Jessica Smetana joins to discuss the Fighting Irish improving to a 63% chance at making the playoff after a win in Atlanta. An up-and-down day from the offense, young stars on defense, Brent Key making his way onto the Enemies List, Dog In Him rankings, the psychic damage of that atrocious broadcast and another fun day of college football.

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Jessica Smetana joins to walk through the Fighting Irish's dominant win over the Cardinal and a fun weekend of college football overall. 

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Jamie Uyeyama of Irish Sports Daily joins to talk about what the Fighting Irish might look like over the second half of the season. Topics include how the offense could improve, underrating the line's effect, Mitchell Evans, third-down running back usage, how to survive injuries along the defensive line, linebacker snap counts, elite secondary play and lessons learned from the Deuce Knight decommitment.

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Jessica Smetana joins to talk about the carnage that descended on college football while Notre Dame rested and what it means for the rest of this season. Then (32:30) Priya Desai gives her review of the Fighting Irish game day experience for last week's Louisville visit.

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Jessica Smetana joins to discuss the Fighting Irish pull out the win in a Top 20 battle. Topics include a sloppy first quarter, the depth of the defense stepping up, big plays from the offense, questionable late-game decisions from both coaches and color (green and otherwise) from inside the stadium.

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Sam Werner of the Three-Point Jesus podcast joins to talk about the victory over the RedHawks. Topics include The Riley Leonard Discourse, a dominant defense (except for second and long), an assessment of special teams and how playing a big game against Louisville changes the tenor of the week/gameday experience.

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Jessica Smetana joins to discuss the Fighting Irish's demolition of the Boilermakers in West Lafayette. Topics include a dominant run game, dominant defense, concerning injuries, if there's a quarterback controversy and some (well, maybe more than some) lingering thoughts from last weekend.

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Jessica Smetana joins to examine the wide world of takes — including fair critiques, honest questions, sizzlers and some creative fan-fiction — that resulted from Notre Dame's loss to Northern Illinois. Understand if you auto-delete this but it's not overly gloomy or whiny.

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Michael Bryan of 18 Stripes joins to recap his Saturday at Texas A&M. Also included: Marcus Freeman's fourth down decisions, what one game affirmed/undercut as far as preseason expectations and what we're looking for in Week 2.

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Jessica Smetana joins to discuss the monster win in College Station. Sorry this is very loopy and rambly and not edited, we'll be more coherent next time. Buy Golden-Denbrock 2024 merch here.

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