College Football Playoff: Notre Dame vs. Ohio State Showdown

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00:00Uh, tonight is the College Football Playoff National Championship, the final game of our

00:09first 12-team playoff.

00:11Only two teams are left.

00:13The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame and Marcus Freeman against Ohio State and Ryan Day.

00:20Why don't we start with Marcus Freeman.

00:23Of course, in case you didn't know by now, Freeman went to Ohio State.

00:27He played there.

00:28Uh, but he is now the coach of the Fighting Irish, Scotty.

00:31He doesn't care about what he did in Columbus.

00:34Here's Freeman.

00:35Everybody knows where I went to college, but as I've continuously said to our program and

00:40everybody around our program is that this opportunity is about this opportunity.

00:44This isn't about where I went to school.

00:46This isn't about the last two times we played Ohio State.

00:49This opportunity is about this opportunity, and we've got to make sure we focus on that

00:53because this opponent is this current opponent.

00:56It's not the last two that we faced, and it's going to be a great challenge.

01:02If you remember the last time they played him in South Bend, I bet on Ohio State to

01:08win that game outright on this show, and they got it done at Notre Dame Stadium, and it

01:13was just a fantastic game, and they scored late to win the game.

01:17I think it's going to be a game very similar to that.

01:20I think all this talk about Ohio State blowing them out and being invincible, they're the

01:27greatest team that's ever played.

01:29I mean, honestly, I have heard people losing their minds about the Buckeyes being the greatest

01:36team ever assembled.

01:37I just don't believe that for one second that they're the greatest team that's been assembled

01:43in college football history.

01:45Not even close.

01:47I mean, not even close.

01:48The Ohio State's loss to Michigan was embarrassing, okay?

01:53So I don't want to hear it.

01:54And same thing with Notre Dame losing to Northern Illinois.

01:57That's embarrassing.

01:58So let's calm down that these are the two greatest teams ever.

02:01This is just who's playing who tonight.

02:03This is a great game between two really good teams, and I think people have overstated

02:09Ohio State that they're this vaunted team that's unbeatable.

02:13If they're so unbeatable, what happened against Michigan?

02:17Yeah, I'm with you.

02:19They are not some unbeatable juggernaut that's walking into this title game, and they're

02:25just going to—you know, this is not—you know, Notre Dame played—last time they were

02:28in a title game was Alabama about 10 years ago.

02:31I mean, they lost by 40.

02:32They got whacked because that Alabama team was unstoppable.

02:35Yeah, that was legit.

02:37That is not this tonight.

02:40You mentioned that game last year, 2023 season.

02:43Ohio State scored with one second left to get that 17-14 win in South Bend.

02:50So that was a hell of a game that they played, and I think we're going to be in for a kind

02:54of game like that tonight with these two.

02:57One more from Freeman, of course, the chance to bring glory back to South Bend.

03:02Let's go, baby.

03:04You know, when I think about this last guaranteed one, you know, we started the season talking

03:09about reaching our full potential, and we got one guaranteed opportunity to do that.

03:14And let's continuously put all the work we can in these last 48 hours or however many

03:20hours we have left to prepare for this moment, and then go play.

03:25Go play.

03:26You got a chance to play in a national championship game, and enjoy the opportunity.

03:31It's going to be a difficult one.

03:32We know that.

03:33But listen, go out there and enjoy it.

03:37And don't let the things outside of those white lines affect the way you play.

03:45That's probably what's most important.

03:48I'm grateful for this opportunity and looking forward to it tomorrow.

03:53Let's go.

03:54I don't know about that victory speech there.

03:56It was a little soft.

03:57I'm not feeling it.

03:58But let's see what Ryan says.

04:00He plays it that way in the press conferences.

04:03He plays it that way in the press conferences.

04:06You get him behind closed doors in the locker room, he's got the fire.

04:09He just doesn't like doing all that up there at the podium.

04:13He lets the other guy do all the talking.

04:16That's usually Marcus Freeman's way.

04:18Here is Ryan Day.

04:19He knows a very tough challenge with the Fighting Irish on the other side.

04:24This is an excellent team that has, you know, just found a way to win week in and week out.

04:29They, you know, I think have over 140 points off of turnovers.

04:33They play great in all three phases.

04:36You talk about offense, defense and special teams.

04:39I mean, these guys are really good on special teams.

04:42They keep you on your heels all the time.

04:44I mean, they fake punts.

04:45They fake field goals.

04:46They find different creative ways to get guys in the game.

04:48They've done onside kicks.

04:49They've done reverses on kickoff return.

04:51I mean, they're very, very good in all three phases.

04:55So it's a big challenge.

04:56And really the focus is about executing and, you know,

04:58making sure that we prepare for this game.

05:00Not, you know, the fact that it's Ohio State versus Notre Dame.

05:05Nothing in the past matters and nothing moving forward matters.

05:09Okay.

05:10Whatever.

05:11I'm sick of him.

05:12Give me the numbers.

05:13I hate him to begin with.

05:14I'm sick of him.

05:15He's sick of him.

05:16There was one that was kind of chatty, I guess.

05:19Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith says he can't wait to put on a show against Notre Dame.

05:25He said they better be ready if they play man to man.

05:28So he's putting that out there.

05:29That's Notre Dame, by the way, the number one pass defense in the country this year.

05:36The Notre Dame fighting Irish.

05:37So let's go, Smith.

05:39Let's do it then.

05:41They better worry about him because he's a special talent.

05:44There's no doubt that he can roast him tonight.

05:46He's a real worry for me.

05:48Obviously, if Notre Dame stops him, Notre Dame wins the game.

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