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The No. 9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish are gearing up for a big matchup on Saturday against the No. 22 Pittsburgh Panthers.
After stumbling in their first two games of the season, the Fighting Irish have bounced back with seven straight wins and appear to be in control of their own playoff destiny, hoping to return to the College Football Playoff after last year’s loss to Ohio State in the national championship.
Even with all the success on the field, head coach Marcus Freeman—one of the hottest names in the coaching world—has been the center of speculation about other potential openings. This week, in an interview with On3’s Chris Low, Freeman finally addressed the rumors and shared where he stands amid all the chatter.
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“There’s too much work to be done, and we’ve all invested so much that none of that noise matters,” Freeman told On3 this week. “I don’t waste time on any of it by saying, ‘Hey guys, I know my name’s being mentioned for this job or that job,’ but I do use it as a message, and that is, ‘We control the noise that we put in our own head.’ Just because somebody else is creating noise or somebody else has a thought doesn’t mean it has to be my thought.
“If my name is being mentioned for another job, that’s somebody else’s noise. That ain’t the noise that Marcus Freeman is putting in his mind. It’s the same with our players. We all have to make sure that we’re evaluating the noise that we’re putting into our own heads, and does it align with our goals?”
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Freeman took over as Notre Dame’s head coach in 2021, stepping in for Brian Kelly. Since then, he’s kept the Fighting Irish near the top of college football.
Sure, openings like LSU, Penn State, Florida, and even some NFL jobs might catch anyone’s eye, but Freeman seems to have found a home in South Bend, where the program just keeps moving in the right direction.
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