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Former Notre Dame great endorses Marcus Freeman

Who do you want to be Notre Dame’s next head football coach and why?

If you’ve spent any time on social media recently and follow seemingly any current Notre Dame football player then chances are high you’ve seen the support they’ve thrown behind Marcus Freeman.  It isn’t just current Notre Dame players rallying behind the current defensive coordinator though, there are former Fighting Irish football players who are fully onboard as well.

One of those players is one of the best to ever wear a gold helmet, linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, now of the Cleveland Browns.  In an unsurprising development the 2020 Butkus Award winner is turning into quite the player at the next level.

Owusu-Koramoah took to Twitter on Wednesday to endorse Marcus Freeman:

With the Browns on a bye week, Owusu-Koramoah then announced he’ll be making a quick road trip:

In case you were curious, it is just over a four hour ride to get from Cleveland to South Bend.  Stay tuned to see if the former Irish star does end up on campus.

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Notre Dame Football: Chip Long Out as O-C

Notre Dame set a team record for points scored this year, averaging 37.1 per contest. That on its own makes you wonder if there is something more to this story, however,

In what has become news-heavy afternoon it appears Notre Dame will be on the hunt for a new offensive coordinator.

Despite a team-record for most points scored in a season this past fall, Bryan Driskell of Irish Maven reports that Chip Long is out as O-C and that both Notre Dame and Long are ready for fresh starts.

Notre Dame set a team record for points scored this year, averaging 37.1 per contest. That on its own makes you wonder if there is something more to this story, however, it is worth noting that the Irish did combine to score just 31 points against the two best defenses on their schedule this year, Georgia and Michigan.

So who replaces Long?

Tommy Rees is named in the report as a candidate for the job and that some sources have indicated he’ll get an audition by calling plays in the Camping World Bowl.

Personally I’ve got nothing against Rees and he’s clearly been a man on the rise in the coaching world, even if he didn’t get a second interview for Northwestern’s recent O-C opening. Doesn’t just promoting him though seem like the easy way out?

There is a class of offensive stars set to be here, especially in the 2021 recruiting class.

I know that Joe Burrow isn’t coming with whoever the next O-C is, but how do you know the next Joe Brady isn’t out there if you don’t at least go look?