Marcus Freeman stood behind a Notre Dame lectern on Monday and tried to explain a coaching gaffe for the ages that led to a gut-punch loss for the ages.
“The pain of defeat is tough,” Freeman said. “It hurts. You’re sick when you lose.”
Thirty-six years old and thrown into arguably the biggest pressure cooker of a job college football has, Freeman was one play — one of any number of plays — from an all-time victory over Ohio State on Saturday night in South Bend.
It was all there.