Notre Dame Football Midweek Mailbag

Irish Breakdown answers questions from subscribers and viewers on various topics

We answered questions on Notre Dame football, men's basketball and baseball on today's mailbag show. Topics include:

* Who will be Brian Mason's replacement as special teams coordinator?

* Is Sam Hartman the definite starter at quarterback for Notre Dame next season or can Tyler Buchner give him a run?

* The impact of new quarterback coach Gino Guidugli.

* Can Gerad Parker exceed expectations?

* Notre Dame's spring practice schedule

* Adon Shuler's timeline for return to play

* Which quarterback makes Notre Dame's young skill position players more effective?

* Places to visit on campus on a home football weekend. 

* Transfer portal dates

* Who could be Notre Dame's next men's basketball coach?

* Any possible football analysts for Notre Dame?

* Early season thoughts on Notre Dame baseball

We start Rapid Fire with what we are most looking forward to with Notre Dame's 2023 football season. Other topics include:

*Does Notre Dame hiring Gino Guidugli and Joe Rudolph outweigh losing Brian Mason?

* Fill-in the blanks...Notre Dame men’s basketball opens ACC Tournament play tonight against Virginia Tech. It would be BLANK if they win two games to advance to the tournament quarterfinals and BLANK if they win three games to make it to the semifinals Friday night.

* Chicago Bears GM Ryan Poles is confident he can get first round draft picks in both 2024 and 2025 in a trade for the Bears No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft. The Colts are one of the teams in desperate need of a franchise quarterback. Would you want your team to give up those picks to move up three spots to the top of the draft?

* The NCAA’s rules committee has recommended the adoption of three rules changes for the upcoming season. The biggest change is a running clock after first downs...with the exception of the last two minutes of each half. Do you Buy or Sell it?

* The SEC is looking at the possibility of playing a 9-game conference schedule with no divisions once Oklahoma and Texas join the conference. If they do that they would play three permanent rivals every year and rotate the other six opponents. Alabama’s three perennial teams would be LSU...Auburn and Tennessee.

Nick Saban isn’t happy with that. He says ”If you play more games I think you have to get the three fixed opponents right. They’re giving us Tennessee, Auburn and LSU. I don’t know how they come to that decision.” Are his complaints Fair or Foul?

* Rich Eisen said on his radio show that he’s heard Tom Brady could un-retire for a second straight year. Do you Buy or Sell Brady coming back out of retirement again? 

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SEAN STIRES

Sean Stires is a staff writer for Irish Breakdown, where he covers the Notre Dame Football beat. A long-time radio host at WSBT, Sean is also the host of the IB Nation Sports Talk Show on the Irish Breakdown channel. He is also the play-by-play announcer for the Notre Dame women's basketball team. Sean has also called games for the Fighting Irish baseball team. You can email Sean at seanstires@gmail.com. Become a premium Irish Breakdown member, which grants you access to all of our premium content and our premium message board! Click on the link below for more. BECOME A MEMBER Be sure to stay locked into Irish Breakdown all the time! Follow Ryan on Twitter: @SeanStiresLike and follow Irish Breakdown on FacebookSubscribe to the Irish Breakdown YouTube channelSubscribe to the Irish Breakdown podcast on iTunes Sign up for the FREE Irish Breakdown daily newsletter