Today's show begins with a handful of comments from Notre Dame football coach\xa0Marcus Freeman\xa0from his Thursday press conference. Topics include:\n* Updates on the status of\xa0Devyn Ford\xa0and\xa0Nolan Ziegler.\xa0\n* Preparing his freshmen for their first road game environment this weekend.\xa0\n* Saturday's weather calls for thunderstorms in Raleigh, NC. Freeman discusses preparing for wet weather.\xa0\n* Thoughts on NC State's defense.\xa0\n* Thoughts on NC State quarterback\xa0Brennan Armstrong.\xa0\nWe have whiteboard talk on those last two topics as well.\xa0\nShop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/\xa0\nJoin the Irish Breakdown premium message board: https://boards.irishbreakdown.com\xa0\nStay locked into Irish Breakdown for all the latest news and analysis about Notre Dame: https://www.irishbreakdown.com\u200b\nSubscribe to the Irish Breakdown podcast on iTunes:\xa0https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/irish-breakdown/id1485286986\nLike and follow Irish Breakdown on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/irishbreakdown\nSign up for the FREE Irish Breakdown daily newsletter:\xa0https://www.subscribepage.com/irish-breakdown-newsletter\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices