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Part one of today's Midweek Rundown looks at how Notre Dame stacks up on paper against Navy, with an emphasis on the importance of running the ball against Navy's top run defense while also slowing down the Navy option ground attack.

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Rapid Fire starts with a discussion of Sam Hartman's impact on Notre Dame's inexperienced wide receivers this season. 

Other topics include:

* Former Notre Dame quarterback Drew Pyne won't be the starter in his first season at Arizona State

* Same Hartman shared his two new NIL deal with his teammates on social media. We discuss and what that means in the big picture for Notre Dame

* Marcus Freeman's thoughts on how linebacker Jaylen Sneed will help the team this year. 

* Freeman on running back Gi'Bran Payne's emergence this offseason. 

* Our confidence that the Irish will cover their 20.5 point spread this weekend. 

* Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh serving a self-imposed three-game suspension in an attempt to appease the NCAA.

* The one thing that has most impacted the relevance of college football's regular season. 

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Irish Breakdown is joined by Navy football insider Bill Wagner to preview this weekend's Notre Dame-Navy season opener in Dublin, Ireland. The Annapolis Capital-Gazette and Baltimore Sun writer discusses new head coach Brian Newberry, the possibility that Navy could play two quarterbacks against the Irish, Navy's potential to throw the ball more, how the Mids matchup with the ND offense and more.

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After breaking down the Notre Dame vs Navy game we answered questions from Irish Breakdown subscribers and listeners. This is part two of that mailbag.

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After breaking down the Notre Dame vs Navy game we answered questions from Irish Breakdown subscribers and listeners. This is part one of that mailbag.

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Notre Dame kicks off the 2023 season this weekend with a matchup of long-time rival Navy. We talk about what is at stake for Notre Dame in this game, what we might learn about the Irish and then dive into a deeper breakdown of Navy specifically.

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We start Rapid Fire with Freeman explaining the top three things he wanted his team to accomplish during fall training camp. 

Other topics include:

* Freeman's thoughts on how jet lag could be a factor both this week in Ireland and next week when the team returns home to play Tennessee State.

* Notre Dame's top training camp surprises.

* Sam Hartman's Under Armour gift to his teammates.

* Hartman has season over/under props of 26.5 touchdown passes and 2,800.5 passing yards. Is he a lock to surpass them?

* Xavier Watts, Jack Kiser and Marist Liufau shared the team lead with eight tackles each against Navy last year. Will one of them lead the Irish against the Mids again this week?

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Marcus Freeman held his first game week press conference on Monday and we hear his thoughts on several topics on today's show. Freeman updates center Zeke Correll's status, discusses how guards Pat Coogan and Rocco Spindler separated from their competition in camp, talks about his top three fall camp goals and much much, more. We discuss it all as well as the team's first depth chart of the season.

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Several Notre Dame commits kicked off the 2023 season on Friday night and part one of the Notre Dame Recruiting Hour breaks it all down. It includes a dominant performance from an offensive lineman that IB has not been as high on.

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Notre Dame is already working on its 2025 cornerback board, and it's a very talented group of players. Ryan Roberts breaks down the board. During the show he also interviewed 2025 corner Cree Thomas, a very talented player that is high on the Irish, and the feeling is mutual.

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