Today's Rapid Fire topics include discussion from Sean Stires, Jesse Stires and Bobby Hensley on: Paul Finebaum's comments on Notre Dame's chances to make the College Football Playoff this season under Marcus Freeman, comments from USC head coach Lincoln Riley on the future of the Notre Dame - Southern Cal series, comments from Penn State head coach James Franklin on Notre Dame's independence and how it impacts the CFP, Oregon head coach Dan Lanning's CFP proposal (because every head coach has a CFP proposal) and a dilemma that Jesse has after his recent bachelor party weekend.

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Irish Breakdown and WSBT Radio's Sean Stires and Eric Hansen from Blue and Gold preview some of the top things to look for at the July 31 start of Notre Dame football training camp. They cover the CJ Carr - Kenny Minchey quarterback battle, safeties, defensive line, offensive line and more.

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ESPN released an article looking at the biggest "ifs" for top teams, including Notre Dame. The IB team of Bryan, Trevor and Vince breaks down those three ifs, discusses if they are legit or not and then dives into their own ifs for Notre Dame.

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