks. 

* We finish things off with our game predictions. 

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The IB team makes their predictions for the matchup between #16 Notre Dame and #15 Louisville

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The IB team breaks down the keys to victory for the Notre Dame defense in its matchup against the high scoring Louisville offense

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The IB team breaks down the keys to victory for the Notre Dame offense in its matchup against a stout Louisville defense.

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Today's Rapid Fire topics include:

* Marcus Freeman said today that after a vote by his team captains this week, the Irish will wear green jerseys this Saturday against Louisville. The game has been announced as the “Irish Wear Green” game for a long time for fans, so shouldn’t they have just worn green to begin with?

* This week’s game against Louisville is the Peacock-only TV broadcast. That means it will not be on NBC. If you were making the decision, which Notre Dame home game would you have made the Peacock-only broadcast? 

* We hear Freeman's thoughts on how running back Jadarian Price can be more consistent with his runs. 

* After hearing Freeman's thoughts on Junior Tuihalamaka's performance last week, we rate our confidence in the Vyper position. 

* Fill-in the blank...It’s BLANK that Louisville has held 21 straight opponents scoreless on their first possession of the game.

* Micah Shrewsberry got a commitment from five-star wing Jalen Haralson after beating out Indiana and Michigan State for his services. Is Vince DeDario ready to retract previous comments about Shrewsberry's desire to win a national championship?

* Fill-in the blank...It’s BLANK that The Pittsburgh Pirates cut Rowdy Telez this week. He had 421 at-bats this season and needed to get to 425 in order to receive a $200,000 bonus.

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Irish Breakdown answers subscriber "We In/We Out" questions about Notre Dame football. Some of the questions include:

* We in we out: Riley Leonard needs over 165 yards and Notre Dame needs over 270 yards rushing to beat Louisville.

* Prior to the season (a listener) made a bet with a friend who will be at the game with me Saturday. I gave ND a -17.5 point spread. The bet was for a case of cold ones so We In or We Out that I should swing by a store on my way up to pick him up a case?

* In/Out: ND will win the turnover battle Saturday?

* In/Out: Leonard will throw for over 200yds?

* In/Out: The Great One gets his first TD of the season?

* In/Out: My wife getting a shamrock pretzel with cheese at the game?

* Notre Dame will rush for 250 yards against Louisville, which will be the primary factor in controlling time of possession and wearing down Louisville’s defense. Are we in or out?

* Notre Dame’s defense will hold Louisville under 350 total yards, forcing them to rely on field goals rather than touchdowns in the red zone. Are we in or out?

* Notre Dame’s offensive line will completely neutralize Louisville’s pass rush, allowing fewer than 2 sacks and less than 5 pressures. Are we in or out?

* We in we out on Rocco Spindler staying in the starting line up when Billy Schrauth comes back?

* We in we out on potential opt outs of players in the playoff due to the possibility of the winter only transfer portal?

* We In/We Out: Another roller coaster performance against UL to head into the bye week… big against TAMU, bad against NIU, big against Purdue, bad against Miami.

* In/Out: Marcus Freeman should have attempted to score on last drive vs Miami. 35-3 just looks better. Especially to those nationally who will look back over the schedule towards the end of the season. No room for a gentleman when your back is against the wall.

* In/Out: Coach Mickens should buy some bubble wrap to protect his remaining four corners? We in or we out?

* In/Out: Leonard goes absolutely off for 400+ total yards and 3+ TDs

* In/Out: The Defense holds Louisville to 14 pts or less.

* In/Out: The loss of Cooper Flanagan for this game means we’ll be forced to play more 21 and 10 personnel, which will actually end up being beneficial for our offense. We in or we out.

* More!!

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Irish Breakdown has comments from Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman's latest media session. He discusses Jordan Botelho's possible return next year, wide receivers, offensive line, an interesting question from a Louisville reporter and more. 

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