Rapid Fire: National Writer Rips Notre Dame's Playoff Credentials, Marty Biagi's Chaos Kills, Joey Galloway

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Sports, Nfl Draft, Football, Ncaa Team, Big Ten, Notre Dame

4.5 • 828 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Today's Rapid Fire topics include: * We discuss the comments from a USA Today writer who says Notre Dame doesn’t deserve to host a first round College Football Playoff game because of its loss to Northern Illinois. He says that he has no problem with the Irish being in the playoff, but they should not be ranked ahead of the two-loss SEC teams because of the loss to NIU and because the SEC teams all played better competition. * Joey Galloway said on ESPN's College Football Playoff ranking show that Indiana’s chances to make the playoffs go from 97% right now to 96% if they lose to Ohio State. So, he says with that in mind he would just sit QB Blake Rourke against the Buckeyes to prevent a Florida State Jordan Travis situation like last year. Do you Buy or Sell it? * We rate Notre Dame special teams coordinator Marty Biagi's "chaos kills" slogan as well as how last week's fake punt touchdown that was called back may have still impacted the energy inside Notre Dame Stadium. * There’s speculation about Deion Sanders’ future in Colorado with his success there this season. But Sanders says he’s happy where he is "I've got a kickstand down. You know what a kickstand is? ... That means I'm resting. I'm good, I'm happy, I'm excited. I'm enthusiastic about where I am. I love it here, truly do." Do you believe him? * Glenn Powell, who played Hangman in Top Gun Maverick...recently had this to say when asked about reports that Tom Cruise wants Powell to take over the Mission Impossible franchise: “Mom would never let me do that.” We share our thoughts. * Gladiator 2 is out in theaters this weekend. How excited are you for it? * In Gladiator spirit, if you had to pick a Notre Dame player to battle for your life in the arena, who would you pick? Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the Irish Breakdown premium message board: https://boards.irishbreakdown.com Stay locked into Irish Breakdown for all the latest news and analysis about Notre Dame: https://www.irishbreakdown.com Subscribe to the Irish Breakdown podcast on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/irish-breakdown/id1485286986 Like and follow Irish Breakdown on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/irishbreakdown Sign up for the FREE Irish Breakdown daily newsletter: https://www.subscribepage.com/irish-breakdown-newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Vince, are you ready for rapid fire.
0:14.5	Let's go. Rapid Fire, baby. Let's do it. Okay. Okay. So this, this is the one that Vince has been waiting to tee off all day.
0:23.6	So USA Today writer, Blake Topmire, says Notre Dame does not deserve to host a first-round college football playoff game because of the loss to Northern Illinois.
0:33.9	He says he has no problem with the Irish being in the playoff,
0:37.9	but they should not be ranked ahead of the two loss SEC teams because of the loss to
0:43.5	NIU and because the SEC teams all played better competition.
0:48.5	So here's kind of some bullet points of his argument.
0:52.7	He says he takes issue with Notre Dame being in the playoff, but rewarding the Irish.
0:57.3	Oh, he says he takes little issue with the Irish being in the playoff,
1:00.3	but rewarding the Irish of the first round playoff game despite the loss to NIU,
1:04.7	and a squishy strength of schedule is a step too far.
1:07.5	So among the other things, he says, nobody else in serious contention for a
1:12.5	playoff spot has lost to a group of five team. He notes Alabama's lost to Vanderbilt, but says
1:17.8	it's not comparable and notes Notre Dame's easier strength of schedule in comparison. He notes
1:22.9	that all of the other power four teams in the playoff contention have played a minimum of nine power four opponents while Notre Dame has played just eight or will play just eight.
1:34.0	Also notes, Notre Dame plays just three true road games, one of them against a one and nine Purdue team.
1:40.8	And then all of the other contenders have more road games.
1:43.8	Notes that seven power four opponents have a combined record of 30 and 40.
1:49.8	That's Notre Dame's seven combined power four opponents.
1:53.8	Does note the Texas A&M win, but kind of negates the impact.
1:59.0	So Vince, there's his argument.
2:02.3	I narrowed it down a little bit for you.
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