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to the drive with jack the spotlight radio network jack ebling not here with my producer boston rob giving him a break from having to look at me i'm actually i'm not in studio today spotlight facilities one oh five west alleghen but but we have a big show planned for you were spent a lot of time this week uh... that michigan state notre dame the war and what you might be saturday night at notre dame stadium Expecting wet conditions there.

69 and cloudy here, but it's supposed to be wet all afternoon and storms Saturday night, or so the early indications are.

We have a packed show planned for you and want to start, as we do most Wednesdays, with Stephen Brooks, 24-7 Sports, Spartan Tailgate Premium site.

Stephen, how are you? I'm doing all right.

How many times have you seen games at Notre Dame Stadium?

Probably more than 20, probably close to 30 maybe.

I don't know, half the season for three seasons I was there and twice outside of that, I think.

And then Randy Kinder talking about his East Lansing experience, his love for Jim Bibbs, but also a lot about Notre Dame.

Spartans against the Irish Saturday night, 730 Notre Dame Stadium.

You have been there.

What does Michigan State have to do to win this game? I don't mean win it on the scoreboard.

Special team play is going to be key.

And the Michigan State defense has got to be physical.

Tom, you've been in the cathedral that is Notre Dame Stadium.

I think we are.

And that voice that you hear right there is Brian Driscoll because it's Wednesday, and we start Wednesday shows with Notre Dame recruiting talk.

Of course, we're counting down until Notre Dame and Michigan State Primetime game this Saturday night at Notre Dame Stadium.

I'm sure there will be plenty of visitors in town for Notre Dame this Saturday.

We'll get to them in a little bit.

They've got to keep working with him and Maddox well, but they're certainly in the ballgame.

Those are two of their big-time players in the 28 class.

Pretty promising, talking with Brian Driscoll, some Notre Dame football recruiting, Michigan State, this Saturday night, 7.30 at Notre Dame Stadium, and plenty of visitors that Notre Dame will have in for recruiting visits.

Defensively, it looks like a pretty long list.

But let's be real about something.

It hits a little bit harder when you're talking about night game in Notre Dame Stadium, battle for the megaphone outside of, hey, baby, Game Wreckers for Rice.

Let's talk about it.

You know what I mean? So it hits a little bit different when you're talking about a Big Ten, old school Notre Dame rivalry.

Like, guys, you can still throw, as we saw last year, when it rains in today's era.

The balls are different, and the fields are different.

You know, like, rain is a problem, but what really became a problem back in the day, it's the rain and the mud made the balls way slicker, and you just don't have that anymore, especially at Notre Dame Stadium.

But CJ Carr is going to have to be a game wrecker for Notre Dame.

This is going to be a very interesting game for Notre Dame.

When you factor in the weather, first night game inside a Notre Dame stadium, it's a rivalry renewed.

The last time Michigan State was playing in South Bend didn't really go well for the Fighting Irish.

So a lot at stake here.

I talked about him quite a bit.

As far as the matchups on offense go, we see this very similar.

The thing that I love about Jaden Greathouse in this one is in big matchups like this, primetime, Notre Dame Stadium, things like that, you want to have that big possession receiver.

Last year, it was Malachi Fields.

It's the middle of the week.

One day closer to Notre Dame kicking off their first night game inside of Notre Dame Stadium for the 26th season.

We have a loaded show coming your guys' way today.

So we were just going to do what we normally do on Wednesdays, talk about the biggest matchups, game records, give keys to victory, then dive into the week three of the college football slate.

I'm glad this wasn't like a Shamrock series type of deal.

Wanted to add that in there as well because I was talking to a buddy.

How, with some of the iconic things that Wisconsin does in their stadium, we know the heraldry of the Notre Dame stadium.

Why was this a neutral site game at Soldier Field and Lambeau? Lambeau was super cool.

Today, we're sharing my conversation with Father Andrew Bleszinski, the pastor and rector at St. Matthew's Cathedral of South Bend.

Of course, they also call Notre Dame Stadium the Cathedral of College Football, And Father Andrew has plenty of experience tending to passionate fighting Irish fans in the house that Rockne built as well.

From 1993 to 95, he served as the Notre Dame Leprechaun, which included becoming a cheerleading team captain in his second year.

After graduating, he also enjoyed a stint as a member of the local media, co-hosting the University of Notre Dame football's pregame radio show on U93.

What's up, everyone? I'm here with Father Andrew Budzinski, the pastor and rector at St.

Matthew Cathedral, South Bend.

Of course, they also call Notre Dame Stadium the Cathedral of College Football, and you have some experience tending to passionate fighting Irish fans there as well.

From 1993 to 95, you served as the Notre Dame Leprechaun, which included becoming a cheerleading team captain in your second year.

You know, and that's unfortunate because I think this is going to have a chance to be a really entertaining game.

Really entertaining game on Saturday night and one I'm looking forward to watching on the replay later because I'll be busy when that game's being played inside Notre Dame Stadium, but...

That's without a doubt the game of the week.

But look, there's two other top 25 matchups that we'll want to talk about this weekend too.

Michigan State will try to do something because they can't just go toe-to-toe with Notre Dame's defense and expect to move the ball.

How many times have we seen this? An inferior opponent comes into Notre Dame Stadium.

They let it all hang out.

They're running reverse.