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

It is Tuesday, September 23rd. We are now getting ready to kick off our preview of the Arkansas Razorbacks, a team that Notre Dame is taking on for the first time in program history. It's pretty cool.

Brian, you get to be down there in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this upcoming weekend. Cool to say that you're a part of history. I always think It's pretty cool. Brian, you get to be down there in Fayetteville, Arkansas,

this upcoming weekend. Cool to say that you're a part of history. I always think that's really cool, especially when you start talking about college football. So that's a really awesome

opportunity. A lot more of those lately than we had in the past, Trev. So that's been interesting.

Yeah, but it's pretty cool to say, hey, I'm going to be there for the first time this happened. You know, so it's one of the things I like doing. A lot of news. And it's, you know, with a program as rich in tradition like Notre Dame, it's difficult to say that you're a part of something for the first time. But, you know, first home playoff game in college football history was at Notre Dame campus. And now really in back-to-back weeks, Notre Dame is going to be facing a program for the first time in program history. But we're focused on the Arkansas Razorbacks today. So what we're going to do, part one of today's shows we're going to be talking about what this game means for Notre Dame. There's a lot at stake for this football program,

a lot of implications moving forward. Then we're going to dive into our preview of Arkansas.

This is big picture. We're diving into matchups and, you know, key matchups and individual

players that have to win their respective matchups tomorrow on tomorrow show. But today we're

giving a big picture overview of what this means for Arkansas,

because this is actually a pretty big implication game for them as well, which we'll be diving into.

And then we're going to wrap everything up today with a daily mailbag. So ladies and gentlemen,

make sure that throughout the show you're putting in questions or comments, things that come up and

some things that you want to get answered. Put a little MB for mailbag or little

mailbox emoji. Let's Brian and I know to set that question aside. But Brian, what's at stake for

Notre Dame in this game? This is going to be a huge matchup for them down in Arkansas.

There's a lot, Trevor, and it's beyond just, okay, you've got to get a second win in a row.

You've got to create a winning streak. I think this is actually pretty deep and not just another game. It needs to be portrayed as just another game to the players. That's how it should always be. It's the, you know, no game is more important than the next game. But when you really look at this season for Notre Dame, I mean, your season hinges on

this weekend.

And you could say, well, I was that way last weekend for Purdue.

I mean, technically, yes, but it wasn't really because you weren't going to lose to

Purdue.

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