Getting into the final part of the Irish Breakdown podcast, brought to by our friends over at Fandu.

We got the Friday free-for-all mailbag going on.

We have Juan Delgado getting us kicked off here.

Question with Leonard Moore and CJ talking about the Miami game last year and looking forward to when they play in November.

Do you think if we lose that game, it will mentally hurt the team more than usual?

Yes, I do. I think so very, that game, it will mentally hurt the team more than usual? Yes, I do.

I think so very, I mean, I don't, Juan, I don't really know why you're, like, so pessimistic with all your questions.

Like, but it's okay to, like, be excited about this team.

But this is a fair comment and a fair question.

Your first question was, does Notre Dame recover if they lose early in the season?

And now it's like if they lose to Miami, like, bro, it's okay to be excited about the season.

If you can't be happy now in freaking April, I don't know when you're going to be happy.

But to respect your question, because it's a very fair question, yeah, I think it's a lot like all the Ohio State game in 2022.

They put all that effort into that game.

And I think it took that team several weeks to recover from that loss.

I do.

I really do.

Just like I think the team struggled against Purdue to play the way they're capable of because they were reeling from the loss to Texas A&M.

So now they just outtounded Purdue and won the game.

But I absolutely think that that's very, very fair.

I just think, I don't know that Notre Dame is going to be as focused and obsessed on Miami

as that were being led to believe.

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