IB Nation Sports Talk: Notre Dame Football We In Or We Out
Irish Breakdown answers subscriber-submitted questions about Notre Dame football and more on today's show. Some of today's topics include:
* In the past year, Notre Dame has solidified themselves in the national eye as a perennial playoff contender. We In or We Out?
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* A year from now, Notre Dame will be seen nationally as elite and as a perennial title contender. In or Out?
* Two years from now, Notre Dame will be seen nationally as the title favorites. In or Out?
* Three years from now, Notre Dame will be seen as Clemson or Georgia was for their short years of dominance. In or Out?
* With ND taking what appears to be that next step as a dominate program with HMF, what in your opinion would be the next step to becoming elite?
* Joe Rudolph will have our OL playing at a championship-winning-level in late Nov., Dec., & January. In or Out?
* Adon Shuler will perform like a top 5 safety in all of CFB for the 2025 season. In or Out?
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* Guerby Lambert's injury won't affect his conditioning or his ability to be one of ND's starting tackles this season. In or Out?
* We In or We Out: ND will officially name a QB starter prior to the first snap of the Miami game?
* The combination of the running backs and Tight Ends will have more receiving Touchdowns than the Receivers. In or Out?
* Much 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:
* Which has the better chance to happen this season: Jadarian Price rushes for at least 1,000 yards or Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa has at least 100 tackles.
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* Fill-in the blank: The College Football Playoff era began in 2014 and it's BLANK Notre Dame's 109 wins rank No. 5 in that time.
* How has what you think of Chad Bowden changed since he left Notre Dame for Southern Cal?
* We predict the Vegas over/under season win total for Arizona State for this season. We look at their schedule and then guess what we think Fan Duel has as their over/under number for the 2025 season.
* Mel Kiper Jr's reaction to the Shedeur Sanders slide to the fifth round was as polarizing as Sanders himself. Some people have even said Kiper should be fired for doubling down on being so wrong. Was Kiper's draft performance good or bad for ESPN?
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* Kirk Cousins will be 37 when the NFL season begins. Falcons GM Terry Fontenot went on Mad Dog Radio yesterday and said they're being patient and taking calls about Cousins. What do you think Cousins' future holds?
* If you're the Pittsburgh Steelers, would you keep waiting for Aaron Rodgers or would you make a move for Cousins?
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