Today's Rapid Fire topics include: * Marcus Freeman said earlier this week that nose guard Howard Cross will be back for Notre Dame’s College Football Playoff game. On a scale of 1 to 10...How important is getting Cross back? * Flag planting became a thing at the end of the regular season after a bunch of rivalry games. Irish head coach Marcus Freeman shared his thoughts on flag planting on Robert Griffin III’s Outta Pocket podcast this week. We hear those comments and discuss. * Irish players Riley Leonard and Jeremiyah Love were on the Outta Pocket pod as well. We hear their thoughts on flag planting.  * We discuss an Ohio lawmaker proposing a law to make flag planting at Ohio Stadium a felony offense.  * Leonard also talked about some of the trash talk that Love does during games. We hear those comments and discuss.  * Fill-in the blank...they asked Leonard what his breakthrough moment is and he said it hasn’t happened yet. Leonard’s breakthrough moment is BLANK. * Todd McShay, David Pollock and Steve Muench were talking about Notre Dame on McShay’s podcast this week. They asked "Who would you rather have: Riley Leonard or Will Howard". We discuss.  Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/  Join the Irish Breakdown premium message board: https://boards.irishbreakdown.com  Stay locked into Irish Breakdown for all the latest news and analysis about Notre Dame: https://www.irishbreakdown.com​ Subscribe to the Irish Breakdown podcast on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/irish-breakdown/id1485286986 Like and follow Irish Breakdown on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/irishbreakdown Sign up for the FREE Irish Breakdown daily newsletter: https://www.subscribepage.com/irish-breakdown-newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices