Marcus Freeman will not worry if No. 9 Notre Dame (4-0) can or cannot get No. 6 Ohio State’s quarterback Kyle McCord on the ground on Saturday night, as long as the Irish are able to hassle the junior quarterback in his fourth career start. Continuing the season’s trend, Notre Dame sacked Central Michigan quarterback Jase Bauer only twice in the 41-17 win this past weekend despite hurrying him another five times. In four games now, that gives the Irish just six sacks on 29 pressures, a takedown rate of 20.7 percent, a good tick down from last year’s national average of a bit more than 30 percent. Yet, Notre Dame currently has the country’s No. 1 defense in terms of passer rating. The exact ranking may be a bit embellished by the Irish playing an FCS team in Week 1, but a majority of the country has already faced…
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