All right, welcome to this live edition of the Shamrock.

Long-awaited, slightly anticipated version of the show.

The last one that Matt and I did was, I think, the day before the festival. So we'll see if this is tied to such a newsworthy event as Marcus Freeman's debut. But welcome. I think we've got about 100 listeners already in the room. If you want to ask a question, you can put it in the chat,

or I believe you can sort of raise your hand to get into the queue. When I hit stage Q, I can

call on you. I'll say, hey, welcome to the show. The stage is yours, and you can ask your question

that way. So let's get rolling. We've got the first question in the queue. The stage is yours and you can ask your question that way. So let's get rolling.

We've got the first question in the queue. I'm not sure who it is from. So maybe we'll

stick with the chat for first. But I guess Daniel Kay, I'm not sure if you're serious if

Sam Hartman can join us in the show. but he asked if he is in class. And if anyone saw Notre Dame's official account, they, I'll pick of him in the locker room with Caleb Smith, the Virginia Tech Transfer, and the spring semester for Notre Dame started this week. Yeah, and this was another thing that we were asking.

I think Matt put this out on Twitter is like if you have suggestions for future guests of the Shamrock,

please tag it at the end of your question or put it in the chat.

But yeah, anybody who wants to ask a question can enter it into the chat or hop in the queue and I'll call on you that way and we'll

share the stage that way. First up question, we're going to, Daniel K. Hey, thanks for hosting.

This is a lot of fun. Hey, I have a question about the defense. So there's been a lot of,

a lot made this week or the last few weeks about the lack of depth on the defensive line.

And that's traditionally been a strength for Notre Dame's defense, while the secondary has typically been one of the weaknesses and the linebackers kind of land somewhere in between.

But it seems like going into 2023, the linebackers are pretty strong.

The secondary is pretty strong.

So can they still have a decent defense with an okay? going into 2023, the linebackers are pretty strong. The secondary is pretty strong.

So can they still have a decent defense with an okay defensive line?

Yeah, Daniel, thanks for calling it. I think it's possible. I think when you look at the makeup of what this offense hopefully will look like come this fall, I think it's, you know, well, not ideal to not have the kind of defense aligned up that

they're used to have it across the board.

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