I.B. Nation. Welcome back to another episode of the Irish Breakdown podcast. National

Championship Week Edition, still a beautiful ring to it. Love saying it every single time.

But we are now five days out from Notre Dame taking on the Ohio State Buckeyes down in Atlanta

and the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Winner takes all. Winners crowned the national champions.

So we are going to continue diving into our preview of this matchup today, Brian. We are now going to talk about the Notre Dame

offense and the Ohio State defense. Yesterday, we covered the exact opposite in the Ohio

state offense. So we got a lot of stuff to cover today, man. We're going to talk about

Notre Dame's offense, big picture. We're going to talk about Notre Dame's

offense big picture. Is this going to be the moment in the game where they finally step up?

And we're going to dive into a preview of the Ohio State defense, right? We're going to talk

about what's made them good throughout the course of the season. What are some areas where

Notre Dame might potentially match up well? What are some areas of concern a little bit,

right? And then we're going to talk through statistics and stacking it up on paper. And then we're

going to go and finally, we're going to wrap this up with diving into the matchups that matter.

Right. We're going to talk through where are the areas that Notre Dame has to win. And like we

talked about yesterday, winning looks a little bit different when you get to this stage, right? So where are the areas that Notre Dame has to win. And like we talked about yesterday, winning looks a little bit

different when you get to this stage, right? So where are the areas that Notre Dame has to win in?

And I don't know about you, Brian. Actually, I do know about you, Brian. We're both pumped up for this, man.

I mean, we're five days out. It feels like this is going to be a really long five days, but doing stuff here and getting to talk to everybody here in the chat and you and I getting to break it down over the next couple of days.

It's going to make everything just go by a little bit quicker, man.

I mean, look, I'm usually the way I'm feeling today, bro, I'm checking out.

I'm like, look, I'm resting.

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