Alex Herrmann and Andrew Smith of Notre Dame, Our Blogger join to preview all 12 opponents on this fall's Fighting Irish schedule.

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Jamie Uyeyama of Irish Sports Daily returns for Part Two of this year's Frosh O series to talk about every scholarship freshman on the Notre Dame defense. Included:

• Can Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa really be Manti 2.0?
• Tae Johnston has upside at safety, but Kennedy Urlacher could be in the mix on special teams from the jump.
• Leonard Moore's stock continues to rise as he appears to in the cornerback rotation.
• Bryce Young is a monster at defensive end.
• Jamie's overall thoughts on a big 2024 season for Marcus Freeman and the Fighting Irish, including a thin margin for error.

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Jamie Uyeyama of Irish Sports Daily joins for Part 1 of this year's Frosh O series to talk about every scholarship freshman on the Notre Dame offense. Included:

• The present and future of the line arrives in Anthonie Knapp and Guerby Lambert.
• Which tailback has the best chance to contribute this season between Kedren Young and Aneyas Williams.
• An exciting trio at wide receiver, including Cam Williams and Micah Gilbert.
• How Jack Larsen fits into the legacy of Irish tight ends.
• C.J. Carr's tremendous upside potential.

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Irish Sports Daily's Greg Flammang and 18 Stripes' Michael Bryan dive into the nitty gritty of nine position groups. There's unanimity about who's first and who's last (with some breaking news on the latter) along with a promising amount of gray area between them.

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A run through of where things stand as we enter a month where the Fighting Irish will play a real (and real important) football game.

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Our USC Insider Nick Tresnowski joins to discuss the Trojans. Topics include life after Caleb Williams, ditching Alex Grinch, pressure on Lincoln Riley and adjusting to the Big Ten.

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Carter Karels of Gigem247 joins to talk about Texas A&M. The Aggies have a new coach, an elite defensive line, promise at quarterback and some questions yet to be answered in camp. 

Jessica Smetana joins to talk offseason campus visits, the expectations game, home field advantages, interesting preseason win totals, possible/probable playoff arguments, prophetic EMTs of cinema and much more.

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Inside ND Sports' Eric Hansen joins to talk about how the Fighting Irish football team is handling the high expectations for this season, Pete Bevacqua's first weeks on the job, roster questions and more. Then (49:00) Paul Coletti of The Irish Alert Substack walks through the state of the Notre Dame women's basketball roster after exciting additions from the transfer portal, freshman class and injury list. (Apologies for contrast in CW audio quality between the two segments.)

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Irish Sports Daily's Jamie Uyeyama joins to take a deep dive on where Notre Dame football stands at the conclusion of spring practice. What do we feel better about and what questions still remain to be sorted out before the season begins? Topics include QB depth/upside, a potentially dominant front seven, wide receiver improvement, running back reps, questions at corner, offensive tackles and much more.

Then a discussion of the series Shogun (1:13:30). (No spoilers to start then they're clearly flagged.)

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