I.B.Nation. Welcome back to another episode of the Irish Breakdown podcast brought to you by Fandual.

It is Thursday, so you guys know what that means.

We were talking keys to victory.

Notre Dame hosts the Boise State Broncos for the first time in program history this Saturday, 3.30 p.m.

inside of Notre Dame Stadium.

I'm excited to talk about this matchup.

It is, it's their annual greenout game, which is going to be really, really exciting. Brian and I are both going to be there, very excited to be up in South Bend once again for a game day. But today, folks, we're talking keys to victory. Part one of today's show, we're breaking down what Notre Dame's offense needs to do to walk away with a win. Part two, we're talking same thing, but the defensive side of the ball. Conversation is going to look a little different, but we like some of these matchups that Notre Dame is gearing up to face on Saturday. Then part three, it's a really fun part of today's show. We're talking game predictions. We're going to give our final scores. We're going to talk about game wreckers and who we think are going to have big games.

And then we're going to wrap up today's show talking about some of the other games that are going on throughout college football this weekend. So, Brian, full slate of topics for today's show. I'm ready to rock and roll, man. I'm ready to go. I missed you guys yesterday, but I'm ready to go now. So apparently, we're going to spend time actually talking about how the other opponent is actually going to show up and play.

And they actually have guys on scholarship and everything. So, you know, we're not going to just jump on here and say, hey, Boise State sucks. Their name's great. So have a great week where everybody will see you, USC week. So, yeah, we're not going to do that. These guys didn't do that yesterday.

We're not going to do that today.

So if you want to have somebody talk about how the other team sucks, everybody for Notre Dame is awesome. Yeah, I know they're two and two, but like they're going to murder Boise State who, yeah, I know they played at Oregon last year. I know they played in the Fiesta Bowl, but they're going to be totally scared of Notre Dame

when they come play this game.

This ain't the show for you.

So if you want to actually talk football and actually talk about the other team and talk about what they're going to do, then this is going to be the show for you. So just letting y'all know this is how this is going to go. We're going to talk about Notre Dame. We're talking about Boise State. And if you just want to talk about how Boise State sucks and their name should win by 50 just by showing up, there's another show for you. This ain't it. This ain't it. But if you want to talk ball because you like to actually, you know, no football and talk football and have some fun talking football and respect the other opponent. And I'm just a little fired up today, Treb,

because it's just some of the responses you get to certain things. Like, it's hilarious how there's this group of Notre Dame fans that want to convince

themselves that every team that Notre Dame plays sucks.

Miami sucked, A&M sucked, you know, Purdue sucked, Arkansas sucked, Boise sucks.

But if anyone in the national media says, Notre Dame schedule soft, these same people,

what?

What are you talking about?

You're a Notre Dame hater.

Maybe they just finally started listening to you guys.

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