Welcome back, Notre Dame fans to another edition of the Irish Breakdown podcast.

I got my Gap Closers shirt on today because there's some gap closes that are going to be on campus this weekend.

Visiting Notre Dame.

Plus, we've got a pretty big game this weekend for the Irish Day.

They are off the by Saturday, 7.30 p.m. Notre Dame versus Florida State edition number 12 of this rivalry that began back in

1981 and is played. It's interesting. They've only played 11 games, but I would argue they've

played like three kind of classic games. You think of the 1993 game. A couple years later,

they played in an awesome bowl game. Florida State won. That was a great game. Derek Ms had a big day. And then, of course, in 2014. So the Irish are one and one in

those classic games. Flores State has simply just not been good since that 2014 game when these

two teams have played. So another missed opportunity for these two teams to be good, which is,

we were talking about that in the show recently, Ryan.

That's Ryan Roberts.

And then, of course, my guy Trevor Trowbridge with me,

how it's unfortunate that, you know, since that 2014 game,

they've played in 18, 20, 21, and now again, in 24,

and each one of those times,

Forest Hage just has not been a very good football team.

And it's taken away from a rivalry that I actually rather like,

because as I said yesterday, Trev, to you,

I look at Florida State a whole lot different than I look at like Michigan and Miami.

You know, I actually have a level of respect for that program

from the job that Bobby Bowden did and the things that he did.

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