Anticipation for Ohio State’s season opener against Notre Dame is already high. Fighting Irish coach Marcus Freeman keeps adding to it. In an interview with CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd while at a speaking event in St. Louis, Freeman spoke approvingly of Notre Dame’s lofty academic standards. “I’m not saying from top to bottom,” he told Dodd, “but the majority of our kids, they — I want to say this the right way — are pushed to learn and their study habits are formulated every day. You can’t cheat academics at Notre Dame.” Buckeyes score high on APR: Ohio State football program gets perfect score in NCAA Academic Progress Rate College football schedule: 2022 Big Ten football media days to return to Indianapolis in July Ohio State, Notre Dame connections: Former Ohio State linebacker James Laurinaitis to join Freeman’s Notre Dame coaching staff Freeman then mentioned Ohio State, where he was…
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