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Irish Breakdown answers listener and subscriber questions about Notre Dame football and more on today's show. Some of the topics include:

*Would you want Notre Dame to play Penn State or someone else in a Shamrock Series game if they weren't playing Army this year?

*Will Notre Dame's running backs lead the nation in touchdowns this season?

*With Noah Grubbs, Drue Taylor and Deuce Knight at Notre Dame's Irish Invasion camp, could Notre Dame charge $10 admission for fans to watch?

*How different will the Notre Dame offense look this year?

*Will new offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock emphasize getting the ball to outside receivers more?

*Is there less margin for error for Ryan Day at Ohio State with Chip Kelly as his new offensive coordinator?

*Will Notre Dame run more fake punts with Australian James "Thor" Rendell as the punter?

*If a quarterback and a wide receiver from the same team are both up for the Heisman Trophy, who wins?

*More!

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Rapid Fire topics include:

* Riley Leonard currently has +2000 odds on Fan Duel to win the Heisman and Notre Dame has +2200 odds to win the national championship. If you had to put $100 on one of those two, which would you choose?

* The Irish also have +138 odds to go over 10.5 wins (U is –170) and –172 odds to make the College Football Playoff (No is +140). What do you make of that?

* This is a question from the Champions Lounge that came in too late for us to use on last week’s We In or We Out segment: The heat does end up playing a role in College Station, but it actually helps the Irish more as the position depth for ND is superior and coaches use an effective player rotation during the game to give guys time to cool off. We in or we out? 

* Stanford, Cal and SMU will all be in the ACC this season. On a scale of 1 to 10, what’s your interest in seeing them in the ACC?

* Fill-in the blank...HBO’s in-season edition of Hard Knocks is going to be different this year. It’s BLANK that instead of following just one team they are going to follow four teams from an entire division.

* Which division would you like them to follow? 

* The plot to the movie Back to the Future 2 features one of the main characters getting a sports almanac from the future and using it at an earlier point in time to win sports bets. Would you feel bad if you won bets while already knowing the outcome of the games?

* How many bets would you have to throw to avoid suspicion?

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Irish Breakdown discusses how far Notre Dame baseball has fallen after missing the NCAA Tournament for a second straight year. The Irish were in the College World Series just two years ago.

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With 102 days until Notre Dame football opens the season at Texas A&M, Irish Breakdown is joined by insider Carter Karels to discuss the Aggies. The GigEM247 writer joins IB's Sean Stires to discuss A&M's first spring under Mike Elko and how the Aggies are shaping up for the Aug. 31 season opener in College Station. Some other things they discuss include:

* Where things went wrong for Jimbo Fisher. 

* Concerns going into and coming out of the spring. 

* Quarterback Conner Weigman.

* A&M's defensive strengths.

* Texas getting ready to join A&M in the SEC this season.

* More!

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Notre Dame landed a commitment from 2025 defensive lineman Gordy Sulfsted. The recruiting team of Bryan, Ryan and Shaun dive into this commitment. They dive into the backstory, talk about the class impact and break down the film of Sulfsted.

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Rapid Fire topics include:

* Fill-in the blank...It’s BLANK that according to Pro Football Focus Howard Cross is the highest rated returning interior lineman in the country this season. 

* Will the Notre Dame defense have twice as many interceptions than Riley Leonard throws this season?

* Irish women’s head coach Niele Ivey was a guest on SiriusXM Radio recently. After the season ended there were rumors floating around about Hannah Hidalgo possibly transferring and Ivey was asked about keeping the All-American at Notre Dame. She hinted that there may have been some tampering by other schools to try to get Hidalgo to transfer. We hear her comments and have some thoughts on that!

* This is a question that came in late on the Champion’s Lounge board for last week’s We In or We Out show: ESPN gives more respect to ND than NBC does. ESPN puts ND in a prime time more than NBC. Would NBC put ND in prime time against Duke, Louisville or A&M? - Are we in or out on that? 

* Thoughts on Joe Buck joining Chip Caray for a special Cubs - Cardinals broadcast this week. 

* The movie “The Natural” just turned 40. How does it hold up for you?

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After entering his name in the NBA’s early entry list, Markus Burton has announced that he’ll return for his sophomore at Notre Dame. Is Burton’s return more important than any of the three transfers the Irish added?

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Irish Breakdown takes a look at all of Notre Dame football's position groups and debates whether they will be better, worse or the same as last season. 

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In this week's CFB All-America show the team of Bill Bender and Bill Trocchi discuss the Sporting News college football coach rankings for 2024. The focus of this show is on the top coaches as they start with No. 1 and work down.

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The Friday Free-For-All Mailbag is back with another great Q&A session! Irish Breakdown fans had a lot of great questions about Notre Dame football, recruiting and college football! Bryan answered all of those great questions, and hopefully the answers were as good as the questions. Here's part three of the show.

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