SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Before Marcus Freeman could savor what Notre Dame football had just done, he was forced to look ahead to where the Irish were headed.
It was an only-in-college-football moment, where the head coach of a blue-blood program is presented a game ball by two bowl officials who had nothing to do with Notre Dame’s 27-17 victory over Indiana in the first on-campus game of the College Football Playoff era. Freeman obliged, accepting an invitation from two Sugar Bowl officials, which probably could have waited until Notre Dame had processed its performance on Friday night. It’s not like Notre Dame can head anywhere else.
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