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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offense, and why it has fallen short in recent seasons, why it has a chance to get better, and why the talent excuse is no longer valid for Notre Dame.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.
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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 then follow3e that up with what Leonard would need to do become a realistic Heisman candidate.
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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.
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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 class. That is followed by analysis of the elite corner class the Irish have landed and how Mike Mickens has changed things at Notre Dame. The show concludes by answering superchat questions from IB subscribers.
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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 you Buy or Sell him having twice as many receptions for the football team this fall?
* Faison's 28 points include eight assists. Will he have over or under 8 touchdown receptions this season?
* You have Lincoln Riley, Ryan Day and Brian Kelly. Which one do you hire, which one do you fire and which do you make your coordinator?
* Fill-in the blank...It’s BLANK that LA Chargers linebacker Denzel Perryman says his new head coach Jim Harbaugh reminds him of Will Ferrell.
* There’s been some talk this week about how Stephen A. Smith was fan-boying for the New York Knicks in their playoff series against Indiana. He’s not alone though. Mike Greenberg has never hidden his NY Jets fandom and there’s no mistaking that Desmond Howard played for Michigan. How do you feel about national TV personalities cheerleading for their teams on their shows? 
* We wrap up the show with thoughts on the Tom Cruise movies "Top Gun" and "Top Gun: Maverick".
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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.
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