Marcus Freeman earns first career win as Irish top California, 24-17!
The Shamrock: A show about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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4.8 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Notre Dame's inauspicious start to the season finally turned a corner, as the Irish dodged a pesky Cal team, 24-17. Pete and Matt react to Marcus Freeman's first career win, Tommy Rees' play-calling with Drew Pyne at the helm, Pyne's performance itself, Chris Tyree's playmaking as well as his postgame comments. The guys also key in on a dominant six-sack outing by ND's defensive line. Plus, would the Irish stand a chance against UNC, Clemson, Syracuse, and other notable opponents on their schedule, based on today's win?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the latest episode of the Shamrock. |
| 0:12.1 | I'm Pete Sampson joined by my co-host Matt Fortuna. |
| 0:15.4 | We're both atop Notre Dame Stadium after Noreum's 2417 win over Cal. |
| 0:19.2 | That was, it was a lot of a lot and I think that Marcus |
| 0:22.5 | Freeman wore that on his face after the game for how for how stoic he was during it |
| 0:28.6 | it almost reminded me of like the Bob Knight NCAA tournament press conference |
| 0:33.3 | where it was like what's my game face And like he makes every face imaginable. |
| 0:37.7 | But yeah, this one probably took a year off Marcus Freeman's life. |
| 0:42.3 | But to get your first win after three straight losses, he would probably, if he was with us right now, say that was totally worth it. |
| 0:50.2 | Robert Montgomery Knight was not the personality I expected for Marcus Freeman after his first win as a head coach. |
| 0:55.5 | I started in my preview noted how the season did. |
| 0:57.9 | The season felt like it was on the brink. |
| 1:00.9 | And to pull it, look, to pull it back, they really needed something from everybody today. |
| 1:05.7 | They need Drew Pine to get it in gear in the second half. |
| 1:08.4 | They needed the offensive line to sort of play a little bit like the |
| 1:12.0 | offensive line we thought it was going to be. |
| 1:13.8 | They needed the defensive line to play a lot like the defensive line we thought |
| 1:16.8 | it was going to be. |
| 1:18.2 | And ultimately, it was just enough to get over the line. |
| 1:22.1 | Hail Mary at the end that hit some Cal hands. |
| 1:25.1 | I'm not sure who it was because we're 120 yards away in the other end zone. |
| 1:28.5 | But, yeah, it was exhausting. |
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