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The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

Marcus Freeman on Notre Dame's CFP run, staying Independent, USC Rivalry | Big Noon Conversations

The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

Fox Sports

Sports, Football

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

FOX Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt sits down with Notre Dame Head Coach Marcus Freeman to discuss the Fighting Irish’s run to the National Championship Game and how the program builds on that success. They talk about Notre Dame’s independence in the sport and whether that is something that will always make sense in the future with the changing landscape in college football. The two also get into the nature of scheduling in the sport and why Freeman wants the USC rivalry to continue on a yearly basis. Coach opens up about what he’s learned in his first 3 full seasons as the leader of one of the most prestigious programs in the country and much more in the first episode of Big Noon Conversations in 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:29.7

I know you don't like being called a young coach. Are there any other teams that you'd like to play

0:36.6

every year? I feel like you'd like to play every year?

0:40.9

I feel like you're trying to get at a certain team that's been buzzing.

0:47.1

What do you know now that you wish you could go back and tell that guy after the loss to Marshall?

0:48.6

The greatest thing in life takes time.

0:54.7

There is no such thing as instant gratification if you're talking about creating something great.

1:01.3

On this episode of Big Noon Conversations, I talk with the head coach of Notre Dame, Marcus Freeman.

1:11.2

All right, Marcus Freeman, head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Thanks for joining us, man.

1:11.9

Absolutely, man. Thanks for coming.

1:12.9

I got to tell you.

1:14.2

And I didn't want to tell you before you sat down because I didn't want to steal kind of this line.

1:21.3

I hate to break it to all of you out there.

1:23.3

But we are actually sitting in, this is my singular favorite spot in all of college football.

1:28.6

This is the locker room at Notre Dame Stadium.

1:31.1

I appreciate that.

1:32.3

We're going to make sure we get that message out there a little bit more.

1:35.0

I'm sure.

1:36.1

It's incredible.

1:37.3

You've mixed, like, you know, and obviously they did this before you were the head coach,

1:41.0

but mixing the old with the new and going out the door and down the

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