Jun. 15—Marcus Freeman’s Notre Dame Fighting Irish face Ohio State on the football field in September. He has already run afoul of the Buckeyes twice since being named head coach at ND in December, though. First the Wayne High School graduate described opting to play at Ohio State over Notre Dame when he was a recruit as a mistake. “We all know there’s something different about Notre Dame,” he wrote in an “open letter” to Notre Dame fans for The Players Tribune on Dec. 7, four days after he was named head coach of the Fighting Irish. “We all know it’s something special. And I just thank God that I didn’t make the wrong decision twice.” This week another incident occurred when a profile of Freeman at CBSSports.com appeared to have him at least implying kids who attend Ohio State and Cincinnati — his previous coaching stop before going to…
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