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In SEC Network analyst Paul Finebaum’s eyes, Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame football aren’t a College Football Playoff contender after they lost to Ohio State 17-14 on Saturday. Finebaum shared his thoughts on the “Matt Barrie Show” (via The Spun’s Daniel Bates) on Monday. “He’s (Marcus Freeman) such a good coach and he’s come so […]

Notre Dame football suffered a heartbreaking loss to Ohio State football this past Saturday. The Fighting Irish led the game until the final second, as Ohio State running back Chip Trayanum scored a one-yard touchdown to give the Buckeyes a 17-14 win. On that play and one before it, Notre Dame football had just 10 […]

Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame very nearly pulled out a huge win over Ohio State on Saturday night, but ended up allowing the Buckeyes to score a game-winning touchdown with one second left on the clock. It was tough to see the Fighting Irish throw away a winnable game, but it was even more irritating […]

The Ohio State football team has been known for winning blowouts over inferior teams in recent years, but hasn’t exactly been known for wins in close games. On Saturday in a hostile environment, Coach Ryan Day’s team stunned the college football world, and superfan LeBron James, with a walk-off, last play win over Notre Dame […]

There has been a lot of coaches that have thrown shade at Deion Sanders and Colorado but Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman spoke glowingly about the work being done in Boulder, Colorado. ESPN College Gameday is broadcasting live from Notre Dame in advance of their huge top-10 matchup between 6th-ranked Ohio State and Freeman […]

The Notre Dame football team has a massive showdown with the Ohio State Buckeyes on a jam-packed Week 4. Wake Forest transfer QB Sam Hartman has gotten off to a hot start for the Fighting Irish, and head coach Marcus Freeman has loved every bit of it. Prior to the Buckeyes clash, Freeman hopped on […]

Notre Dame football’s Week 4 matchup against the Ohio State Buckeyes has the potential to be one of the best games of the year. The AP poll ranked No. 9 Fighting Irish will be hosting the No. 6 Buckeyes in South Bend. This will be only the second matchup this season against top-10 ranked opponents, […]

If you plan to watch Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame football go against Ohio State this weekend, get ready to dig deep into your pockets. One ticket to watch the highly-anticipated matchup at Notre Dame Stadium will cost $640. It’s the most expensive ticket in the college football ranks in 2023, per TickPick’s Kyle Zorn […]

The Ohio State football program has its first big test of the 2023 season coming up when the Buckeyes travel to face Notre Dame on Saturday, and Ohio State head coach Ryan Day had high praise for the Fighting Irish and Marcus Freeman’s coaching job ahead of the matchup. “They have a really good team,” […]

No, 9 Notre Dame football’s highly-anticipated showdown with No. 6 Ohio State suddenly got a major boost just five days before kickoff. Starters JD Bertrand, DJ Brown, and Mitchell Evans will return to play for Notre Dame football head coach Marcus Freeman, per ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg. The team put Bertrand, a linebacker, in concussion protocol […]

The No. 6 Ohio State Buckeyes will be getting their first true test of the 2023 college football season this coming Saturday. Ryan Day and Ohio State football will be visiting South Bend next for a showdown against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish of Marcus Freeman, who also showed Day some love ahead of the […]

Notre Dame football welcomed us all back to the college football scene for the 2023 season with their dominant performance over Navy football on Saturday from Dublin, Ireland. This matchup was much closer last season when the now second-year head coach Marcus Freeman took over the program from Brian Kelly. The Fighting Irish maintained their […]

Sam Hartman transferred to Notre Dame football from Wake Forest football during the off season and made his debut for the Fighting Irish on Saturday against Navy football. It didn’t take very long for Hartman to start gelling with his new offense. Before the game ended, Hartman was 19-23 for 251 yards and four touchdowns. […]

Notre Dame football is entering year two of the Marcus Freeman era. After a very shaky 0-2 start last year that saw the Fighting Irish losing at home to Marshall football, Notre Dame ended up having a solid year. It could’ve been much better if they avoided the Marshall upset and another horrid home loss […]

Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman recently appeared on ESPN with Scott Van Pelt, and he spoke about the experience that he has now heading into his second hear as head coach of the program. “As you go into year two, now you have the experience,” Marcus Freeman said with Scott Van Pelt. “I don’t […]

Notre Dame football is preparing for a big season but they’ve been dealt a pair of injuries prior to the campaign. Head coach Marcus Freeman announced Saturday that tight end Kevin Bauman and defensive end Aiden Gobaira will both miss the entire year with knee injuries. Via Pat Forde: “Notre Dame injury update from Marcus […]

Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman said his team will not bring in another quarterback from the transfer portal and instead invest in backups Kenny Minchey and Steve Angeli behind starter Sam Hartman, according to The Athletic’s Pete Sampson. With Hartman, Minchey and Angeli, Notre Dame has only three scholarship quarterbacks. Four is considered ideal […]

Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman’s first season included ups and downs. The Fighting Irish lost their first two games but later won nine of their last 11, including upset wins over Syracuse and Clemson. Notre Dame lost its first game of the 2022 season to Ohio State football, 21-10. It was Freeman’s first-game as […]

Notre Dame football head coach and Ohio State alum Marcus Freeman presumably has a lot of love for the Buckeyes, even now as a rival of the Big Ten program. That’s why many Buckeyes fans were outraged when Freeman, hired by the Fighting Irish in December of 2021, seemingly took a shot at Ohio State […]

The Notre Dame football program has bolstered its 2024 recruiting class. Four-star athlete Brauntae Johnson has committed to playing for the Notre Dame football team and Fighting Irish coach Marcus Freeman. Brauntae Johnson revealed his commitment to Notre Dame football with a live announcement on 247Sports. The highly sought-after recruit turned down offers from Auburn, […]

There aren’t many programs more successful than Ohio State football. Hard as it is to defeat the Buckeyes on the field, how do competing coaches go about beating them on the recruiting trail? Notre Dame football’s Marcus Freeman, at least, seems to have figured out a successful strategy. Four-star recruit Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa is deciding between […]

Former Notre Dame football quarterback Tyler Buchner announced that he is transferring to the Alabama football program, and Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman spoke about Buchner’s announcement in an appearance on NFL Network with Andrew Siciliano. “Oh we love Tyler, wish him the best of luck,” Marcus Freeman said on NFL Network, via Andrew […]

The quarterback competition between Sam Hartman and Tyler Buchner will continue after the Notre Dame football spring game, according to head coach Marcus Freeman. However, few Fighting Irish fans who actually watched the Notre Dame football exhibition seem to believe that the starting job is still up in the air. If Sam Hartman didn’t outright […]

Gerad Parker knows exactly what it’s like to go through early failure at Notre Dame. Stepping into a bigger role with the Fighting Irish in 2023, the team’s former tight ends coach knows he can rely on that experience for success going forward—just like head coach Marcus Freeman. Parker was officially named Notre Dame’s offensive […]

Notre Dame football zeroed in on Utah Utes’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Andy Ludwig, who was reportedly a “leading candidate” for the same position with the Fighting Irish. That much was made apparent when Notre Dame football head coach Marcus Freeman was spotted attending a Fighting Irish hockey game with Ludwig by his side, […]

Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman has officially named Gerad Parker the team’s new offensive coordinator. Parker had been the Notre Dame football tight ends coach during Freeman’s first season as the Fighting Irish head coach. For the 2023 season, Parker has been promoted to replace former Notre Dame offensive coordinator Tommy Rees. “I am […]

Notre Dame football’s Marcus Freeman is in the process of conducting a search for the Fighting Irish’ next offensive coordinator after the departure of Tommy Rees to Alabama. It was reported on Friday that Freeman and Notre Dame football had themselves a leading candidate for the offensive coordinator role in the Utah Utes’ Andy Ludwig. […]

Following former offensive coordinator Tommy Rees departure to Alabama, Notre Dame is now in search of someone to fill the role. It appears that they have at least one former NFL offensive coordinator interested in the job. This comes in former Tampa Bay Buccaneers OC Byron Leftwich According to Grace Remington of 247sports, Byron Leftwich […]

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team are on the hunt for a new offensive coordinator. Tommy Rees left the school on February 3 to become the offensive coordinator at Alabama. Rees heads to the Crimson Tide to replace Bill O’Brien. O’Brien went back to the NFL, joining the New England Patriots to help former […]

Notre Dame football managed to secure the talents of one of the best quarterbacks on the transfer portal this week in Sam Hartman, who left Wake Forest to join the Fighting Irish. That’s a massive addition to the program and head coach Marcus Freeman couldn’t be happier to welcome in the signal-caller who is looking […]

Notre Dame Fighting Irish head football coach Marcus Freeman said sophomore quarterback Tyler Buchner was “magnificent” and “ready to roll” as he returns from injury before a matchup with the South Carolina Gamecocks in the Gator Bowl, according to a Thursday tweet from Athletic Notre Dame beat writer Pete Sampson. Buchner hadn’t taken a single […]

Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman has demonstrated that he wants to be honest with his players, even when it does not work in the immediate favor of the Fighting Irish. That is the case with Notre Dame quarterback Drew Pyne, who has entered the transfer portal. Pyne’s decision came after he spoke with Freeman, […]

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will have quite a test coming up on Saturday, as it will meet Caleb Williams and the USC Trojans’ high-octane offense. No team has had any answer for Williams this season. The versatile passer comes into his first-ever meeting against Notre Dame ranking in the top 10 in all the […]

It’s rivalry week across college football, and trophies from an egg to a platypus will be handed out in some of this country’s most historic matchups. One of those games is the 90th all-time meeting between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and USC Trojans. Marcus Freeman’s team has completely turned the tide from early-season struggles […]

Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame football have come a long way since it was announced that starting quarterback Tyler Buchner would miss four months after suffering a shoulder injury back in September. Now, it appears that the four-month timeline might not still apply, given that the Fighting Irish are surging and look like one of […]

This offseason saw one of the wildest college football coaching carousels in recent memory. On one hand, longtime head coaches at one program left to take over at another powerhouse program. On the other, first-time head coaches got their big break at long-successful programs. While some head coaches have struggled in their first season, many […]

The University of Virginia endured an unimaginable tragedy, as football players Lavel Davis Jr., Devin Chandler and D’Sean Perry were killed in a shooting on campus late Sunday night. With multiple college football head coaches taking the podium for media sessions on Monday afternoon, the tragedy was not far from their minds. LSU Tigers head […]

Think back all the way to 2010. Notre Dame football had just come off a season in which they went 6-6 and fired head coach Charlie Weis. They hired up-and-coming Cincinnati head coach Brian Kelly to steer the ship back to the promised land. Kelly would have the Fighting Irish in the National Championship Game […]

Marcus Freeman and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are set to take on Dabo Swinney and the Clemson Tigers on Saturday night at home. Heading into the matchup, Freeman has led Notre Dame to a 5-3 record. They have managed to turn things around since starting the season off 0-2. On the other side, Swinney […]