Always Irish: A Notre Dame Football Podcast

We discuss Pete Sampson's twitter ? today. A classic would you rather!

What players and position groups need to step up for 2020?

This week I take an early look at the 2020 slate. Where are the traps, what are the marquee matchups, Pivot games?

-ND's Recruiting Class Final Rank -Tricky Calculations -BK's plan vs practical implementation of it -TE Coach Search -DB Coach Search -Talent Map -ND in NFL ? -XFL part II

SUPER BOWL PARTY HANGOVER? WHY IS THE SB NOT SATURDAY? RESPECT REASONS TO BELIEVE IN THE D REASONS TO BELIEVE IN THE O SNEAKY ADDITIONS… THE NUMBERS GAME WITH LAWRENCE DOCKERY

This week I talk with Brian Smith of Irish Breakdown who offers some unique behind the scenes insight into the wild world of recruiting and where ND fits in the mix.

Nathan Erbach of Slap The Sign joins me to share his thoughts on the Rees news, Phil news and more. We agree on many points, and disagree on some as well.

-Rees named OC -Talyor named Run Game Coord -Phil going to BC -The title game -Ap Poll

WHAT TO THINK? ABOUT THE QB ROOM ABOUT THE BK RECRUITING DRAMA ABOUT THE OC POSITION VALID POINTS TO ALL AVENUES ? GOING PRO OR NO??? NU TRANSFER HARRY AND HELLY TODD LYGHT GOING, GOING, BACK, BACK, TO CALI.. LENZY RETURNING KICKS……FINALLY WISKY AT LAMBEAU NEWS

Camping World Bowl Review CFP Semis Review

Nick Shepkowski @shep670 from 670 The Score Chicago Sports Talk Radio joins me to discuss all thing Notre Dame. Nick is the EP of the McNeil and Parkins show, Hosts the ND Football pregame show on radio.com, is publisher of @irishwirend and co-host of the collegefootballtalk podcast with Pete Fiutak

CONGRATS TO USC ON RECRUITING CLASS MODERNIZATION OF ND’S RECRUITING EFFICIENCY SKILL SET FOCUS ELITE SKILL PLAYERS ARE A MUST UPSIDE CLASSY NO DRAMA ARROW POINTING UP NATHAN ERBACH CALL FROM SLAP THE SIGN TRAP GAME IF WE ALLOW IT TO BE BETTER THAN 7-5 SHOWS QB THAT CAN SLING WILL ND’S O RUN SMOOTHLY WITH OC CHANGES? OUR PASS D vs THEIR PASS GAME ND FANS AREN’T EXCITED, STILL MUST WIN

-How we got here -positives and negatives of Rees getting the OC job -O line coaching changes -Craw -An ND advantage in recruiting -The Heisman -Always Amazed

Nathan Erbach of Slap The Sign joins me to discuss the breaking news -Notre Dame And Chip Long To Part Ways -Camping World Talk -10-2 Season Review -Camping World Bowl Discussion -Recruiting

-Reaction to Camping World Bowl Bid -5 Things BK must do to get ND to the next level

-BK OFF THE 0-4 @ STANFORD SKID -ANOTHER SLOW START BUT STILL BLOWOUT -CLARK LEA DELIVERS EVENTUALLY….AGAIN -A FRESHMAN TURNS THE MOMENTUM -HIGHEST SCORING O IN ND HISTORY… -BOOK – 4TD 0 PICK EFFORT -QUESTIONS ABOUT LONG, QUINN -RANKING SPANKING -ND IS AN INCONVENIENCE -PICK YOUR NARRATIVE -MICH OSU -DABO, KHAKI PANTS, ST NICK -HELTON SKELTON -THE WASHINGTON NEWS

-BLOWOUTS ARE GOOD -WE’RE STILL GOING STREAKINGGGGG -SENIORS AND THE GIFT THEY LEFT THE PROGRAM -O- FINDING A WAY, BUT ONLY TEMPORARILY… -BOOK LOOKS BETTER, BUT WHY SO LATE IN YR? -LENZY FRENZY, RUN GAME CONCERNS -CLARK LEA DELIVERS AGAIN -D LINE DEPTH TESTED -KICKING KUDOS -WINNING IN PALO ALTO… BK HASN’T YET -THROWBACK UNIS -ANTI FLUTIE TV OPTION REVIEW -RANKING SPANKING -PITCHING A TENT -10-2 M...

-BRING IT ON -RELAXING / DOMINANT WIN -CLAY WINS THE DAY -O FINDING MORE FLOW -BOOK LOOKS MORE COMFORTABLE…TOO LATE? -LENZY FRENZY -CLARK LEA AND THE D -GAME REACTION DISCUSSION……NOT PRETTY -PLAYOFF RANKINGS GARBAGE -EXPANSION TO 8 -SELLOUT STREAK OVER -BC IS DEAD TO ME -”ALWAYS ANNOYED” HOLIDAY EDITION

ACC NETWORK = YIKES INJURIES PILING UP REFRESHING OFFENSIVE PLAN… TOO LATE IN THE SEASON D BOYZ / LEA HOW DID BOOK LOOK STATISTICALLY SPEAKING ITS NEVER GRAVY WHEN PLAYING NAVY COACH O/ PJ RANKINGS “ALWAYS ANNOYED”

-ANY W IS BETTER THAN ANY L -FLIRTING WITH DISASTER -BOOK SAYS– SHhhhhhhhhh -THE OFFENSE IS….. OFFENSIVE -D BACK ON TRACK -MEDIA LUNACY -THE MOVING BAR OF EXPECTATIONS -BK QUOTES -DUKE -ISSUES I HAVE WITH THE MICHIGAN REACTION -ALWAYS ANNOYED

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3 Ways The Rainy Weather May Impact Notre Dame vs Michigan

What is wrong with the Bears? How did we get here? How do we fix it?

For coozies email : jkznd5@yahoo.com -THIS ONE IS PERSONAL -LOGIC VS EMOTION -LEAD UP TO PENN ST vs MICH -PLAYOFF REALITIES -MICH PSU THOUGHTS -RONNIE BELL’S EMOTION -STATISTICALLY SPEAKING -OUR OFFENSIVE PLAN SHOULD BE .. -OUR DEFENSIVE PLAN SHOULD BE… -YOU DON’T BEAT MICH BEING TIMID -PROGRAM MATURITY / STABILITY -WOUNDED ANIMALS ARE DANGEROUS -COACH OF THE YEAR NOMINEES -RECRUITING NOTES -”ALWA...

WEDDING DOUBLE STANDARD: 1:40 NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: 8:20 KARAOKE: 19 HAVE IT YOUR WAY: 33 MANDALS: 47:30 NO MORE MR. NICE GUY: 52 STAY IN YOUR LANE: 58:19