Notre Dame Football Midweek Mailbag
Wednesday is Mailbag Day on IB Nation Sports Talk and the spring transfer portal is officially open. Irish Breakdown answers questions about Notre Dame football and more on today's show! Some of today's topics include:
* How much better is Marcus Freeman and his coaching staff compared to one year ago?
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* Will Irish quarterbacks Kenny Minchey, Steve Angeli and CJ Carr all stay at Notre Dame?
* Over/Under: 1,125.5 rushing yards for Jeremiyah Love this season?
* What Notre Dame players stood out the most and surprised the most during spring practice?
* Thoughts on Tyler Buchner as a quarterback.
* Will Notre Dame's offense be more downfield this season?
* Over/Under: 5.5 fake punts and field goals Notre Dame will have this season?
* Will Irish defensive end commit Rodney Dunham have significant playing time as a freshman?
* MORE!
There's more to discuss and debate in Rapid Fire as well. See the list of topics below!
Today's Rapid Fire topics include:
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* Fill-in the blank...The transfer portal opened today and it's BLANK that Notre Dame has its full Blue-Gold game available on YouTube for everyone to watch.
* Fill-in the blank...Notre Dame safety Kennedy Urlacher entering the transfer portal is BLANK.
* We hear comments from Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman on the Steve Angeli, CJ Carr and Kenny Minchey quarterback competition and what qualities he's looking for from his next starter.
* Notre Dame women's basketball got a commitment from 6-4 forward Gisela Sanchez from Kansas State on Wednesday. We discuss the impact.
* Fill-in the blank...Colorado retiring the numbers of Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter after two seasons each with the Buffalos is BLANK.
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* Bill Simmons and Kevin Wildes from Fox Sports did a segment about different sports ideas on Simmons' show. Wildes had the idea that the next thing in sports should be in basketball...where a guy comes up court and jumps in the air from behind the 3-point arc but doesn't release the ball until he's somewhere around the free throw line. So, it's a 3-point shot but the distance of the shot is shorter because of where he lets it go. Do you Buy or Sell this ever becoming a thing?
* Charles Barkley says Oklahoma City, Boston and Cleveland are the only three teams that can win a title this season. Would you take those three teams or the field to win it all?
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