Irish Breakdown discusses Notre Dame men's lacrosse repeating as national champion. The conversation covers: *Did we pay more attention to Notre Dame this year because they won a championship last year or because Jordan Faison played for them? *Will Faison continue to play LAX throughout his college career? Does possibly becoming an elite receiver …

Rapid Fire topics include: * Fill-in the blank...It’s BLANK that Riley Leonard had CJ Carr and current Notre Dame commit Deuce Knight as well as Irish receivers Beaux Collins, Jayden Thomas, Deion Colzie, Kris Mitchell, Jayden Harrison and Jaden Greathouse working out in his hometown in Alabama over the weekend. * After seeing Notre Dame lacrosse w…

Is the 2024 season make or break for Marcus Freeman at Notre Dame? It's a question that's popped up this offseason as Freeman prepares for his third season as head coach. Irish Breakdown discusses that on today's show, with feedback from Champion's Lounge subscribers. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown…

In this best of segment, Bryan discusses the Notre Dame offense, and why it has fallen short in recent seasons, why it has a chance to get better, and why the talent excuse is no longer valid for Notre Dame. He uses stats to back up this view, and then talks about why the arrival of Mike Denbrock could be the final key. Shop for Irish Breakdown gea…

In one of the top episode of last week, Bryan discusses Pro Football Focus dropping a list of its Top 5 Heisman Trophy candidates for the 2024 season, and Notre Dame QB Riley Leonard being on the list. Bryan discussed the reasons why Leonard should be in the Top 5, but also why he wouldn't be on Bryan's personal Top 5, at least not right now. He th…

Notre Dame picked up a huge commitment today when talented in-state cornerback Mark Zackery pledged to the Fighting Irish over Michigan, Florida and Cincinnati. In part one of the commitment recap show, Bryan talks about the back story, the class impact and breaks down film of the talented new member of the 2025 class. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear…

Notre Dame picked up a huge commitment today when talented in-state cornerback Mark Zackery pledged to the Fighting Irish over Michigan, Florida and Cincinnati. In part two of the commitment recap show, Bryan talks about what's next with secondary recruiting. That begins with a look at the safety position, and then moves into the 2026 cornerback cl…

Rapid Fire topics include: * Jordan Faison and the No. 1 ranked Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team play in the national semifinals on Saturday. Buy or Sell Faison becoming the first dual sport national championship player in lacrosse and football and doing it in the same year? * Faison is fifth on the lacrosse team with 28 total points this season. Do …

The Friday Free-For-All Mailbag is back with another great Q&A session! Irish Breakdown fans had a lot of great questions about Notre Dame football, recruiting and college football! Bryan answered all of those great questions, and hopefully the answers were as good as the questions. Here's part three of the show. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at ou…

The Friday Free-For-All Mailbag is back with another great Q&A session! Irish Breakdown fans had a lot of great questions about Notre Dame football, recruiting and college football! Bryan answered all of those great questions, and hopefully the answers were as good as the questions. Here's part two of the show. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our …

The Friday Free-For-All Mailbag is back with another great Q&A session! Irish Breakdown fans had a lot of great questions about Notre Dame football, recruiting and college football! Bryan answered all of those great questions, and hopefully the answers were as good as the questions. Here's part one of the show. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our …

In part one of today's Irish Breakdown Mailbag, Bryan and Ryan discuss the huge settlement that was reached between the NCAA and the House. Billions will be paid to former players and it sets up a pathway to revenue sharing for athletes in the future. We talk about what it means, what comes next and how the next steps will impact the future of the …

Irish Breakdown discusses the NCAA and its five power conferences agreeing to allow schools to directly pay players up to $20 million a year. What does it mean to college athletics and what could it mean specifically to Notre Dame? Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the Irish Breakdown premiu…

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In segment three of today's show, Bryan dives into the run game and pass game numbers for the Notre Dame offense, and how it compares to other top programs. He then uses those numbers to dive into a deep conversation about what has held Notre Dame back on offense, and whether or not the arrival of Mike Denbrock, the current staff and of course, Mar…

In part two of today's show, Bryan dives into the 2024 tight end room. It's a unique group because there is loads of talent, but also major injury questions up and down the lineup. The potential of the group is broken down, the concerns are mentioned, and how Mike Denbrock can properly build around the tight ends, but also protect against injury ar…

The last time Mike Denbrock was the OC at Notre Dame the tight end room was not used nearly as much as it has been in recent seasons. In one season in particular it was a bit of an afterthought. In part one of the latest IB podcast, Bryan dives into that history, breaks down why he expects it to be different this time around, and why it's important…

Irish Breakdown discusses the news that longtime Notre Dame softball coach Deanna Gumpf has retired. Gumpf amassed 882 wins and 21 NCAA Tournament berths in her 23 seasons at the helm. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the Irish Breakdown premium message board: https://boards.irishbreakdown.…

Rapid Fire topics include: * Fill-in the blank....There are 100 days until Notre Dame football kicks off the season at Texas A&M and you are BLANK. * On a scale of 1 to 10...What chances do you give both Notre Dame and Florida State to be ranked in the top 10 when the Seminoles visit the Fighting Irish on Nov. 9? * TNT is going to sublicense Colleg…

It's "We In or We Out" day on IB Nation Sports Talk! All the topics about Notre Dame football and other topics are submitted by Irish Breakdown Champions Lounge subscribers and we answer them on the show. Some of today's topics include: * Vyper is the biggest question mark on defense heading into fall camp. Jordan Botelho finally reach his potentia…

Today's show ended with our new Wednesday Buy, Sell, Hold segment. Lots of great submissions by IB members. So many, in fact, that we had to break it into two segments! This is part two of the Buy, Sell, Hold segment. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the Irish Breakdown premium message boar…

Today's show ended with our new Wednesday Buy, Sell, Hold segment. Lots of great submissions by IB members. So many, in fact, that we had to break it into two segments! This is part one of the Buy, Sell, Hold segment. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the Irish Breakdown premium message boar…

Pro Football Focus dropped a list of its Top 5 Heisman Trophy candidates for the 2024 season, and Notre Dame QB Riley Leonard was on the list. Bryan dives into the reasons why Leonard should be in the Top 5, but also why he wouldn't be on Bryan's personal Top 5, at least not right now. He then follows that up with what Leonard would need to do beco…

In the latest State of the Program breakdown focuses on the linebackers. In segment two of the linebacker breakdown, Bryan dives into analysis of Jaylen Sneed, Jaiden Ausberry, Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa and the depth at linebacker. He also discusses the importance of Max Bullough as the position coach and discusses the future of the linebacker position…

In the latest State of the Program breakdown focuses on the linebackers. In this segment, however, Bryan ties the present and future together for a number. At the beginning the discussion is about how the LB position has been erratic in the past 10-15 years, but 2023 started to change things. Can 2024 keep building on that? That is discussed, and B…

Rapid Fire topics include: * Will Notre Dame recruit Deuce Knight be willing to sit behind CJ Carr for two years if he signs with the Irish? * What's the No. 1 thing Irish head coach Marcus Freeman must improve this season? * If Riley Leonard wins a Heisman and a national championship in his one season at Notre Dame, how should he be considered amo…

Carter Karels from GigEm247 joined Sean Stires Tuesday on the show to talk about Texas A&M. Karels predicts a 9-6 score when Notre Dame visits College Station on Aug. 31 for the 2024 season opener and also said the thing the Irish should be most concerned with is A&M's defensive line. * So first, it would be BLANK if it is a 9-6 game like Karels pr…

Irish Breakdown answers listener and subscriber questions about Notre Dame football and more on today's show. Some of the topics include: *Would you want Notre Dame to play Penn State or someone else in a Shamrock Series game if they weren't playing Army this year? *Will Notre Dame's running backs lead the nation in touchdowns this season? *With No…

Rapid Fire topics include: * Riley Leonard currently has +2000 odds on Fan Duel to win the Heisman and Notre Dame has +2200 odds to win the national championship. If you had to put $100 on one of those two, which would you choose? * The Irish also have +138 odds to go over 10.5 wins (U is –170) and –172 odds to make the College Football Playoff (No…

Irish Breakdown discusses how far Notre Dame baseball has fallen after missing the NCAA Tournament for a second straight year. The Irish were in the College World Series just two years ago. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the Irish Breakdown premium message board: https://boards.irishbreak…

With 102 days until Notre Dame football opens the season at Texas A&M, Irish Breakdown is joined by insider Carter Karels to discuss the Aggies. The GigEM247 writer joins IB's Sean Stires to discuss A&M's first spring under Mike Elko and how the Aggies are shaping up for the Aug. 31 season opener in College Station. Some other things they discuss i…

Notre Dame landed a commitment from 2025 defensive lineman Gordy Sulfsted. The recruiting team of Bryan, Ryan and Shaun dive into this commitment. They dive into the backstory, talk about the class impact and break down the film of Sulfsted. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the Irish Breakd…

Rapid Fire topics include: * Fill-in the blank...It’s BLANK that according to Pro Football Focus Howard Cross is the highest rated returning interior lineman in the country this season. * Will the Notre Dame defense have twice as many interceptions than Riley Leonard throws this season? * Irish women’s head coach Niele Ivey was a guest on SiriusXM …

After entering his name in the NBA’s early entry list, Markus Burton has announced that he’ll return for his sophomore at Notre Dame. Is Burton’s return more important than any of the three transfers the Irish added? Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the Irish Breakdown premium message board…

Irish Breakdown takes a look at all of Notre Dame football's position groups and debates whether they will be better, worse or the same as last season. 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 Breakd…

In this week's CFB All-America show the team of Bill Bender and Bill Trocchi discuss the Sporting News college football coach rankings for 2024. The focus of this show is on the top coaches as they start with No. 1 and work down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesOleh Irish Breakdown, Blue Wire

Rapid Fire topics include: * Which "over" is Riley Leonard more likely to hit next season: 35.5 total touchdowns or 3,900 total yards? * The US Women’s Olympic Water Polo Team has brought on Flava Flav to be their official hype man for the Paris Olympics. If Notre Dame could have a hype man, who would it be? * Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney had so…

Irish Breakdown starts today's IB Nation Sports Talk show by discussing Marcus Freeman's first Notre Dame contract. Since Notre Dame is a private school, they do not make their coaches’ contracts public, but they released their federal tax documents for the 2022-23 academic year this week and Freeman's contract was included. We discuss how Freeman'…

In today's "We In or We Out', Irish Breakdown answers questions submitted by IB subscribers on our Champions Lounge board. Some of today's topics include: * Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa plays in 10 games but doesn’t start any. We in? We out? * Notre Dame needs a 4th quarter comeback to win one of the games against a 2024 opponent not named Texas A&M, Loui…

Rapid Fire topics include: * Fill-in the blank…Notre Dame men’s basketball getting a commitment today from Lehigh forward Burke Chebuhar is BLANK. * Will Marcus Freeman win a National Championship before Ryan Day? * Will the Irish offense be so explosive this season that they have two Heisman Trophy candidates? * Buy or Sell: The Notre Dame defense…

Irish Breakdown discusses the upcoming 'Hard Knocks' style show that will follow Notre Dame football this season on Peacock. We talk about some things we might and might not see when the show, whose name is yet to be announced, debuts this season. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the Irish …

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Cornerback went from being a major question mark to an elite position group in a short period of time. That is largely due to the recruiting and developing talent of position coach Mike Mickens. We break down Notre Dame's 2025 class, how unique what Mickens has done the last four years and why cornerback could get even better in the future. Shop fo…

Notre Dame's cornerback room was outstanding in 2023, but the unit has a chance to be even better in 2024. Of course, that will require Benjamin Morrison to stay healthy and for the depth to be cemented. Bryan is joined by Brian Smith to break it down, and during the discussion they explain why it's so important that the Irish be strong at that pos…

Rapid Fire topics include: * Not including passing yards, which player will get to 1,000 yards rushing or receiving (not combined yards) first for Notre Dame this season? * We had the Tom Brady roast last week. Is there a Notre Dame football figure, past or present, who you would like to see roasted? * Is there a non-Notre Dame football sports figu…