Irish Breakdown discusses several Notre Dame football topics after the Orange Bowl win over Penn State in the College Football Playoff semifinals.

Today's Rapid Fire topics include:

* We hear from Riley Leonard what Marcus Freeman's halftime message to his team was when they were trailing 10-3 in the Orange Bowl

* Freeman was asked on the field afterwards about how his team was able to overcome and win. We hear and discuss that comment.

* Fill-in the blank…Jeremiyah Love saying “We want to play Ohio State” after beating Penn State is BLANK.

* Which Irish win is bigger: Georgia or Penn State?

* Fill-in the blank...It’s BLANK that Penn State didn’t have a wide receiver catch a pass against Notre Dame.

* From the Champion’s Lounge: To start the second quarter, Penn State settled for 3 on 4th and Goal at the 2, after Nick Singleton dropped a low pass in the open from Drew Allar on 3rd down. The four points were ultimately the difference in the game.

1. 1 Would Freeman have gone for it?
2. 2 Was the FG the right call at this point in the game?

* Fill-in the blank…It’s BLANK that James Franklin is now 1-15 against AP top 5 teams as head coach at Penn State.

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