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We discuss the big expectations Notre Dame has going into 2026 and how they could impact the Irish in their push to a championship. We also discuss what players at each position group could shock us with their play this season as well as CJ Carr and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We answer listener questions about Notre Dame football and more on today's show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bryan Driskell joins Sean Stires to preview Notre Dame's big recruiting weekend, then Stires and Vince DeDario hear comments from Irish offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock. They also discuss CJ Carr and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sean Stires and Jesse Stires open the show by building a tier of national media personalities that Notre Dame football fans love to hate. Indianapolis Colts radio voice Matt Taylor then joins the show to discuss the team's quarterback situation that includes former ND quarterback Riley Leonard. They also talk former Irish offensive lineman Quenton Nelson and kicker Blake Grupe. There's more ND and Brendan Sorsby fallout talk in Rapid Fire. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sean Stires and Jesse Stires build tiers of teams and college football coaches that Notre Dame football fans love to hate. They also discuss recent comments from Irish offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock and discuss the court ruling to allow Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby to play this year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We debate a slew of topics on today's show, starting with the news that the Chicago Bears could be headed to Hammond, Indiana and former Irish running back Jeremiyah Love with some parting words for USC. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We answer listener questions about Notre Dame football to open the show and then discuss comments from Illinois football Bret Bielema on Notre Dame and more later in Rapid Fire. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's show starts with Bryan Driskell joining Sean Stires for a Notre Dame football recruiting update. Vince DeDario then joins Stires to discuss Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevecqua testifying before congress.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We start the show by debating Notre Dame football has moved back to full-fledged villain status in the college football world after a few months seemingly outside that realm. Brian Higgins, who covers Syracuse on his YouTube channel "The 315 With Brian Higgins", joins the show to discuss the status of Orange quarterback Steve Angeli along with other Syracuse topics. We also talk ND-USC and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We grade Notre Dame football's offseason on today's show. We take a look at coaching moves, offense, defense, recruiting, transfer portal, and NIL. We also discuss the outlook for the Notre Dame vs Texas series taking place in 2028 and 2029, thoughts on the possibility of Texas Tech taking the Longhorns' place on the schedule if they bail on the series and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vince DeDario and Bryan Driskell talk about the latest Irish recruit signing, DE Jackson Vaughan. Trevor Trowbridge joins Vince for the remainder of the show to talk about the CFP, what could be causing ESPN's love-in with USC, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman did an interview with a national outlet recently. We discuss how we think it went. We also talk the state of Notre Dame baseball, Irish lacrosse, the SEC meetings starting this week with more College Football Playoff expansion talk and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hosts Sean Stires and Vince DeDario discuss how the pros would far outweigh the cons for Notre Dame if the College Football Playoff expands to 24 teams. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's show features questions about Notre Dame football and women's basketball submitted by listeners.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bryan Driskell joins Sean Stires to talk the latest in Notre Dame football recruiting. They also discuss 5-star forward Eve Long, the No. 5 ranked player in the 2027 class, committing to ND women's basketball Wednesday. There's College Football Playoff talk and more on the show as well!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We have a quick show today, where we debate where Notre Dame players Anthonie Knapp and Leonard Moore rank among ND's top returning players this season. We also pick the most important, overrated, underrated, and breakout star players for the Irish this season. We also discuss the lawsuit Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby has against the NCAA, and a story from Jesse Stires on his trip to the Detroit-Cleveland NBA game seven playoff game. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's show starts with conversation about CJ Carr going to Florida to work with a bunch of Notre Dame teammates and leads into why we think his national perception isn't higher than it is going into the season. We also discuss Notre Dame's future with the ACC as well as the possibility of a 24-team College Football Playoff. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We start the show with the news that five star defensive lineman David Folorunsho from Chicago has committed to Notre Dame. Later, we discuss the week that the Irish have had between ACC backlash and talks of resuming the series with USC. We have more ND talk on the possibility of extending their series with a team on their schedule and LSU AD Verge Ausberry sounding off on Brian Kelly and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We answer listener questions about Notre Dame football and discuss comments from Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua on the College Football Playoff and the USC series and more on today's show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We start the show with a Notre Dame football recruiting update after the Irish landed a commit from 5-star tackle Olu Olubobola this week. We also talk the misinformation out of Southern California regarding the ND-USC series negotiation and hear comments from ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips on Notre Dame and a 24-team College Football Playoff field. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's show begins with news of a big commitment for Notre Dame football. We follow that with debate about the relationship between ND and the ACC after recent reported comments from ACC coaches and athletic directors. Sean Stires has an interview with ND women's basketball forward Leah Macy, and we finish with ND-USC and Brian Kelly talk in Rapid Fire. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A report out of Los Angeles says Notre Dame and USC are negotiating to bring back their football series. We discuss that and more on today's show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We discuss the pros and cons of a possible 24-team College Football Playoff and answer some listener questions and more on today's show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Notre Dame has announced its home game times for the 2026 football season. We discuss the plethora of prime time games and TV assignments. The IHSAA also announced this week that NIL is coming to Indiana high schools and that its basketball will continue to go without a shot clock. Chuck Freeby and Angelo DiCarlo from Sports Michiana join Sean Stires and Vince DeDario to discuss that. Then, ND men's lacrosse coach Kevin Corrigan joins Sean to preview this Sunday's home NCAA Tournament match.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Irish Breakdown's Bryan Driskell joins Sean Stires to talk the next steps for Notre Dame football's 2027 recruiting class after getting four commitments in less than a week. Before that, Sean and Jesse Stires discuss Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney's jab at the Irish as well as the changes the AFCA wants to make to the College Football Playoff and calendar.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Notre Dame quarterback CJ Carr recently joined "The Triple Option Podcast" to discuss a variety of topics. We hear and discuss some of them on today's show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's show begins with Bryan Driskell from Irishbreakdown.com joining Sean Stires to discuss ND football's latest commitments of TE Titus Hawk and WR Jackson Coleman. We also put Notre Dame offensive players into tier rankings and we have more in Rapid Fire!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We start the show with the news that 4-star recruits Champ Monds and Aidan O'Neil have committed to Notre Dame. We have plenty more Notre Dame and college football topics as well!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We have post-spring comments from Notre Dame defensive coordinator Chris Ash to discuss on today's show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We answer listener questions about Notre Dame football and more in the first hour of the show and then make Notre Dame NFL Draft predictions and talk offense and the expanding NCAA Tournament in hour two. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We share some thoughts on Notre Dame's Blue-Gold Game and spring football injuries and discuss the NCAA's "Five For Five" eligibility plan and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's show features comments from Notre Dame offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock on Saturday's Blue-Gold Game. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Notre Dame's Blue-Gold Game was Saturday and we have the radio broadcast of the game for your listening pleasure. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We start the show talking about the historic night for Irish running backs Jeremiyah Love and Jadarian Price both being first round NFL Draft picks and then talk about Saturday's Notre Dame Blue-Gold spring football game. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We project what current Notre Dame players will be the next to be picked in the first round of the NFL Draft at each position group to start the show and then Notre Dame great Steve Beuerlein talks football with us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We answer listener questions about Notre Dame football and more on today's show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We hear comments from new Notre Dame defensive line coach Charlie Partridge as well as head coach Marcus Freeman and defensive lineman Jason Onye on today's show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We hear comments from Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman from after Saturday's scrimmage on today's show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's show starts with the news that Notre Dame men's and women's basketball will open next season playing Villanova in Rome, Italy. We also discuss why Irish women's guard KK Bransford entered the transfer portal and we finish with plenty of Notre Dame football spring scrimmage and Blue - Gold Game talk. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We discuss the news that Notre Dame men's basketball has landed a transfer portal guard on today's show. We also hear from Irish special teams coordinator Marty Biagi on kickers Erik Schmidt, Jasper Scaife and Spencer Porath. We have more Irish football talk in Rapid Fire as well. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sean Stires and Vince DeDario answer listener questions about Notre Dame football and men's and women's basketball on today's show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Notre Dame men's basketball has landed a commitment from the Big South Player of the Year and Cassandre Prosper was an early second round WNBA Draft pick. We discuss both of those topics and hear from Notre Dame special teams coach Marty Biagi, offensive line coach Joe Rudolph and Marcus Freeman and CJ Carr on today's show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We hear and react to comments from Notre Dame offensive line coach Joe Rudolph to start today's show. We also react to the news that former Notre Dame point guard Markus Burton has committed to play for the Indiana Hoosiers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We start the show by discussing what we've learned about Notre Dame football so far this spring, then an interview with Notre Dame men's lacrosse coach Kevin Corrigan. We also talk about where Jeremiyah Love could go in the NFL Draft, Irish women's basketball player Cassandre Prosper declaring for the WNBA Draft and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We start the show with discussion of some CBS Sports predictions for Notre Dame football and then Tom Noie from the South Bend Tribune joins us to talk about the latest transfer portal departures of ND men's basketball players Cole Certa and Markus Burton and the commitment to the program by Notre Dame.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We answer listener questions in We In or We Out form about Notre Dame football and men's and women's basketball on today's show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We have more Notre Dame football spring comments from head coach Marcus Freeman to discuss on today's show. We also start the show with the news of another Notre Dame men's basketball player entering the transfer portal. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We discuss comments from Marcus Freeman's Wednesday press conference on today's show. Freeman discusses quarterbacks CJ Carr, Blake Hebert, Noah Grubbs and more. We also answer listener mailbag questions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We have comments from new Notre Dame linebackers coach Brian Jean-Mary to discuss on today's show. We also have some thoughts on the Demetrius Jackson situation at Marian High School and some other basketball thoughts and then more football topics in Rapid Fire. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We have comments from Notre Dame women's basketball coach Niele Ivey, guard Hannah Hidalgo and UConn coach Geno Auriemma on today's show after Notre Dame's Elite 8 loss to the Huskies. We also discuss Jaden Greathouse's decision to stay at Notre Dame and more in Rapid Fire. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vince and Jesse play We In We Out and talk ND WBB. Sean joins the show near the end. This episode was recorded on March 27th, 2026. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.