Today's Rapid Fire topics include:

* Fill-in the blank...Marcus Freeman’s extension looks BLANK today.

* Sports media reporter John Ourand hosts a sports media podcast called The Varsity. He had College Football Playoff executive director Rich Clark as a guest this weekend and Clark talked about how they came to the decision to have last Thursday’s Sugar Bowl kickoff at 4 Eastern/3 Central Time when they had to push it back a day last week. We discuss his explanation.

* We hear more from Clark on why the CFP couldn't flip flop the Orange Bowl and Cotton Bowl semifinal games to give Notre Dame an extra day of preparation after their game was delayed by a day last week.

* We hear Irish defensive coordinator Al Golden's thoughts on defensive tackle Gabe Rubio and discuss Rubio's play vs Georgia after the loss of Rylie Mills.

* We hear and discuss Freeman's description of the preparation the Irish did for the 4th and 1 play in the fourth quarter that drew a key offsides call on Georgia.

* We hear more from Freeman on offensive lineman Pat Coogan and discuss Coogan's fiery pregame speeches with his teammates.

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