IB Nation Sports Talk: Notre Dame Football Start, Bench Or Cut
IB Nation Sports Talk: Notre Dame Football Start, Bench Or Cut originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
Irish Breakdown takes a look at several groups of former Notre Dame football players and coaches and decides which we would start, which we would bench and which ones we would cut. For example: Brady Quinn, Ian Book and Riley Leonard - who would we start, cut or bench? Same for Jeff Samardzija, Golden Tate and Will Fuller.
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We have more to discuss and debate in Rapid Fire as well. See the list of topics below!
Today's Rapid Fire topics include:
* We hear comments from Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman from Greg McElroy's podcast and debate whether or not we think both CJ Carr and Kenny Minchey will play quarterback for the Irish this season.
* We guess the season over/under win total for the Florida State Seminoles.
* Fill-in the blank: It's BLANK that Bill Belichick that as of June 1st, Bill Belichick has a buyout that allows him to leave North Carolina by paying the school $1 million dollars.
* We have a few more start, bench or cut options to go through:
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- Pete Carroll, Jimmy Johnson and Jim Harbaugh
- Dabo Swinney, Kirby Smart and Ryan Day
- Kris Bryant, Kyle Schwarber and Anthony Rizzo
- Jerry McGuire, Top Gun and A Few Good Men
* Fill-in the blank: It's BLANK that Joe Schoen and the New York Giants will be back on HBO's Hard Knocks this season as part of the in-season edition of the show that will feature all four NFC East teams: The Giants, Cowboys, Commanders and Eagles.
* ESPN is set to televise several of the Savannah Bananas games at Major League ballparks this summer. On a scale of 1 to 10: How interested are you in the Savannah Bananas?
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