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In today's Big Show, Bryan discusses the absurd comments from Colin Cowherd about USC canceling the rivalry.

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Rapid Fire topics include:

* Colin Cowherd's comments that USC should end the football series with Notre Dame.

* Should Notre Dame fans expect to qualify for the College Football Playoff every year?

*The Notre Dame - Navy kickoff time has been announced

* Over the next decade, what’s one team you’re buying stock in, one team you’re selling and one team you’re holding.

* The on screen score bug has become a fixture in TV sports broadcasts. There was a time until around the mid-90s that it didn’t exist. Would you want to watch a game without the score on the screen?

* Aaron Donald retired at the age of 33 this offseason. ESPN’s Michael Wilbon says he thinks Donald will play again for someone this season. On a scale of 1 to 10...What chance do you give it to happen?

* Fill-in the blank...It’s BLANK that after Caitlin Clark drew a technical foul the other night in a loss to the LA Spars, Indiana Fever head coach Christie Sides said she wants Clark to talk less to officials and she wants her and the rest of the team to focus more on mid-range shots. 

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Irish Breakdown answers "We In or We Out" questions from subscribers to the IB premium Champions Lounge board on today's show. Some of the questions include: 

* The drop off from Xavier Watts to his backup is greater than any other position on defense. We in or we out? 

* We In or we Out on whether Benjamin Morrison will be ready to go week one in College Station?

* Lincoln Riley will never have another Heisman Trophy winner QB in his career. We in or We out?

* Notre Dame women’s basketball will make it to the Final Four? We in or we out?

* By the end of this football season, ND will be considered a top 15 offense AND a top 10 defense. We in or we out?

* We in/ we out. That Marcus Freeman will have at least 3 national championships before he leaves Notre Dame?

Much more!

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Irish Breakdown discusses the breaking news that Notre Dame running back Gi'Bran Payne has had ACL surgery. Notre Dame announced the news on Thursday that Payne will miss the entire 2024 season. We talk about the impact the injury will have on the Irish running back room and more.

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Today's show ended with our new Wednesday Buy, Sell, Hold segment. Lots of great submissions by IB members. Hopefully the responses were as good!

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In part two of today's show, Bryan breaks down the Notre Dame running back room. He gives a complete overview of the current room, narratives that have been broken, how the unit should be used in 2024 and what the future looks like at the position.

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Bryan is joined by John Garcia of Rivals to discuss the latest rankings for the Rivals250. The updates actually bolstered Notre Dame's No. 1 ranking, and John talks about the class, especially Southern prospects like Deuce Knight, Dallas Golden and Ivan Taylor. He also discusses the secondary class for Notre Dame in the 2025 cycle.

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Notre Dame and NBC released kickoff times for the 2024 home game broadcasts. Irish Breakdown has thoughts on the times. Are there any we would change? We also have thoughts on the only primetime home game and the one home game that will only be streamed on the Peacock app. Did they pick the right game to stream?

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Rapid Fire topics include:

* Fill-in the blank...Pro Football Focus asked the question “Who has the best secondary in college football” yesterday. Their multiple-choice options were Oregon, Iowa, Ohio State, Michigan, and Notre Dame and it’s BLANK that the Irish are on that list.

* Miami was supposed to be on Notre Dame’s schedule this season, but the Hurricanes over scheduled so that game was moved to a future date. On a scale of 1 to 10...How much more attractive would the Irish home schedule look if Miami was on it?

* Fox has released its Friday night college football schedule for the upcoming season. Here are the matchups:

Arizona at Kansas State

Illinois at Nebraska

Washington at Rutgers

Michigan State at Oregon

Northwestern at Maryland

Oregon at Purdue

Rutgers at USC

Iowa at UCLA

UCLA at Washington

Purdue at Michigan State

Utah at UCF

And they’ll close the season with the Mountain West Championship Game

* How intriguing is that schedule?

* How would you feel if you’re UCLA, Washington and Oregon who are moving to the Big 10 and you’re going to be playing twice on Friday night in your first season in the conference? 

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Irish Breakdown answers listener/subscriber questions about Notre Dame football and more

Some of today's topics include:

*Would it be better for Notre Dame if Riley Leonard or a wide receiver wins the Heisman Trophy this season?

*Would Mike Mickens be more likely to leave Notre Dame to become a defensive coordinator somewhere else or stay at ND and get promoted to defensive coordinator?

*What summer newcomer will make the most impact for Notre Dame this season?

*Would you rather the Irish win the national championship this season and lose coordinators Mike Denbrock and Al Golden right away or win it in 2026 and keep both of them until then?

*Over/Under 46.5 total points scored in the Notre Dame-Texas A&M game?

*Which would be better: Notre Dame has a top-5 offense and top-20 defense or vice versa?

*How would Irish fans react to Marcus Freeman if ND loses the opener at Texas A&M?

*Can Sullivan Absher win the starting right tackle job in training camp?

*Would you rather have a quarterback with arm strength or arm talent?

*On a scale of 1 to 10, how confident would you be that the Irish will go unbeaten this season if they win their season opener in College Station?

*Top Gun Maverick

*More!

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