Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman clarified his comment about Ohio State’s academics, saying in a follow-up interview that he would never disrespect his alma mater.
Speaking Tuesday on 97.1 The Fan with former Buckeye teammates Bobby Carpenter and Anthony Schlegel, Freeman said that he did not disparage Ohio State’s academic prowess in an interview with CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd. He claimed that he was misquoted by Dodd and that “key words and context” were missing from the viral quote.
“I wanted to set the record straight in that I was misquoted by Dennis Dodd in this article, and key words and context were missing from the quote that upset a lot of people that I care about,” Freeman said, per The Columbus Dispatch.