Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another episode of the Irish Breakdown podcast, brought

by our friends over at Fandul. Happy Wednesday. You guys know what that means. It's time for

another Notre Dame football midweek rundown. We have an absolutely loaded slate today.

We're kicking off today's show. Be a pinger. Oh, it sure is, man. It absolutely is. We're starting

off today's show. Brian, you went to the Marcus Freeman sit down yesterday. So we're we're starting off today's show Brian you went to the Marcus

Freeman sit down yesterday so we're going to kick off today's show just kind of highlighting

some of the things that he talked about injury update C.J. Carr the tight end room the new

defensive coaching staff lots to take away from what Marcus Freeman talked about yesterday

in part two of today's show that we're diving into an article that ESPN wrote about some of the top teams in college football, like their biggest ifs. It was really good. It was. This is not going to be like a let's rip ESPN for the late stupid article they wrote. I thought it was really good. It was a great idea. And so we're going to talk about it and then also give ours. That was really well. There was no section and there was no team. I was like, that's the if.

Like seriously? And so we're going to talk about it and then also give ours. That was really well. Yeah. There was no section and there was no team. I was like, that's the if.

Like seriously?

This is the dumbest thing. Like has this guy even watching these teams? Right. No, it was, it was well done. It was thought out. We're diving into that in part two today's show. So part three, we're sticking with the opponent preview series, talking about Notre

Names 8th opponent of the regular season this afternoon.

Navy midshipmen, their longest standing rival. three. We're sticking with the opponent preview series talking about Notre Dame's eighth opponent

of the regular season this afternoon. Navy midshipman, their longest standing rival. That'll be a

fun conversation. And then, Brian, we're wrapping everything up, ranking the top 10 defensive

lines in college football, which should also be a fascinating discussion, man. There will be some

disagreement, I have a feeling, depending on which people are in the chat that follow other teams. If our guy Daily or Albert McKinney or Archer are in the chat, maybe insured by big might have some disagreements on these rankings. But I'll have some thoughts on just a lot of that when we get into it. It's going to be fun. It's going to be fun. It is. I love doing national rankings and diving into it. It helps give us a window into how other teams are looking because obviously we spend so much time diving into Notre Dame. And Brian, I don't know how the weather is up on you guys, but it is 70 degrees down here today and sunny. And I walked out this morning. We were going to an OB appointment. And I walked out this morning. I was like, dude, it feels like fall outside. It was like 63 degrees this morning. I was like, this is such a tease. I need the season here. But, I mean, thankfully, it's closer than what you think. But when we start talking about the Notre Dame football midweek rundown,

where we're going to start today, guys,

is the sit down that you were at yesterday with Marcus Freeman,

where he covered a host of different topics.

And one of them, one of the frequently asked questions was about injuries.

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