Getting into part four of the Irish Breakdown podcast karate byatea by our friend is over at Fanduil.

It's the Bicel hold.

And getting us kicked off here in part four is our guy, Ball Pene Shaleli.

Since it took two and a half games for the defense to get into decent shape last season with the way the schedule is shaped

this season. It is realistic to expect an undefeated season. This takes into consideration

that the entire defensive position group staff had turnover.

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, the way the schedule sets up, I mean, look, also the thing we have to take into account with a,

I'll say it to be nice, a different level of quality of opponent to start out this year because let's, let's be real.

Wisconsin at a neutral site and Rice at home is different than Miami down in Hard Rock and Texas A&M at home at night.

It's just different.

Levels to everything, Sean, and it is different.

But with that being said, I don't think that it's just the schedule.

Because if Chris Ash was going into year two, and this was the year they started out the season on the road against Miami and at home against Texas A&M, the defense would just be better.

It would.

I have full confidence in saying that just because it's a year of your system being more

in place.

So, Ballpene, I buy this, but it's not just for the schedule.

That's where I'm at.

Now, once again, I mean, look,

Notre Dame held Miami to one of their lowest offensive outputs in that game.

So defensively, you know, one could arguably say they did enough.

Two turnovers were costly for the fight in the irish in that

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