so final section of the Notre Dame Texas A&M show is going to be predictions we have talked about the game all week and now we're going to have some fun making our predictions so we're gonna uh go into that first guys what we're going to do is we're going to kind of uh each of these guys is going to get their shot to make their prediction they're going to kind of tell you how they think the game is going to play out while they do that we want to hear from you all what are your score predictions for this game so we're obviously going to pull some of those up and uh dive into into those we'll also have something on the message board where we get into this as well so uh give me your score prediction then I'm going to ask one followup of each of you after you get up your score so give me the score and then tell me how you think the game is going to play out and then I'm gonna have one follow-up question for each of you Ryan we'll KCK go ahead and kick things started off with you yeah so for me I see this game being a very competitive contest for the most part but I do have a 28- 17 final Victory and how I get to the 28 to 17 is I think that this game is going to be kind of one of those back and forth dog fights throughout probably two and a half quarters and I think that both teams are just going to kind of do the back and forth blow I do think the Notre Dame could probably they're probably going to score first in this football game and I think that would be a great indicator of what the final potentially could be but I do think that they are going to be kind of a back and forth contest but what I think the difference is going to be is in the fourth quarter it's going to be 21 to 17 and then Notre Dame is going to rip off a huge play and I don't know if that's going to be Riley Leonard I don't know if that's going to be Jeremiah love but I'm predicting a big play in the fourth quarter that gives you an 11-point lead and lets your defensive line now get a little loose your quarterbacks get a little loose and that's when I think that you're going to see the most harassment of Conor Wagman in this passing attack is going to be in the fourth quarter when you've established at 11-point lead Texas A&M now has to spread it out they got to throw the football they're not going to be a run Centric oriented team 28 to 17 final for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish okay Ryan here's my followup for you at the end of the game you're in the lock room you're celebrating Notre Dame's got a 2817 win who gets your game ball I mean I think it's going to be a collective of the defensive line is going to end up getting the game ball I mean if I had to throw one just for like the big play I would say Riley Leonard offensively is the guy that gets the game ball for making a big play when they needed it most I I do kind of trend towards that fourth quarter big play that I keep talking about is probably going to be in the hands of Riley Leonard whether that is as a runner or making a big play in the passing game so I'll say Riley Leonard but I do think it's an assist to the defensive line because I wouldn't be shocked if at the end of the football game we're talking fiveish sacks on Conor wakan and a lot of harassment a lot of that happening in the fourth quarter when texum has to kind of open things up and has to try to play a little bit of catchup so I'll say Riley Leonard is the quote unquote MVP of the football game but the defensive line gets a big a a big pat on the back for the effort they have so you're saying Marcus Freeman might hand that game ball to Riley Leonard but in the eyes of Ryan Roberts that game's going to come down to the nerame defensive line dominating yeah well I mean Riley's not going to get it to the defensive line right he's going to give it to like n probably or one of his offensive line but yeah I I will give the uh we be in the postgame show talking about how I think the Ning defensive line closed this game out and they were the difference at the biggest moments love it love it so Ryan that's Ryan's prediction 28- 17 let's go next to you Trevor what is your score prediction for the game and how do you see this game playing out absolutely so my score prediction for the game uh I have Notre Dame winning 34- 17 now I don't know if it's because there's love in the air for me this weekend or if it's because I watched the here come the Irish documentary this morning but I am Juiced up okay one thing that you guys will get to learn about me is I love to draw analogies and I love to make references to past years past teams and I know it came at a different time of year but this game has a 2012 Oklahoma feel to it for me specifically heard nothing in 2012 except for Bob Stoops and the Oklahoma team and how they're just they're bigger and they're faster and they're stronger if you guys remember in 2012 it was a 106 game at Halftime it was a stalemate in the third quarter and the Notre Dame won 20 to7 in the fourth quarter alone I think we pull away late I think it is a very much a 17 to4 type game at Halftime I think the first half is going to be full of big plays and I think Notre Dame's offense outscores Texas A&M 17 to3 I think the defense digs in in the second half I think they start to show their star power and why they are considered one of the best teams in the nation offense is going to settle in and I think Riley Leonard's going to go to have a big game for Notre Dame if I remember correctly and you guys can correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't um oh sorry Trevor I did not get your score up that's still Ryan score I want to see Trevor score there we go boom right there so 3417 I believe Notre Dame was almost a touchdown Underdog against Oklahoma back in 2012 weren't they even though they were a top 10 team I think that was number five versus number eight they had a loss already Oklahoma had a loss already and I think they were number eight nerame was number five so n was the higher ranked team and they were an underdog on the road and uh Notre name ended up ended up turning out all right for notame so despite The Angst from some fans about notame being an underdog in this game this is why they still play the games fellas because just because you're you're the underdog doesn't mean you're gonna lose that game and and I like you said though what the dline played great you forced turnovers you got off to a pretty good start like all those things factored in and what was the thing that sparked him at the end of the game Notre name answers with a big play to Chris Brown after Oklahoma ties it up and and and and and you both said they kind of warm down late I think you guys both uh both nailing I'm gonna give my prediction here now fellas and I've been back and forth on this I'll be honest with you I have I think I even gave you a different score Ryan I think I gave you like 2413 at one point I was 3113 then I was 271 I've been all around the place because I I often do my predictions on what I think should happen not what I think will happen and I ended up kind of settling on what I think will happen as opposed to what should happen I'll say this if all the keys that we talked about fellas come true and Notre Dame does all those things this this won't be an overly competitive game in my opinion I think Notre Dame has the better team they have the more experienced team the more veteran team uh there's less turnover that these teams are dealing with that not is dealing with coaching wise culture-wise roster wise all of that this is a game that Notre Dame should win and win handily if it was just played on paper but unfortunately the game is not played on paper this game is going to be played practically and it is the opener it is going to be played away from home there is going to be noise there is I mean we saw the Duke game last year I mean notame actually moved the ball pretty well early against Duke last year they just kept like stupid false starts kept killing drives so you've got to avoid that kind of stuff and I think those type of things are why this game's going to ultimately be a little bit closer than than maybe it should be if we were just looking at the specific matchups and the specific key so I have Notre Dame winning 24-6 um Trevor who gets your game ball I I don't think I asked you that who gets your game ball if Notre Dame wins the the way that you have them winning I'm in the same boat as Ryan I think it goes to Riley Leonard the only offensive captain that the team has this year I think there is going to be at some point in the game whether it's to spark uh you know call it a fourth quarter rally to really start stretching their legs but Riley leard is going to have a a sports centeres top 10 type of play that gets the team going and puts the nail in the coffin I love it I'm GNA go I'm GNA go a little outside the box because I don't want to just do what you guys did you guys did great picks and you guys kind of gave the most likely answers but I'm gonna go outside the box a little bit I think it's goingon to go to Jack Kaiser because I think at the end of the day what we're going to see in this game is Jack Kaiser is going to have some sort of big game-changing play that's going to completely change the the com the the um the direction of the game you know it's going to be something to forcing a turnover recovering the ball lots of tackles lots of plays and I think it's going to be something like that that's going to be the uh the the ultimately determine the outcome of this football game so Trevor I'm gonna go with Jack Kaiser but I think like you I'm with you guys if they're going to win this game then we're going to need to see something from Riley Leonard there's no doubt about it so that's where it's going to be so it's it's going to be interesting to see how it plays out Trevor how much are they going to be able to execute the keys to victory that we talked about can they start fast can they control the crowd can the offensive line hold its water can the defensive line dominate do they take advantage of their their apparent advantages from a skill standpoint all those type of things or is this going to look like what a lot of n fans fear which is oh they don't play well in quote unquote these moments and uh and that's what it's going to be because at the end of the day we've done all the talking and now it's time to see what they can do so it's going to be a fun one so that was and and then of course that's the second biggest news this weekend Notre name Tex will be the second biggest news this weekend of course the biggest news is by the time we get to our Monday Tuesday or Tuesday show you will be a married man and so I'm GNA welcome you to the club Ryan's a part of the club my next guest Bill Bender's part of that club and this weekend you will be part of that club so congratulations uh to you and your fiance tell her welcome to the Irish breakdown family as well and hopefully you are in a good mood on Sunday I I I promised her that no matter what I would be in a good mood on Sunday no promises on Saturday night so so you can make it till you you can hopefully you won't have to fake it till you make it on Sunday so that that'll be a good thing so Trevor anyway congratulations man and uh we we'll talk to you here again soon absolutely thank you so next that's going to wrap up the Irish breakdown show so we did our keys to Victory we did our score predictions you guys can keep throwing in your predictions and before we get to our next section of course hit that like hit that subscribe hit the notification Bell share this podcast give us a Fest star review we'd greatly greatly appreciate that and as always sign up for message board at boards. 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