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Today's Rapid Fire topics include: 

* Fill-in the blank...It's BLANK that Riley Leonard made a paid appearance at Dick’s Sporting Goods here in town Friday. It was supposed to be a solo paid NIL appearance, but instead he brought his offensive linemen with him and is letting them get paid in cash and Dick’s gift cards.

* ESPN's Heather Dinich said this about Notre Dame's win over Texas A&M: "That was a signature win for Freeman. I was on the field when they lost to Ohio State last year. This was another fight to the finish, but the Irish got it done this time. Turning point?" Buy or Sell last week’s win over the Aggies as a turning point for the Notre Dame program?

* Fill-in the blank…Here’s what Notre Dame’s wide receiver snap count looked like against Texas A&M: Collins 59, Greathouse 48, Mitchell 32, Thomas 23, Faison 20, Harrison 9. That means BLANK going forward.

* With Jordan Faison out with an ankle this week, we will see more of redshirt freshman KK Smith. Do we expect Smith to be a factor against Northern Illinois?

* What’s your confidence in Mitch Jeter after watching him boot three field goals last week?

* Over/Under... 1.5 punts by Notre Dame this weekend.

* NIU had 60-yard pass play and a 60-yard run play last week vs Western Illinois. Over/Under…20 yards for the longest play they will have this week against the Irish.

* Fill-in the blank…Northern Illinois refers to games against Power 4 teams as “Boneyard” games and they have 18 all-time “Boneyard” wins dating back to 1983.

* Buy or Sell Pat McAfee being good for College Game Day?

Notre Dame/Northern Illinois game props:

* Over/Under 205.5 passing yards, 1.5 touchdown passes and 42.5 rushing yards for Riley Leonard

* Over/Under 67.5 rushing yards for Jeremiyah Love

* Over/Under 31.5 receiving yards for Jaden Greathouse

* Over/Under 48.5 receiving yards for Beaux Collins

* Final game prediction!

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Irish Breakdown previews Notre Dame football's 2024 home opener against Norther Illinois. We discuss where Riley Leonard and the Irish offense stand after last week's win over Texas A&M as well as the importance of the win for Marcus Freeman, confidence in the offensive line and the dominance of the Irish defense. We also talk about what we need to see from Notre Dame against the Huskies this weekend.

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Bryan is joined by Bill Bender of the CFB All-America show to preview the four big games of the week two slate of games. They will preview the following games:

#3 Texas at #10 Michigan

#14 Tennessee at #24 NC State

Colorado at Nebraska

Iowa State at Iowa

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Bryan and Ryan make their predictions for the matchup between Notre Dame and Northern Illinois

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Breaking down what the Notre Dame defense must to do improve on its strong first game, and also will be keys in shutting down Northern Illinois

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Breaking down what the Notre Dame offense must do to not only have success against Northern Illinois, but also to improve as the Irish build for the 2024 season.

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Today's Rapid Fire topics include:

* Riley Leonard had 12 carries against Texas A&M. Over/Under 15 carries for him in the next two games combined.

* Notre Dame’s chances to go unbeaten went from 15.8% to 22.4% after beating Texas A&M. They have the best chances of any team to go unbeaten. On a scale of 1 to 10...how confident are you that they will?

* Notre Dame has +430 odds to get a shutout vs Northern Illinois (down from 490 yesterday). What’s your max wager on that?

* Over/Under...13.5 points a game allowed by the Notre Dame defense this season. 

* On the Pat McAfee Show the other day…they got into a mini debate over whether Notre Dame or Iowa should be considered “tight end U”. Should that distinction be decided by how good the tight ends are in college or how good they are once they get to the NFL?

* Peter Schrager from the NFL Network has picked the last three Super Bowl matchups and winners. This morning he picked the Packers to face the Chiefs, with Green Bay going in as a wild card to win the NFC and the Chiefs pulling off the historic three-peat by winning it all in New Orleans. Do you Buy or Sell it?

* Tom Brady makes his NFL broadcasting debut this weekend when the NFL season starts. There’s a lot of talk about whether or not Brady will be critical enough since he’s played with and against the majority of current players. Is that the number one thing you need from an announcer or is there anything else you think is more important?

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Irish Breakdown answers We In/We Out questions from listeners/subscribers. Some of today's questions include:

* We In We Out: Guerby Lambert makes his way into the starting line up before the end of the year (not due to injury).

* We in / we out if Notre Dame starting offensive line is healthy all year they will be a Joe Moore award finalist.

* In/Out: If Notre Dame can start stretching defenses vertically these 2 running backs will have monster years and the tight ends will become dominant.

* We in/We out? Steve Angeli enters the game in the last 4 minutes of the 3rd quarter.

* We In/We Out: Billy Napier doesn’t last the season at Florida?

* In/Out: Both Jeremiyah Love and Jadarian Price have 1,000 yards from scrimmage this season?

* The defense not allowing any explosive plays (20+ yards) is a bigger deal than the OL not giving up any sacks. We in or we out?

* In/Out...Northern Illinois will have fewer total yards than A&M?

* In/Out...Riley Leonard will have 225 yards passing and 75 yards rushing with 3 total TD’s between passing and rushing?

* In/Out...2.5 is a good over/under set point for interceptions for the game?

* In/Out Riley Leonard is invited to New York at the end of the season!

* In/Out DE Bryce Young reps increase in every game making him an impact player at some point during the season.

* The Northern Illinois QB is a greater threat throwing and running than Connor Weigman of Texas A&M.

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Irish Breakdown has comments from Irish head coach Marcus Freeman on his team's prep this week for Northern Illinois, an update on the health progress of tight end Mitchell Evans, defensive end Jordan Botelho and more.

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