Rapid Fire: Pete Bevacqua Talks Marcus Freeman Contract Extension, Plus Mike Denbrock And Al Golden Comments

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🗓️ 18 December 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Today's Rapid Fire topics include: * Irish athletic director Pete Bevacqua explains why now was the time to sign head coach Marcus Freeman to a contract extension. * Bevacqua answers whether or not Freeman has NFL and/or Ohio State out clauses in his new contract. * More from Bevacqua on an increased pool of money for the salaries of Irish assistant coaches. * Comments from Irish offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock on Freeman's extension. * Comments from Al Golden on why his defense had an up and down game to close the regular season vs USC and what it could mean this week against Indiana. * What uniforms will Notre Dame wear in Friday's playoff game vs Indiana? 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

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0:00.0	Are you ready for rapid fire?
0:15.2	Let's do it.
0:16.4	I can't believe it's already rapid fire time.
0:18.2	I know.
0:18.9	I know.
0:19.4	We've got a lot to cover still in rapid fire
0:22.4	because we did get to talk with Pete Bavakwa, Notre Dame's athletic director today. Filled
0:27.9	a few questions, as you could imagine, doing a press conference today about Marcus Freeman's
0:31.9	contract extension. I asked him why now was the time to get it done?
0:40.1	Yeah, I mean, it's something I wanted to do and have been thinking about all year.
0:46.0	You know, he's our coach. I want him, and Notre Dame wants him to be our coach for the foreseeable future.
0:51.6	This isn't about any game or any stretch of games. He is the right person to be
0:57.6	our head coach for on the field and off the field reasons. So in talking with Marcus and primarily with
1:05.1	his agent, Clint Dowdell, I just felt like it made sense the regular season has ended. Let's get this done before the
1:14.5	playoff game. Let's put it to rest. I want it to happen. Notre Dame wants it to happen.
1:19.8	Coach Freeman couldn't be more excited about staying at Notre Dame. This looked like the perfect time.
1:26.1	And, you know, to do it without it all being a
1:29.1	distraction to him, he is 100% focused on Friday night and just wanted to get it done, wanted
1:35.4	to get it done quickly, wanted to get it done in a way that was made him happy and made him
1:40.0	happy about his staff. Again, I can't stress enough about how many of the conversations with him
1:45.5	were about his staff, and obviously in a way that works for Notre Dame. And when two groups
1:50.1	want to do something, it's usually easy to figure out. So what do you think, Jess? We'll hear more
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