Notre Dame has had some brilliant offensive lines in the last decade, some units that struggled and everything in between. In the final segment of today's show, Bryan ranks the last 10 offensive lines (2014-2023) from 10th to 1st. He goes over the criteria for each line, including stats, film analysis and how they performed in big moments. It was a…

Notre Dame's lack of experience is a concern for the 2024 line, but the fact so many young players are poised to return for multiple seasons moving forward combines with strong recruiting from Joe Rudolph to paint a very bright future. Bryan looks at the future of the line, and what the 2024 season will tell us about just how good it can be. Shop f…

The latest Irish Breakdown show discussed the Notre Dame offensive line from a present and future standpoint. In part one, Bryan looks at the present of the line. How good will the line be in 2024? The battle of talent vs experience will be key, and the position battles that are still going on will be key as well. After a big picture discussion the…

Rapid Fire topics include: * ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg has Notre Dame as a dark horse national title contender going into this season. He says “The big key is getting more from the quarterback spot and the passing game against top competition.” Do you Buy or Sell that as Notre Dame’s biggest question heading into 2024? * After the announcement tha…

Notre Dame point guard Olivia Miles joins Irish Breakdown's Sean Stires for a one-on-one interview. Some of the topics they discuss include: *Miles graduating from Notre Dame and prepping for her graduate program this year. *Her recovery from last year's knee surgery. *Is she 100% after the surgery? *Preparing to play with All-American Hannah Hidal…

Irish Breakdown has thoughts on the recruiting impact for Notre Dame of having its season opener at Texas A&M kickoff in prime time. We also discuss Notre Dame's recent recruiting in Texas and more. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the Irish Breakdown premium message board: https://boards.i…

MALIK ZAIRE AND SHAUN DAVIS DISCUSS: NOTRE DAME UNSUNG HEROES SHAUN AND MALIK CELEBRATIONS NOTRE DAME'S BIGGEST IRRITANT TO OPPONENTS Live show Mon-Fri at 10am cst FULL EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW FEAT. DEUCE KNIGHT AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW ON PATREON. PART 1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/reverse-spin-pt-98231969?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&u…

In part two of the Notre Dame Recruiting Hour the Irish Breakdown team give their confidence picks for the defensive recruits left on the board. There are some very talented and important secondary and linebacker targets left on the board Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the Irish Breakdown…

In part two of the Notre Dame Recruiting Hour the Irish Breakdown team give their confidence picks for the offensive recruits left on the board. There is a heavy focus on wide receiver recruiting for obvious reasons, but running back and offensive line are also addressed. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreak…

It's no secret who the top quarterbacks are for Notre Dame in the 2026 class. Notre Dame is recruiting Florida stars Noah Grubbs and Brady Hart, who are both trained by quarterbacks coach Baylin Trujillo. Baylin joined Ryan Roberts and Shaun Davis to discuss his star pupils, and what makes them special from both a physical standpoint and from a tra…

In our final "best of" segment, Bryan breaks down why the Notre Dame defensive line should not only be a strength of the Irish team in 2024, but why it has a chance to be one of the very best fronts in all of college football. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the Irish Breakdown premium mes…

In our look back on the best segments of the week, let's take a look at Bryan's breakdown of the Notre Dame receivers for the 2024 season. There are certainly questions, but there are exciting reasons to think this unit is going to turn the corner and play really good football in the fall. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://…

Irish Breakdown takes a look back at the best segments of the week. On Tuesday, Bryan broke down the key areas where Notre Dame is closing the gap on being a program that has the roster and structure in place to compete for championships. This is that segment, and it's why fans should be excited about the direction of the program. Shop for Irish Br…

In the latest CFB All-America podcast the guys discuss the latest college football news, including LSU head coach Brian Kelly's portal comments, Boise State head coach Spencer Danielson creates a NIL stir, top coach rankings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesOleh Irish Breakdown, Blue Wire

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 and Ryan did their best to match the great questions with great answers. Here's part four of the show. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://…

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 and Ryan did their best to match the great questions with great answers. Here's part three of the show. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https:/…

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 and Ryan did their best to match the great questions with great answers. Here's part two of the show. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://i…

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 and Ryan did their best to match the great questions with great answers. Here's part one of the show. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://i…

Rapid Fire topics include: *The Athletic’s Ari Wasserman did an ACC Football Overrated/Underrated article. Which do you have a bigger problem with: That Wasserman says Notre Dame is overrated as a top-5 team or that he included Notre Dame in an article about ACC teams? *Thoughts on some interesting TV data and what it says about Notre Dame. *Notre …

Irish Breakdown discusses the news of rock band Bon Jovi releasing a vinyl LP in conjunction with Notre Dame. 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 a…

Rapid Fire topics include: * Within three years, Marcus Freeman will have changed the national narrative that ND can’t win the big/important games. We in or we out? * Both the ND Football and women's basketball teams will make it to the Final Four this upcoming season. We In or We Out? * Jeremiyah Love will have 12 touchdowns (regular season). We i…

We debut a new show theme today. It’s called “We in or We out”. The topics that we discuss are all submitted by Irish Breakdown subscribers on the New Champions Lounge boards. The first topic we discuss is about whether Marcus Freeman could transition to being an athletic director in the future. Other topics include: * Will Notre Dame play in two n…

Today's show ended with our new Wednesday Buy, Sell, Hold segment. Lots of great submissions by IB members. 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 abo…

Brian Kelly is back to making ridiculous statements and excuses for his team's lack of success. It's something Notre Dame fans should be used to. I discuss his comments at LSU, what it means for Notre Dame and why the Irish program is better off with Marcus Freeman. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.c…

In part two of the Midweek Rundown I discuss some of the concerns with the wide receiver position and discuss the future at the position. That is followed by a conversation about why it's imperative the receivers fuel a pass attack that needs to get a lot better if Notre Dame is going to get over the hump as a program. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear…

Wide receiver has been an issue for Notre Dame in recent seasons, but the unit has a chance to be much better this season. In part one of today's Midweek Rundown I discuss why I'm so optimistic about the 2024 receivers, and why they should be a lot better than what we've seen in recent seasons. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: htt…

Irish Breakdown discusses 247 Sports leaving Notre Dame football off of its rankings of the top 30 college football teams in the nation. 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…

Rapid Fire topics include: * ESPN.com has an article with lingering questions for each of the top 25 teams. The question they have for Notre Dame is: Are there any true stars at receiver. They mention how the Irish have not had a receiver with 500 yards since 2021. On a scale of 1 to 10...how confident are you they will have a 500-yard wide receive…

Wednesday means Mailbag day on IB Nation Sports Talk. Listeners/subscribers ask questions about Notre Dame football and more and Irish Breakdown answers them. Some of today's questions include: * Will Notre Dame have a better defense this season because of the linebackers? * Is there a sleeper team on Notre Dame's schedule? * What's Notre Dame's ce…

In this week's Tuesday Film Room, Bryan dives into the two big time quarterbacks on the board for Notre Dame in the 2026 class. On top of breaking down the film, we discuss what Notre Dame should do when it comes to picking between the two, and why the Irish are in a win-win with quarterback recruiting in the class. If you want to see the actual fi…

The third part of today's show takes a deeper dive into the Notre Dame defensive line. Bryan breaks down the roster and explains why the 2024 line should be outstanding, and discusses areas that could determine the difference between a really good line - like ND had in 2023 - or if it can become an elite line. Beyond 2024 there are some questions, …

Yes, Notre Dame is closing the gap in crucial areas, but there is still plenty of work to be done. After discussing areas where the Irish need to maintain dominance, Bryan breaks down the areas where Notre Dame still needs a lot of work. Part of it is the roster, but there are still recruiting and portal areas that can improve, and the Irish have t…

Notre Dame has shown growth in recent seasons, but is the Irish program actually closing the gap on the top teams, and closing the gap on winning a title? In many ways the answer is yes, and that is topic No. 1 in today's show. Bryan breaks down the areas where Notre Dame is closing the gap and becoming a more impactful program, on and off the fiel…

Rapid Fire topics include: * Fill-in the blank...The most underrated thing Marcus Freeman has done since becoming Notre Dame head coach is BLANK. Fill-in the blank...It’s BLANK that Markus Burton didn’t make the 78-man cut for an invitation to the NBA Combine. * Notre Dame went down under to sign Australian rules punter James Rendell last week. Wou…

Irish Breakdown discusses the "must gets" for Notre Dame football as it looks to complete its 2025 recruiting class. 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 ana…

Rapid Fire topics include: * Fill-in the blank...The Notre Dame quarterback who will have the second-most total touchdowns next season is BLANK. * Fill-in the blank...It’s BLANK that Notre Dame got a weekend commitment from Columbia defensive tackle Quentin Autry, who is the second preferred walk-on they’ve added in the last week. * Fill-in the bla…

Irish Breakdown is talking Notre Dame quarterbacks on today's show. We hear thoughts from Irish offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock and quarterback coach Gino Guidugli on Riley Leonard, Steve Angeli, Kenny Minchey, and CJ Carr and take a look at some of the top questions facing the group, including how all four quarterbacks staying at Notre Dame in…

Irish Breakdown discusses the big 24-hour period for Notre Dame women's basketball landing three forwards. Niele Ivey's Irish signed graduate transfers Liza Karlen and Liatu King out of the transfer portal and also received a commitment from 5-star 2025 post player Leah Macy. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishb…

MALIK ZAIRE AND SHAUN DAVIS ARE JOINED BY FORMER NOTRE DAME RUNNING BACK AND ADMINISTRATOR, REGGIE BROOKS, TO DISCUSS: POSSIBLE ISSUES IN 2024 NOTRE DAME MUST HANDLE SUCCES WELL LOU HOLTZ STORIES Live show Mon-Fri at 10am cst FULL EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW FEAT. DEUCE KNIGHT AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW ON PATREON. PART 1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/reverse-sp…

MALIK ZAIRE AND SHAUN DAVIS ARE JOINED BY FORMER NOTRE DAME RUNNING BACK AND ADMINISTRATOR, REGGIE BROOKS, TO DISCUSS: TIMELINE OF NEW FACILITIES IMPACT OF NEW FACILITIES RECRUITING EFFECT Live show Mon-Fri at 10am cst FULL EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW FEAT. DEUCE KNIGHT AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW ON PATREON. PART 1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/reverse-spin-pt-9…

The Irish Breakdown Notre Dame Football Mailbag was loaded with great questions this week! Bryan answered the questions and hopefully the answer segment was as good as the questions! This is part four of this week's show. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the Irish Breakdown premium message …

The Irish Breakdown Notre Dame Football Mailbag was loaded with great questions this week! Bryan answered the questions and hopefully the answer segment was as good as the questions! This is part three of this week's show. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the Irish Breakdown premium message…

The Irish Breakdown Notre Dame Football Mailbag was loaded with great questions this week! Bryan answered the questions and hopefully the answer segment was as good as the questions! This is part two of this week's show. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the Irish Breakdown premium message b…

The Irish Breakdown Notre Dame Football Mailbag was loaded with great questions this week! Bryan answered the questions and hopefully the answer segment was as good as the questions! This is part one of this week's show. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/ Join the Irish Breakdown premium message b…

IB Nation Sports Talk's Friday Rapid Fire show has plenty to discuss today. We start with which Notre Dame freshman we have higher expectations for this season: receiver Micah Gilbert or linebacker Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa. Other topics include: * Fill-in the blank...It’s BLANK that the two biggest moves the Irish have had this spring are the addition…

Rapid Fire topics include: * Irish special teams coordinator Marty Biagi went down under and signed 23-year-old Australian Rules football player James Rendell to be the Irish punter this season. We share our thoughts on the Irish going this route as opposed to the transfer portal. * The transfer portal came and went this week, and all four Notre Da…

Today's show starts with longtime Notre Dame men's basketball reporter Tom Noie from the South Bend Tribune joining Sean Stires. Some of the things they discuss include: * Micah Shrewsberry's first season as head coach at Notre Dame. * The biggest differences between Shrewsberry and former Irish head coach Mike Brey. * Markus Burton entered his nam…

There were six quarterbacks taken in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft, and those weren't the only top quarterbacks that are no longer in college football. There will be a changing of the guard. In this segment Bryan discusses the top returning quarterbacks for the 2024 season, players to keep an eye on and potential breakout players. Shop for …

Part two of today's show is the first Inside The Numbers feature, which will be a staple of Thursday shows moving forward. This first segment stacks up Riley Leonard's numbers at Duke to other top quarterbacks. We look at where he stacks up, where he must improve, and what areas he must get better. Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store:…

Our post spring breakdown of the Notre Dame 2024 team takes a look at the Irish quarterback depth chart. In this show Bryan talks about what he likes about the room, primarily the depth of talent, throwing ability and confidence of the group. There are also some major questions. We talk big picture and also dive into each player. Shop for Irish Bre…