Bryan Driskell of Irish Breakdown and Bill Bender of Sporting News preview the biggest games of week 11, games to keep an eye on and upset alerts! UPSET ALERT Colorado at Texas Tech BYU at Utah GAMES TO WATCH Indiana at Michigan South Carolina at Vanderbilt Clemson at Virginia Tech Army at North Texas BIGGEST GAMES Miami at Georgia Tech Georgia at …

Irish Breakdown spent all week previewing the matchup between Notre Dame and Florida State. Now it's time to make our predictions. We discuss how the game will play out, give our score predictions and hand out predicted game balls. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the Irish Breakdown premiu…

Notre Dame should dominate the struggling Florida State offense. Staying focused will be key for the defense, but the Irish Breakdown team dives into the other keys to the Irish defense shutting down the FSU offense. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the Irish Breakdown premium message board…

Notre Dame has a bit of a challenge on offense when it takes on Florida State. The Seminoles are struggling but the defense remains talented. The IB team break down the top keys to victory for the Notre Dame offense. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the Irish Breakdown premium message board…

Notre Dame takes on Florida State this weekend in hopes of tying up the series history. For Notre Dame it's not just about winning, it's about dominating. Bryan, Trevor and Ryan break down the keys to Notre Dame showing up and doing just that. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the Irish Brea…

Today's Rapid Fire topics include: * We discuss comments from Marcus Freeman on Irish safety Xavier Watts. * We discuss more comments from Freeman on Notre Dame reserve defensive linemen Sean Sevillano, Cole Mullins, Devan Houstan, and Brendan Vernon. * On a scale of 1-10...What chance do you give Notre Dame to move up to the five seed by the end o…

Irish Breakdown answers subscriber questions about Notre Dame football and more on today's show. Some of today's topics include: * We in/ we out on ND hosting a first round playoff game this year? Do we get a round one win regardless of hosting? * In or out on Jerry Jones, Mike McCarthy and Dak Prescott? * Christmas Decorations before Thanksgiving:…

Irish Breakdown had a full Buy/Sell/Hold segment that was loaded with great submissions about Notre Dame football, recruiting and college football. Bryan and Trevor went through all the submissions for this week's episode. This is part two of the show. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the I…

Irish Breakdown had a full Buy/Sell/Hold segment that was loaded with great submissions about Notre Dame football, recruiting and college football. Bryan and Trevor went through all the submissions for this week's episode. This is part one of the show. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the I…

Bryan previews the big recruiting weekend for Notre Dame. He goes through all the 2025 prospects that are visiting and where things stand for the Irish. 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 Break…

As bad as Florida State has been this year, their defense remains talented, and they present some unique challenges. Bryan and Trevor break down the unique matchups that Notre Dame can and should thrive in, and what those would mean. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the Irish Breakdown prem…

Florida State is having a down season, and simply beating the Seminoles doesn’t do much for Notre Dame. The Irish team needs to win and win impressively, and for a lot of reasons. Bryan and Trevor explain why how Notre Dame plays will tell us a lot about where this team is headed, and what it has to prove. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our onlin…

Today's Rapid Fire topics include: * Thoughts on the ACC swapping SMU for Virginia on Notre Dame's 2026 schedule. * Fill-in the blank...Notre Dame’s No. 10 ranking in the first College Football Playoff rankings tell you BLANK about their playoff chances. * One of the national narratives coming out of the first College Football Playoff ranking is th…

It's Mailbag Day on IB Nation Sports Talk and Irish Breakdown answers listener questions about Notre Dame football and more on today's show. Some of today's topics include: * What team current in the College Football Playoff top 12 will lose to an unranked team and fall out of the ranking? * Will Notre Dame Stadium be full when the Irish host Flori…

Bryan Driskell of Irish Breakdown joined the CFB All-America team of Bill Bender and Bill Trocchi to discuss the first College Football Playoff rankings. The show went live during the release, so they give their gut reaction to the rankings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Bryan Driskell of Irish Breakdown joined Bill Bender and Bill Trocchi of Sporting News to discuss the biggest games of the week 10 schedule. They discussed Ohio State vs. Penn State, Clemson vs. Louisville, Texas A&M vs South Carolina and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Bryan and Vince react to the first CFP rankings that were released on Tuesday. Notre Dame sits at #10 so how do the rest of the ranking fare for the Irish? 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 Br…

Today's Rapid Fire topics include: * We predict where Notre Dame will be in the first College Football Playoff rankings. * Fill-in the blank...It’s BLANK that Marcus Freeman says Jordan Botelho plans to return to Notre Dame next year. * Would you rather have a coach like Freeman who has shown he can win big games, but also has a few bad upset losse…

Irish Breakdown has comments from Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman on the first College Football Playoff Rankings, freshman quarterback CJ Carr's elbow injury, facing Florida State, freshman safety Tae Johnson getting healthy and moving to cornerback and sticking with the same offensive line that started against Navy. Shop for Irish Breakdo…

Bryan and Trevor do Monday’s Rapid Fire, which looks at the College Football Playoff rankings, Notre Dame’s stretch run and much, much more. 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…

Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman is warning his team about the risk that a talented, but struggling Florida State team presents. Bryan and Trevor discuss his comments, including what a healthy Jordan Faison brings to the offense. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the Irish Breakdown prem…

A report states that Notre Dame and Texas will play each other in a home-and-home in 2028-29. Bryan and Trevor discuss that matchup, why they like the Irish and Longhorns playing and preview those schedules, which could be tough. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the Irish Breakdown premium …

The Notre Dame Football Mailbag was jam-packed with a ton of great questions about the Fighting Irish! We had to break it into four shows! Here is part four. 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 …

The Notre Dame Football Mailbag was jam-packed with a ton of great questions about the Fighting Irish! We had to break it into four shows! Here is part three. 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…

The Notre Dame Football Mailbag was jam-packed with a ton of great questions about the Fighting Irish! We had to break it into four shows! Here is part two. 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 B…

The Notre Dame Football Mailbag was jam-packed with a ton of great questions about the Fighting Irish! We had to break it into four shows! Here is part one. 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 B…

Bryan and Trevor preview the matchups between Ohio State and Penn State, Clemson and Louisville, SMU and Pittsburgh, and Texas A&M and South Carolina. They preview each game, make predictions and discuss what impact each game could have on Notre Dame. They also preview the four potential upset alert games this weekend. Learn more about your ad choi…

As good as Notre Dame has been on defense this season, the combination of youth and players filling in for injured players means there is still room for the unit to be even better. Maintaining the current level is all that is truly needed, but Bryan and Trevor discuss why there’s reason to believe this unit can get even better. They also break down…

The Notre Dame offense has improved in recent weeks, but there is still plenty of room for it to improve. Bryan and Trevor break down the areas where the offense can still get a lot better and discuss the three players who hold the key to that strong finish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Notre Dame is playing its best football of the season, but there is still room for the team to get even better during the final four game stretch. 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 f…

Today's Rapid Fire topics include: * Fill-in the blank...Defensive stop rate is a basic measurement of success: the percentage of a defense's drives that end in punts, turnovers or a turnover on downs...and it’s BLANK that Notre Dame has the No. 3 stop rate in the nation. * Jaylen Sneed led the Irish with 9 tackles against Navy and it was the highe…

Irish Breakdown answers subscriber submitted "We In or We Out" questions about Notre Dame football on today's show. Some of today's questions include: * We In or We Out: The swing pass to Jeremiyah Love that keeps going for negative yardage is going to be used to set up a huge play with a pump fake to the swing pass followed by a deep shot. * In or…

Irish Breakdown had a full Buy/Sell/Hold segment that was loaded with great submissions about Notre Dame football, recruiting and college football. Bryan and Trevor went through all the submissions for this week's episode. This is part five of the show. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the …

Irish Breakdown had a full Buy/Sell/Hold segment that was loaded with great submissions about Notre Dame football, recruiting and college football. Bryan and Trevor went through all the submissions for this week's episode. This is part four of the show. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the …

Irish Breakdown had a full Buy/Sell/Hold segment that was loaded with great submissions about Notre Dame football, recruiting and college football. Bryan and Trevor went through all the submissions for this week's episode. This is part three of the show. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the…

Despite suffering multiple crushing injuries, the Notre Dame defense has remained an outstanding unit in the last three games. Can that continue down the stretch, or will the youthful defense take a step back? Bryan and Trevor break all this down, plus they discuss the concerns moving forward, plus reasons why the defense could also not only mainta…

Notre Dame made necessary changes during its last bye, and they proved impactful. Bryan and Trevor dive into the numbers to show the growth and also break down what changes were made. Then they dive into whether or not the unit play even better coming out of this bye. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown…

Notre Dame heads into its bye week playing its best football of the season. When the Irish get back to action it goes into a very important four game stretch that will ultimately define the season. Bryan and Trevor break down why it’s such an important stretch, the challenges the Irish face and why the games are so important when compared to other …

Today's Rapid Fire topics include: * We hear Marcus Freeman's response to being asked how big Notre Dame's win over Navy was last Saturday and discuss. * We hear comments from Riley Leonard about talking to previous Notre Dame quarterbacks since he's been with the Irish. * Fill-in the blank...Leonard’s approach right now is BLANK. * On a scale of 1…

Irish Breakdown starts today's show with an exclusive interview with Hannah Hidalgo. The Notre Dame women's basketball All-American talks with IB's Sean Stires about playing with Olivia Miles for the first time, her offseason as well as other teammates. She reveals with Irish teammate would make the best football player and much more! Shop for Iris…

Today's Rapid Fire topics include: * On a scale of 1 to 10...How surprised are you that Notre Dame stayed ahead of both Texas A&M and Indiana in both polls this week? * College Football Playoff projections out this week have Notre Dame as the No. 9 seed playing No. 8 Tennessee in the first round. The winner would get No. 1 Oregon in the first round…

Irish Breakdown roles into Notre Dame's second bye week of the season with comments from Irish head coach Marcus Freeman on his team's win over Navy. We hear Freeman's thoughts on the defense, his team's fast start and six turnovers as well as how he has played clips from the week two loss to Northern Illinois to motivate his team. Shop for Irish B…

Notre Dame's offensive line showed much-needed growth in the win over Navy. The new-look line showed promise, and it could bode well for the future of the Irish offense. 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…

Bryan and Vince break down the performance of the Notre Dame defense and how they executed with their keys to victory. 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 a…

Bryan and Vince break down the performance of the Notre Dame offense and how they executed with their keys to victory. 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 a…

Notre Dame jumped way up in the AP Rankings after its 51-14 victory over Navy. Bryan and Vince discuss what changed after the win over Navy. 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…

Vince, Trevor, Shaun and Bryan break down the big 51-14 Notre Dame win over Navy. In this episode they answer viewers' questions following the Irish victory. 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 …

Vince, Trevor, Shaun and Bryan break down the big 51-14 win over Navy. In this episode they break down the defense and where the Irish really had success. They also tackle the special teams! Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the Irish Breakdown premium message board: https://boards.irishbrea…