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No. 5 Notre Dame exits its open date and heads to Gillette Stadium on Saturday in Foxborough, Mass., to face rival Navy. Matt Fortuna and Pete Sampson are here to preview the contest between the Fighting Irish and Midshipmen, and to talk much more as Miami awaits the following week. Plus, basketball season is here. Notre Dame’s men’s and women’s teams open their seasons Sunday against Villanova in Rome for the Eternal City Tip-Off, not far from Pope Leo XIV.
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"Notre Dame-Navy preview. Can Marcus Freeman’s Irish get back to their winning ways?" is an episode of The Independent: A Notre Dame Football Podcast. Runtime 34 min. Published October 29, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.