Marcus Freeman: Why Notre Dame Will NOT Be Joining a Conference | The Rich Eisen Show

[@sithlord7530]

Good job coach Freeman. Go Irish!

[@tracyisbest]

Really? Beat a bunch of chump teams. Who's next, Sears, Robuck and Company? Good Lord, play someone!!!!!!!!! The damn season's almost over.

[@IAmAMeateater]

@@tracyisbestthey’ll always play crap teams and claim “but we play all over the country”. Then cry when they lose to an unranked nobody every year, then get blown out in the playoffs

[@IAmAMeateater]

⁠they’ll always play crap teams and claim “but we play all over the country”. Then cry when they lose to an unranked nobody every year, then get blown out in the playoffs

[@NDMatador]

@@tracyisbest cry harder. They beat 8 teams with winning records, 4 of whom were ranked at the time they played. Nice try repeating an incorrect and tired take.

[@rodgermiller8980]

​@@tracyisbestmaybe a bunch of chump teams,but most of those teams would beat Alabama and Georgia this year,look at what GT did to Georgia,took.them to 8 ots and ND destroyed GT,so what you're saying is Georgia and Alabama are chump teams too,smart,very smart,maybe quit hating so much and worry about your chump team

[@IsaacMyers-xq4iv]

I don’t know if Rich is grasping that by not having to play in a conference championship game is a de facto bye week.

[@tracyisbest]

.....and even the bye week is a tougher opponent than anyone they've played so far.

[@DarrylJones-jc7wq]

@@tracyisbestTexas A&M, Louisville, Navy and Army. Were all ranked in the top 25 when they were beat.

[@TheLearningCatalystCoach]

In addition to the ranked, good teams that Notre Dame beat(handily)...they beat a USC team that can beat most any team in the country if they play well (which did not happen every week). Who did Penn State play other than their OSU loss? Illinois? Lol. Who has Ohio State really beat? An overrated Penn State team? An Indiana team that is good but also really didn't beat any good teams. Who else?! Georgia needed how many OTs to survive Georgia Tech? In addition to their 2 losses.

[@BigMonty686]

@@tracyisbest🥱

[@kevinward6141]

Its all good after Georgia beats Texas ND probably drops

[@evan1788]

Just here to say nd lives rent free in so many’s heads hahahahah ☘️☘️☘️

[@Adkb123]

Keep telling yourself that

[@croach69]

Whose head.

[@cfbnd]

@@Adkb123 Don't get mad haha u r proving his point

[@MrBlpete]

Coach keeps that cut looking clean as hell

[@Melvinmutt]

Coach of the year!

[@IAmAMeateater]

⁠they’ll always play crap teams and claim “but we play all over the country”. Then cry when they lose to an unranked nobody every year, then get blown out in the playoffs

[@WinterWonderland-s8z]

No way, coach of the year when he brought in another QB to fix his biggest problem at ND developing this own? And the schedule they had makes you coach of the year, all big hype.

[@williamcowell1889]

Coach of the year doesn’t lose to NIU

[@BigMonty686]

@@IAmAMeateaterwhen did they cry? Funny how UGA and PSU struggled with the same “crap teams” ND WORKED! 🥱

[@Evenflow-us1py]

ASU

[@seanlucero9506]

Good lord people don’t understand ND. WE ARE NOT JOINING A CONFERENCE. Get it through your thick skulls.

[@williamcowell1889]

But whyyyy

[@lxvi2]

@@williamcowell1889why is it your concern?

[@williamcowell1889]

@@lxvi2 my concern is that ND has to never worry about competing for a conference title . Thus, easiest path to the CFP and pad your season with a bunch of sub par teams .

[@lxvi2]

@ then cry to your mother about it

[@Doc3-h5v]

​@@williamcowell1889hmmm....just like Alabama?

[@brianjirish]

Freeman constantly answering the same question about joining/not joining a conference has got to be tiresome. My goodness it really is Notre Dame vs The World.🍀🍀

[@BigMonty686]

100%

[@jbake1]

Yalls most famous player is a fictional 5'8" coal miner ..... slow ya roll 😂😂😂😂 people just tired of yall getting all the benefit of the doubt after not proven worth it once 🤷‍♂️ 😂

[@brianjirish]

@@jbake1 You're just a typical casual fan. Move along child. 🥱🥱🥱🥱

[@jbake1]

@@brianjirish "casual fan" real original there, bubba 😂 😂 😂 😂 much like the rest of ya thoughts, I'm sure. Enjoy Rudy and a Catfish Documentary; that's all yall got!! 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@raidernationcali]

Notre Dame baby! Rich Eisen is the truth. Thanks for the continued support to The Raiders and The Football fighting Irish.

[@shoeboiXxX]

They get to pick and choose their opponents from all conferences, while playing some ACC teams(which arent the worst in the world) while maintaining rivalries with USC, Standford, and now MSU again. Conference championship week is their bye week. It would be dumb for the Irish to go to a conference full time

[@IAmAMeateater]

⁠they’ll always play crap teams and claim “but we play all over the country”. Then cry when they lose to an unranked nobody every year, then get blown out in the playoffs

[@WinterWonderland-s8z]

@@IAmAMeateater Great points. Yes you look at the teams they schedule and play. I said this all along, Freeman has not played back to back top ranked 4 teams since he was hired. Agree they pick and choose who they want to play but when it all comes down to winning a championship, its been since 1988 since they won it all. Loooong time.

[@shoeboiXxX]

@@WinterWonderland-s8z um clemson was ranked 4th and ND beat them. 2 seasons ago. Under the freeman era. You seem to have missed that top 4 matchup

[@shoeboiXxX]

@@IAmAMeateater they took care of texas a&m your conversation is done. You just copied and pasted what everyone else said. They scheduled miami and miami said screw that.

[@joe-hl9rl]

​@@IAmAMeateater Miami, Texas, IU, etc had weak scheduling and no one says anything, ND has weak scheduling and everyone starts losing their minds. The fact is they are a good program this year. National champion level even, and I think they know as much as the fans and naysayers know that they have a lot to prove this playoff. Bring it on.

[@gabea3108]

Go IRISH !☘️

[@tracyisbest]

And take the Mormons with you!

[@IAmAMeateater]

⁠they’ll always play crap teams and claim “but we play all over the country”. Then cry when they lose to an unranked nobody every year, then get blown out in the playoffs

[@joe-hl9rl]

​@@IAmAMeateatercopy and pasted bs response. Too lazy to think beyond 4 sentences.

[@theophilus3793]

@@IAmAMeateater Are you ok? You already posted this exact comment above.

[@jimmykelly4138]

This is our bye week

[@GeorgeDauberman-v1f]

Love the Irish

[@brob8204]

He's like the prettiest, savage, violent dude you will ever come across. Love Marcus, man!

[@davidlittlefield1327]

Marcus have a filter on?

[@KenWarm-l8c]

I wish people would remember when there were quite a few Independents conference title winners getting a bye is a joke in some cases with some teams with 3 losses

[@akhenteborotho5370]

Nah he’s just pretty like that. No diddy.

[@KenWarm-l8c]

@akhenteborotho5370 Marcus is a smart man the press tries to make him answer things they know he has no control over they should stay independent because it irks the media and the fans that are stuck in a rut playing the same teams where Notre Dame can vary their schedule these leagues are too big and there's too much traveling for a college football team

[@martinhouston3864]

@@akhenteborotho5370 I’m gonna need you to pick another adjective than pretty to describe a male figure bro because tagging NO DIDDY at the end means absolutely nothing!🤣

[@tompabreza6487]

Spend some AD money on better lighting in that office.

[@slibertas1996]

Yes they will

[@tracyisbest]

They won't join as long as networks and conferences/schools keep giving them what they want. Force their hand. Don't let them leach off the ACC or any league and they'll have to join a league or drop down a division. But no one ever makes them do this. Maybe it's mob related or something, who knows?

[@billdurkee8824]

Freeman is The Man. Good coach.

[@michaelparks1260]

MFERA💪☘🏈mackin & stackin

[@v1rotatev230]

Just look at how the playoff were just seated conference championship games literally mean nothing so I join.

[@noah.conley]

Because the ACC is a joke and we can beat up on those teams…

[@williamcowell1889]

But can’t beat up an NIU team.. nice try

[@trogdog1267]

Their #6 team took the SEC champion to 8 OTs and arguably should have won without the missed targeting penalty. Far from what sensible people would call a "joke".

[@noah.conley]

@@trogdog1267 Georgia clearly over looked Georgia tech man! I bet Georgia to beat Texas today, feel like this Georgia team in particular has only got up for big games

[@ilikecheeseburger42]

@@noah.conleyLike Alabama!!!!

[@lzulas95]

I do understand the benefits of being independent, however I still really wish we could join the Big 10. Location wise and rivalry wise it's all there for us. But the perk of being able to play without being tied down to any one conference has always made for some really exciting games.

[@lynnerose7891]

Learn history. ND WAS BLACKBALLED BY MICHIGAN-TWICE. They are not ever joining the Big Ten.

[@awookieandagerman]

If we ever do join a conference I think we’re contractually obligated to join the ACC in our deal with them that forces us to schedule a certain number of their teams every year. This is also why we were in the ACC for one year during Covid, since so much of our scheduling fell apart that was the only way we could play a playoff worthy schedule that year.

[@lzulas95]

@@lynnerose7891 Yep; very aware of that.

[@brob8204]

I have the utmost respect for Notre Dame as a school and program. You literally cannot tell the history of college football w/out Notre Dame. Notre Dame is woven in the fabric of college football... It's utter bullshit that they get away with being an 'independent.' What's that all about? Other programs are literally beating the piss out of each other every weekend to vie for a championship seed and you guys don't have to do that? Make that make sense.

[@brwskitime]

Dim lighting is his friend

[@JR-he6fn]

That man is handsome (huge pause) but why does his hair look like a video game character from fallout

[@samhusk3628]

Nice paint Marcus

[@harryhondo1013]

You need to play the top of the B1G, not Purdue (and USC wasn't that good this year), and branch out to play an Alabama, Georgia, or Texas. You want to be independent then play the top teams. An SEC or B1G school doesn't get to play one tough game a year.

[@rodgermiller8980]

I dont see Alabama or Georgia scheduling Army or Navy or USC,are they scared to??but they can schedule scrub teams like fn Mercer,or Mofford,fn division -3 teams to stack their resumes,get real with your bs,nobody cares what you think,especially ND and their fans,now move on troll boi

[@timduncan6750]

You have to schedule years out and Purdue is close geographically

[@malachilining2730]

They've played Georgia, OSU, Clemson, A&M and Miami several times in the last 5 years

[@Kev11Elev]

You're right. Alabama and Georgia play two tough games a year. Meanwhile, Notre Dame plays on average three tough games a year or more.

[@southernprideperformance2951]

USC was better than their record shows… before Notre Dame they were 19 points away from being unbeaten and had led every single game. They had the talent. Just didn’t have the coaching. Besides that, FSU was supposed to be a top 10 team. The Shamrock series game was initially supposed to be played against Miami and they backed out.

[@pars5027]

Why ND won't join a conference? Because they don't want a tough real competitive schedule! And.....they don't want to share revenues.

[@tracyisbest]

Not really. They're currently 75 percent in the ACC in football and are in totally with other sports. Play two more ACC teams in football and they can play for the conference title. Instead they get none of that. And yes, granted, that would mean splitting ACC revenue and giving up that NBC deal. THAT is what this is really about. They claim "independence" but it's a lie. And they know it.

[@jimmyward7038]

Sharing? Yeah this isn’t kindergarten buddy. Eat or be eaten.

[@irishentrance]

Yeah the Big 12 and ACC had real competitive schedules this year.

[@danielwade1978]

Tough schedule in a conference? 😂

[@WinterWonderland-s8z]

Well said, and someone says Freeman coach of the year, LOL.

[@raveouscarlias4479]

Future is bright with Marcus Freeman as our HC! GO IRISH!! ☘☘☘

[@garygrassler09]

Hate notre dame. He’s a coach I’d want my kids to play for

[@michaeldavid6284]

So amusing that Golden Domers still believe their brand is as special as it was 30-40 years ago.

[@adameast1226]

I'm sorry .. but WHAT THE FOG IS THAT ON HIS HEAD ?

[@SurfCityBill]

Asphalt sealer.

[@SurfCityBill]

Why does he have candle wax on his head?

[@brob8204]

😁

[@WolverineIncognito]

What is the deal with Freeman’s hair?

[@croach69]

U can thank the buckeyes for freeman. Then u can do it with a league. Dont need to be in a league now. All about money and rights. He just answers to nbc. Yes master

[@jonathankatz2478]

Dude painted on his hair today

[@Mikey-i5q]

WTF does that even mean that man has a full head of hair and looking like a stud you my boi looking like a bum... You a Ohio State fan or worst thing a Alabama fan??

[@YouTubeViolates1A]

Beats looking like a horse everyday, eh John? ;)

[@WillGettinToIt]

His hair is not painted on. He's half Asian so his hair is of Asian texture. You guys need to chill smh. And I'm a barber so I would know if it's painted on and I know his barber and he ain't using it on Freeman, I guarantee

[@sithlord7530]

Like your moms lol

[@ryanb1015]

Hahaha, it's not painted but the lighting in his office is doing him dirty.

[@tracyisbest]

THEY'RE IN A CONFERENCE IT'S CALLED THE ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE ALL SPORTS SANS FOOTBALL AND HOCKEY ARE IN FIVE FOOTBALL GAMES A YEAR PLUS STANFORD SO THAT'S SIX NOW SO HALF OF THEIR GAMES ARE PLAYED IN THE ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE THEY DON'T PLAY EIGHT BUT DO PLAY SIX GAMES SO THAT'S 75 PERCENT OF WHAT ALL THE ACC TEAMS PLAY ONLY THING IS, THEY CAN'T WIN A FOOTBALL TITLE KIND OF DUMB, REALLY SO NEVER LISTEN TO THEM WHEN THEY SAY THEY ARE INDEPENDENT NOTHING IS FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH, THEY WANT YOU TO THINK THAT BUT IT'S A TOTAL LIE!!!! NOTRE DAME IS A MEMBER OF THE ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE THEY ARE VERY DEPENDENT UPON IT, TRUST ME!

[@slibertas1996]

No, they are an independent.

[@camwhite1116]

I can’t actually imagine getting this fired up about something that I clearly knew nothing about (as evidenced by your opinion here) what’s that like for you? Tell me more.

[@danielwade1978]

ND isn’t dependent on the ACC 😂

[@ryanb1015]

Hey bud, you have all caps locked. TRUST ME

[@WinterWonderland-s8z]

Agree, they are in a very weak conference and pick and choose who they want to play, programs that are not very good.

[@chrisweidner4768]

Imagining the coming to earth Notre Dame would face if they played in the SEC.

[@ryanyoder2694]

Yall said the same thing about Texas 😂

[@Henderson1011]

They play, and beat, SEC teams, so I'm not really sure what your point is.

[@rodgermiller8980]

​@@ryanyoder2694right,and at least ND doesnt play fn Mercer or Mofford every year to stack their resumes

[@chrisweidner4768]

@ My point is clear. If they played an SEC schedule week after week, they would be a perennial also ran.

[@rodgermiller8980]

@chrisweidner4768 if they joined the sec,then they would get the recruits that any sec team would get,so htf can you be so sure of that???your being immature in your thinking,with Freeman as their hc,the recruiting is getting better,so why on Gods green earth would they want to join a conference that's a bunch of dummies,so tell me,how many players in the NFL are ND compared to Alabama??go look that up and get back with me on it,you'll find you're just a hater

[@hamm850]

BUMS

[@34bean65]

Yall making the playoffs?😂😂😂😊

[@WinterWonderland-s8z]

Freeman in his time at ND has not played top notch football programs in their schedules. They had a very soft schedule this season.

[@evan1788]

Ohio state 2 years in row, Clemson, usc with Caleb Williams 2 times, South Carolina. Same old lazy narrative find something different.

[@DarrylJones-jc7wq]

@@evan1788The man has the most ranked wins for a Notre Dame coach already.

[@NDMatador]

@@WinterWonderland-s8z yawn. Really bad and tired take, especially for this season.

[@mattgnd14]

Abysmal take

[@AFL67pitt]

For god sakes ND join a conference it’s not 1965 anymore. Personally I would never even let them be in playoffs as an independent

[@MccGolfProductions]

You don’t make those decisions. Therefore, we don’t care.

[@nclawyer1]

Why in the world would ND want to join a conference? They're great right where they are and have been since they started playing football 120 years ago.

[@Sarcastic_redbeard34]

Like always no reason is given as why they should join a conference except you just saying what everyone else says. Dont open your mouth unless you have some real reasons.

[@YouTubeViolates1A]

If you don't like it, blame Michigan. Now it's a way of life.

[@WillGettinToIt]

Stop hating and get over. You really just jealous because they make as much or more money on their own without the need of a conference. I guarantee no other school in the FBS can do what they do. Get over it

[@Mikey-i5q]

Touchdown Jesus touchdown Notre Dame

[@TB-yp4un]

Don’t ever join a conference!!!