Offseason debates heat up! Buy, sell, or hold on playoff game locations, Big 12 sleepers, and Notre Dame's receiver outlook.
Another week of the offseason is underway and Notre Dame is inching closer and closer to their annual Blue Gold game. We have another loaded week of topics to discuss this week on the Irish Breakdown Podcast, but you know we had to kick it off in fashion with our weekly buy/sell/hold. Once again, our premium message board subscribers brought the heat and we covered a lot of different topics in today's show.
Today, we talked about home playoff games, numerous college football topics, recruiting topics and the outlook of a handful of team's on Notre Dame's 2026 schedule. We're in for another loaded week of discussion and today's show is getting us pointed in the right direction. The Blue Gold game is a week from this upcoming Saturday and we're inching closer and closer to the Irish kicking off their season against the Wisconsin Badgers up at Lambeau Field. It was another fun start to the week on today's episode of the Irish Breakdown Podcast.
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Here are some of the submissions we answered on today's buy/sell/hold:
On If The Friday Night Home Playoff Game Should Always Be At Notre Dame Stadium...
"I'm going to sell this, but I definitely understand where you're coming from. I look for any excuse to be on Notre Dame's campus in the fall during football season, but it all comes down to who's playing and what the slate for the weekend is. First, I think Notre Dame will get a bye this year in the playoffs so they won't be able to host a playoff game even if they wanted to. Second, it depends on who they play. Look at this past year for example. I understand why Alabama at Oklahoma was the lone Friday night game. It wasn't going to be James Madison at Oregon or Tulane at Ole Miss. Some of it will just come down to who the opponent is."
On If We Think Arizona Is Going To Be A Sleeper Team In The Big 12 This Year...
"I'm going to sell this. It's really difficult for a team for be considered a 'sleeper team' in back to back seasons. Yes, Indiana won the title this past season, but nobody who understands the game and the team that Indiana returned thought they'd be a 'sleeper' in the Big 10 or in the playoff field. I feel similarly about Arizona. With quarterback Noah Fifita coming back I don't think they're going to be able to sneak up on many teams this year. The Big 12 is so wide open that it's hard to consider any relatively decent team as a 'sleeper team.'
On If Notre Dame Won't Have A Single 1,000-Yard Receiver This Year...
"I'm actually going to buy this, but it's not because they don't have anyone capable of doing it on the roster. I think it's because they have several guys with the ability on the roster that's going to for Mike Denbrock and CJ Carr to spread the ball around more. I could see a world where they have a receiver around 800 yards, a pair of receivers around 600 yards and a handful of guys over the 300-yard mark. The ball is going to be widely distributed this season and I could see a scenario where one single guy doesn't cross the 1000-yard threshold."
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