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Welcome back, everybody, to another edition of Irish Illustrated Insider.

It's Thursday, November 2nd.

We are getting ready, all of us to head out to Clemson, South Carolina, Notre Dame,

ranked number 15 in the college football playoff rankings this week.

They are a three-point favorite.

The over under is 44 and a half.

I don't know.

Guys, I'm kind of going against the grain here before I start with the preview of Clemson.

But I think, I mean, what were your thoughts on Notre Dame being 15th in the in the first

playoff committees ranking you know LSU is the only two lost team ahead of them I think

it's kind of six of one half dozen other between those two what were your thoughts about them

being number 15 yeah if I if you would have said Notre Dame will be the second two lost team, I'd think,

oh, does that make 15?

Well, that's fine.

But I never thought they would be 15 going in if that makes any sense at all.

I was like, oh, 15, that's low.

Oh, wait.

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