Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman College Football Playoff first round press conference live updates

Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman speaks to reporters today at 11:30 a.m. ET to preview the Fighting Irish’s College Football Playoff first-round matchup against the Indiana Hoosiers.

You can watch Freeman’s press conference via the YouTube video player below and/or follow along with Blue & Gold’s real-time, written updates of what Freeman is saying at the bottom of this page.

WATCH: Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman CFP first round press conference

What Freeman is saying

Keep refreshing this page for real-time, written updates of what Freeman is saying.

• Freeman says Notre Dame is treating today as a Monday of game week with the game being on Friday.

• Freeman says Howard Cross III and Jeremiyah Love WILL play on Friday.

• Freeman says Notre Dame has been in “playoff situational games since Week 3.” “Every game we play in is a playoff game in our minds.”

• Freeman says the reason Notre Dame is the only team in the College Football Playoff to not have a team enter the transfer portal since it opened last week is because this group of Irish players understand the opportunity that’s ahead, and they want to be a part of it.

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