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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.

Sean and Jesse Stires discuss the ND QB Room, Hannah Hildago, and play a game of Rapid Fire. This episode was recorded on March 26th, 2026. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vince and Jesse discuss ND Football Recruiting, ND Golf, ND WBB, ND MBB, and the NFL Draft. This episode was recorded on March 25th, 2026.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We have comments from Notre Dame offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock as well as ND women's coach Niele Ivey and Hannah Hidalgo on today's show. The Irish women are headed back to the Sweet 16 to face Vanderbilt after Monday's win at Ohio State. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We react to comments from Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman's Wednesday press conference on today's show. We also get an update on the serious injury to offensive lineman Charles Jagusah. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We start the show with the news that former Notre Dame basketball player Carson Towt has signed with the Indianapolis Colts. We follow that by drafting offensive and defensive teams of "breakout" players for the Irish football team this spring. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We discuss the Notre Dame women's basketball team getting a 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament and their first round matchup with Fairfield to start today's show. We also have a Notre Dame football pre-spring player pyramid and then more topics to cover in Rapid Fire!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We discuss where Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman comes in on Stewart Mandel and Bruce Feldman's rankings of the top college football coaches in the country on today's show. FanDuel also released its college football season over/under win totals. We discuss Notre Dame's. We also talk about where the Irish women's basketball team could end up with NCAA Selection Sunday this weekend. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brian Kelly keeps talking about Notre Dame and we react to some of his latest comments on SiriusXM Radio on today's show. We also talk World Baseball Classic, a local high school basketball coach being suspended, Notre Dame women's basketball, and even some movie talk on today's show!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We answer listener questions about Notre Dame football as well as men's and women's basketball and also discuss the predicament the USA baseball team is in at the World Baseball Classic as well as Daniel Jones' new contract with the Colts on today's show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We discuss some of Notre Dame football's most pressing questions heading into spring practice on today's show. Sean Stires also talks with Mike Bean, who invented the "TayCo Brace", which is used by many athletes. There's more in Rapid Fire as well. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We start the show talking about the start of NFL free agency and the moves the Colts, Bears and other teams have made. We also hear from Hannah Hidalgo after Notre Dame women's basketball's loss to Duke in the ACC Tournament semifinals and discuss where the Irish are going into selection Sunday. There's more to cover in Rapid Fire as well!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sean, Vince, and Jesse discuss women's basketball and Coach Freeman. This episode was recorded on 3/6/2026.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vince and Jesse discuss Coach Holtz, Coach Freeman and ND QB1 CJ Carr. Sean later joins the show to talk about the women's basketball team defeating Miami. This episode was recorded on 3/5/2026. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sean and Vince discuss Coach Lou Holtz and answer mailbag questions. This episode was recorded on 3/4/2026.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.