The fith-year senior missed last week’s game with a sprained right foot. The Irish also should get a boost from the return of All-American left guard Jarrett Patterson. We’re going to face a team that’s going to come in here, and they’re not going to be intimidated. “We know we’re going to face a motivated team. “We know it’s a challenge,” Freeman said. Last year, the Irish escaped with a 32-29 victory over Toledo and in 2018 they squeaked past Ball State 24-16. That’s just the way you have to prepare in order to be consistent.”įreeman understands what the Irish are up against and he can point to recent history against Group of Five teams to emphasize the point. “This game is just as important to us as Norfolk,” he said. Now, in their first season in the Sun Belt Conference, Huff's team has a chance to make a national statement. The Thundering Herd went 7-6 last season and in their 55-3 Week 1 victory the defense allowed only five first downs, 114 total yards and posted two takeaways. The oddsmakers may not recognize it, but Marshall is not just a middling Group of Five opponent.
Hopefully, the focus is obviously on the game, but it’s a great representation of minority coaches in the coaching profession.” “Credit to coach Huff and where he has come from and the job he has done. “If you work hard and do things the right way, there is no cap to where you can go in this profession of coaching,” Freeman said. The former defensive coordinator knows Notre Dame (0-1) can't afford a repeat if it hopes to even its record and celebrate Freeman's first victory, especially against Huff's squad. He's been out since mid-August while he deals with an undisclosed personal issue and will not play Saturday.įreeman, meanwhile, wants to see his run defense perform better than it did while giving up 172 yards to Ohio State. Marshall (1-0) did all that without Rasheen Ali, last year's top freshman rusher in the Bowl Subdivision.
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Huff wants to see how his running game, which piled up 380 yards and produced two 100-yard rushers in last week's rout of FCS foe Norfolk State, stacks up against Notre Dame's usually stout defense. Instead, both coaches are focused on football. The reality of it is this game has no bearing on what our ultimate goal is.” From the historical piece of it and the place we’re going, all that’s great. “From the outside perspective, this is a huge game,” Huff said. 3-Year-Old Girl Grazed in Head by Bullet in Lawndale