Ohio State football at Notre Dame in a top-10 matchup.
As long as we’re comparing head coaching records, Freeman’s first season included home losses to Group of Five program Marshall and a Stanford team that finished 3-9. It also included a 21-10 loss at Ohio State in his debut.
Holtz, though, set all those facts aside in his partisan assessment of why Notre Dame is, in his blunt assessment, “a better team.” He believes the Irish have the “best offensive line in the country,” so Sam Hartman “won’t get his jersey dirty all year.” He said Notre Dame defensive backs covering their receives in practice “won’t be much different” than covering OSU All-American Marvin Harrison Jr.
Ohio State does have questions to answer in the trenches Saturday night. How will its pass rush get through a line anchored by NFL tackle prospects Joe Alt and Blake Fisher? Will its own offensive line take another step forward and establish the ground attack in support of quarterback Kyle McCord’s first major road start?
“Forget who in the hell we’re playing,” said Holtz, who was an assistant under Woody Hayes on OSU’s 1968 national championship team. “You take this message to Ohio State: You tell them better bring your lunch because it’s going to be a full damn day’s work.
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