Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman Dec. 23 press conference updates
Notre Dame is just over a week away from continuing its College Football Playoff run against Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. Fighting Irish head coach Marcus Freeman is speaking to the media Monday afternoon before a few days off from press availability for the Christmas holiday.
Watch Freeman’s press conference live at 12 p.m. ET via the YouTube video player below. Follow along with real-time, written updates of what Freeman is saying at the bottom of this page.
WATCH: Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman Dec. 23 press conference
What Freeman is saying
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• Notre Dame players of the game vs. Indiana: Jordan Faison (offense), Jordan Faison (defense), Xavier Watts (Defense).
• Injury updates: OL Rocco Spindler is questionable, LB Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa is questionable and defensive tackle Rylie Mills is out for the season. That last nugget is brutal for Notre Dame.
• Freeman says Georgia QB Gunner Stockton is an ultra competitor. He doesn’t view the Georgia offense much differently with Stockton in as opposed to Carson Beck.
• Freeman: “You can’t replace Rylie Mills. Yes, the production. But the leadership… You feel awful for him.”
• Freeman says he always believes in an attacking style of special teams play, and Marty Biagi embodies that too.
• Freeman says Max Bullough has done a wonderful job getting the Notre Dame linebackers to rotate in and out all year.
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• Freeman says Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa has been rehabbing and taking serious strides in getting himself back on the field. He looked to be walking much better Friday during the player walk than he was earlier this month.
• Freeman says Mitch Jeter’s blocked kick against Indiana was “mishit and a little bit low.”
• Freeman says you find out the most about your team and yourself as an individual during the tough moments. He likens the season-ending injuries to responding to the loss to NIU. “This program knows what it has to do to continue to prepare and perform at a high level.”
• Freeman says Jagusah has not been practicing much. This will be his first full week of practice. He’s not sure which position Jagusah will rep at quite yet.
• Freeman jokes it was a good thing Jeremiyah Love kept his clothes on in pregame warmups with his flu-like symptoms, “unlike some of those wideouts.” Freeman says there was nothing that was keeping Love from playing in that first-round playoff game.
• Bryce Young is fine after being shaken up against Indiana, and Freeman is expecting another big game from the freshman defensive end.
• Freeman on the recruitment and signing of Leonard Moore: “When Mike Mickens wants somebody, I trust Mike Mickens.”
