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Bryan and Vince make their final predictions for the Notre Dame offense, but this time they go bold!

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Our Friday 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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Our Friday 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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Our Friday 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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In the final look at the Notre Dame defense before the season starts, Bryan dives into reasons why the Irish could be even better in 2024. He also raises potential concerns that could arise.

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The Notre Dame offense has been a stumbling block for the program in recent seasons, but there are reasons to believe that will change in 2024. Bryan dives into the reasons why the offense should be better, but also some of the potential stumbling blocks

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Notre Dame has a talented football team in 2024, but there are still plenty of questions. There’s one thing that is certain, we are going to learn a lot about Marcus Freeman this season.

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Rapid Fire topics include:

* We have comments from Notre Dame offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock on his previous experience at Kyle Field and we debate if the weather or crowd environment will have a bigger impact on the opener at Texas A&M.

* Irish receiver Jayden Thomas recently compared Riley Leonard to both Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson. We hear Marcus Freeman's thoughts on it and react. 

* Fill-in the blank...Notre Dame and Peacock recently announced the much-anticipated streaming series “Here Come The Irish” that will air before and after the regular season. The number one thing you want to see in the show is BLANK.

* Dane Brugler from The Athletic released his preseason rankings for next year’s NFL Draft. Which is more surprising: That he has Benjamin Morrison as his No. 11 draft prospect or that he doesn’t have Riley Leonard in his top 50?

* What song describes how you feel about the upcoming Notre Dame football season. What’s your song?

* We pick a four-team parlay of four teams we think will make it to the playoff this year. Who are your four teams?

* The Mike Tyson – Jake Paul fight is back on and will take place in November. The fight was originally supposed to take place last month but had to be postponed after Tyson experienced nausea and dizziness on a flight in May. On a scale of 1 to 10: What’s your excitement level?

* Fill-in the blank...It’s BLANK that Tennessee Titans quarterback Will Levis has launched the world's first mayonnaise-inspired fragrance in conjunction with Hellman’s mayonnaise. It’s called Will Levis No.8. 

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Irish Breakdown answers questions submitted by subscribers about Notre Dame football and more on today's show. Some of today's questions include:

* It is more likely that ND wins @ A&M by 10+ points than the game coming down to the final possession. In or Out?

* In/Out: Turnovers will be the deciding factor in the low scoring game between A&M and Notre Dame with Notre Dame coming out on top.

* Bonus In/Out Notre Dame’s defensive secondary will be the group that creates the most turnovers.

* No one position group dominates the game in the opener, but all contribute to a more balanced and dominant performance than we’re used to seeing. We in or we out?

* We have such a good special teams punt play with Rendell and the squad that Jesse covers it in his first whiteboard of the season (for fear of disappointing Vince). We in or we out??

* With the recently announced announcers (Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit) for the opener, Irish fans should mute the coverage and sync the video coverage to the radio broadcast. We in or we out???

* Notre Dame home game bagpipes (courtesy of the Notre Dame Bagpipe Band) are pivotal in creating the quintessential ND game day atmosphere. We in, or we out????

* In/out: Fan emotions aside, it’s better for a team to alternate between elite QBs and program QBs with upside, because it leads to more long term positional stability at the most important position in the game. This is also said with the current transfer portal system in mind.

* Freshman running backs (Aneyas Williams and Kedren Young) will combine for 3+ total touchdowns this year. We in or we out?

* We In/We Out: The most important matchup on D for ND is the new nickel Jordan Clark vs A&M slot receiver, Moose Muhammad. He can be electric and Clark will have to play man coverage when Al Golden blitzes. Golden blitzes a lot!

* In/Out: We trust Denbrock to make in game adjustments

* A smaller, more athletic, LT, Anthonie Knapp is a better match up against A&M. In or Out?

* In or out on Notre Dame scoring 600 points in the regular season?

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Irish Breakdown answers questions submitted by subscribers about Notre Dame football and more on today's show. Some of today's questions include:

* There will be no substitutions along the offensive line for Notre Dame in the A&M game. We In or We Out?

* Riley Leonard will complete more than 60% of his passes in game one. In or Out?

* Jeremiyah Love has 100+ yards from scrimmage in the opener. In or Out?

* In/out – Notre Dame goes 11-1 or better and hosts a round one play off game this year.

* In/Out – Vince throws something at the TV after the announcers gush about the physical prowess of James Rendell and how he can be a dangerous weapon for a fake punt.

* Bonus – Vince simultaneously yells “Can we worry about how well he punts the freakin’ ball first?!?”

* In/out: Riley Leonard has over 2600 passing yards this season.

* In/out: On Joe Rudolph still being at ND in 2026?

* We In/We Out: Notre Dame with have an 1st or 2nd Team All-American on offense this year.

* In/Out: After ND wins and Jesse does his first whiteboard of the season, he will take too long, but Sean won’t mind because ND had a huge victory.

* In/Out: After the A&M game, there will be at least one post on the message board complaining about the color combinations of the patch and the numbers.

*Bonus: In this color combination string of messages, someone will whine about the pants colors….again.

* In/Out: After seeing Christian Grey’s performance, Vince won’t miss Cam Hart for a while.

* In/Out: There will be one upset in week one, but it won’t be in College Station.

* In/Out: ND will win, and besides Riley Leonard, the biggest difference will be the coaching of Denbrock and how he “covers” the gaps on the left side of the OL.

* In/out the defense holds A&M under 18 pts.

* In/out the offense scores at least 24 points.

* In/out by Monday morning post game, ESPN, non believing podcasters, and Bud Elliott will be saying I told you Notre Dame was dangerous.

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