Notre Dame football has issues. Even coming off its first win of the season over Purdue, Notre Dame has not looked and played like it should look and play. We're tired of talking about it, but there's no way of getting around it - the defense is overdue to deliver. Maybe this is the weekend when we watch the Irish and say, now that's how it's supposed to look.

So we spend the first 20 minutes on the tired topic of the Irish defense.

Then it gets good.

Sometimes it's best to stay quiet and let a guest go, and we did that with former Notre Dame and Arkansas assistant football coach Pete Cordelli. He had stories - a lot of them, about former Irish coach Lou Holtz, about his time at Arkansas, about calling the hogs and about the atmosphere that awaits Notre Dame at Razorback Stadium. You'll want to tune into this episode just for Cordelli's segment. It doesn't disappoint.

We close our show with one hot take and one bold prediction - Irish fans may not like the direction we're leaning, but we're just like you in that regard. We need to see the Irish defense to belive. Maybe that happens Saturday.

Notre Dame football has issues. Even coming off its first win of the season over Purdue, Notre Dame has not looked and played like it should look and play. We're tired of talking about it, but there's no way of getting around it - the defense is overdue to deliver. Maybe this is the weekend when we watch the Irish and say, now that's how it's supposed to look.
So we spend the first 20 minutes on the tired topic of the Irish defense.
Then it gets good.
Sometimes it's best to stay quiet and let a guest go, and we did that with former Notre Dame and Arkansas assistant football coach Pete Cordelli. He had stories - a lot of them, about former Irish coach Lou Holtz, about his time at Arkansas, about calling the hogs and about the atmosphere that awaits Notre Dame at Razorback Stadium. You'll want to tune into this episode just for Cordelli's segment. It doesn't disappoint.
We close our show with one hot take and one bold prediction - Irish fans may not like the direction we're leaning, but we're just like you in that regard. We need to see the Irish defense to belive. Maybe that happens Saturday.

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Notre Dame football has issues. Even coming off its first win of the season over Purdue, Notre Dame has not looked and played like it should look and play. We're tired of talking about it, but there's no way of getting around it - the defense is overdue to deliver. Maybe this is the weekend when we watch the Irish and say, now that's how it's supposed to look.  So we spend the first 20 minutes on the tired topic of the Irish defense.  Then it gets good.  Sometimes it's best to stay quiet and let a guest go, and we did that with former Notre Dame and Arkansas assistant football coach Pete Cordelli. He had stories - a lot of them, about former Irish coach Lou Holtz, about his time at Arkansas, about calling the hogs and about the atmosphere that awaits Notre Dame at Razorback Stadium. You'll want to tune into this episode just for Cordelli's segment. It doesn't disappoint.  We close our show with one hot take and one bold prediction - Irish fans may not like the direction we're leaning, but we're just like you in that regard. We need to see the Irish defense to belive. Maybe that happens Saturday.

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