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IB kicked off Pitt week with a Notre Dame Football Mailbag! We had a lot of great topics and they weren't all about the Irish. This is part three of our mailbag!

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IB kicked off Pitt week with a Notre Dame Football Mailbag! We had a lot of great topics and they weren't all about the Irish. This is part two of our mailbag!

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IB kicked off Pitt week with a Notre Dame Football Mailbag! We had a lot of great topics and they weren't all about the Irish. This is part one of our mailbag!

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Notre Dame picked up a commitment from talented 2025 tight end James Flanigan, who is the son of former Irish defensive lineman Jim Flanigan. This is an important one for the Irish, and IB breaks it down!

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Notre Dame women's basketball coach Niele Ivey joins Irish Breakdown's Sean Stires, who is also the radio announcer for Notre Dame women's basketball to preview the upcoming season. Topics include:

*Making a series of commercials with her son, Detroit Pistons guard Jaden Ivey.

*Her thoughts on rivalries with Louisville and UConn and renewing their intrastate series with Purdue.

*Thoughts on being named ACC Coach of the Year after leading the Irish to the regular season conference championship last season.

*She reveals the biggest difference fans will notice from last year's team when they see the team this season.

*Thoughts on incoming freshman guards Hannah Hidalgo and Emma Risch as well as transfer Anna DeWolfe.

*With Olivia Miles likely out to begin the season, who's the No. 2 point guard behind Hidalgo?

*How she works through the recruiting process to land highly ranked McDonald's All-Americans.

*Working through an expanded rotation in November with four new additions to this year's team.

*The upcoming trip to Paris, France to open the season against South Carolina and the plan to counter possible jet lag.

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ESPN and 247Sports both updated their rankings and there was plenty of movement with Notre Dame commits. Ryan Roberts talks changes in the rankings, which players should continue to rise, what they got right and what they got wrong.

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Former Notre Dame running back CJ Prosise joins the show to talk about his recruitment, why he chose Notre Dame, thoughts on the current Irish program and more.

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After the Notre Dame recruiting hour we have our daily mailbag

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After discussing the improvements Notre Dame has made in 2023 on both sides of the ball we finished the show with a mailbag.

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Notre Dame had a quality defense in Al Golden's first season, but his second defense has made a huge jump in 2023. Notre Dame ranks among the nation's best defenses through eight games, and it should get even better down the stretch.

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