In this bye-week edition of The Shamrock, Pete and Matt take a step back to glance a full look at the Irish's season so far. What have we learned about Marcus Freeman through the first four games of the year? What do we expect to learn in the remaining eight matchups? Pete and Matt share their offensive, defensive, and special teams MVPs at the quarter mark. Plus, the pair forecast how ND will fare in their final eight contests.

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