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Notre Dame will have its big "jersey scrimmage" this weekend, which is one of the most important practices of the spring. In this segment I discuss what I'll be looking for from the Irish this weekend.

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IB was joined by Bill Bender of Sporting News, who interviewed Marcus Freeman and Kevin Corrigan about freshman Jordan Faison, an impact player at both football and lacrosse for the Irish.

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Notre Dame certainly needs new playmakers to emerge on both sides of the ball. The Irish can't reach their full potential in 2024 if that doesn't happen. The good news is we are seeing that happen this spring.

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Notre Dame has had several injuries that has tested the team's depth this spring. In this segment of the show I discuss how the depth has been tested, what has happened because of it, and how it impacts the team in the present and future.

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Rapid Fire topics include:

* Will Riley Leonard play in Notre Dame's April 20 Blue-Gold game?

* Steve Angeli's thoughts on how Sam Hartman impacted his growth as a quarterback. 

* Angeli discusses where he's made the most progress since last year. 

* Buy or Sell Iowa celebrating its NCAA runner-up season with a party this week. 

* Fill-in the blank…It’s BLANK that for the first time ever the women’s basketball championship game had better viewership than the men’s championship game after Iowa-SC drew about four million more viewers than last night’s UConn-Purdue game.

* Ian Eagle is the lead PBP announcer for the Final Four after Jim Nantz stepped aside from that role last year. We share thoughts on how Eagle did.

* There has been a rash of starting pitchers already getting injured at the start of the Major League Baseball season. Some are blaming the pitch clock. Do you Buy or Sell the pitch clock as the culprit? 

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Irish Breakdown has comments from Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard on the status of his latest injury. Leonard discussed the cause of the injury, how it feels now, his fit in Mike Denbrock's ND offense and more.

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Notre Dame held another open practice this morning on the LaBar Practice Fields. The media was allowed to see the first four periods. Here are some observations I saw from today's practice, with my focus being on the offense.

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Rapid Fire topics include:

* Irish defensive coordinator Al Golden comments on freshman linebacker Kyngstonn Ailiamu-Asa's possible playing time this season.

* Notre Dame quarterback commit Deuce Knight had a big weekend at his Elite 11 Regional competition. 

* Fill-in the blank...Notre Dame women’s basketball player KK Bransford entering the transfer portal is BLANK.

* Comments from national championship South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley on Iowa's Caitlin Clark. 

* Buy or Sell Monday's men's basketball national championship game getting a bigger rating than Sunday's women's championship?

* The women’s championship game tipped off in the afternoon for the second year in a row. I saw a decent amount of grumbling about it...are you good with the afternoon tip-off or should it be in prime time?

How about tonight’s 9:20 pm Eastern Time tip-off for the men’s game?

Fill-in the blank...John Calipari leaving Kentucky after 15 years in Lexington to take over at Arkansas is BLANK. 

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Irish Breakdown has comments from new Notre Dame offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock on quarterbacks Riley Leonard and Steve Angeli. Denbrock discusses where both quarterbacks are as the Irish near the end of spring practices. He also outlines what the summer will look like for Leonard.

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During the offseason we'll be doing a Best Of segment on Sundays, where we'll play the best Irish Breakdown shows of the week. This segment was about the Notre Dame secondary, which lost cornerback Clarence Lewis to the transfer portal, and Benjamin Morrison to an injury. There are a lot of questions in the secondary, the next couple of weeks are important for this group.

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