Transcript: Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman opens FSU week [Video]

Opening statement

Marcus Freeman: “Real quick, just reflecting on Navy. I know it was two weeks ago but we haven’t met since that postgame press conference. But just looking at that game, I think the key factors were one, the ability to win the turnover margin by six. But as you saw, to be able to produce 28 points because of those turnovers was huge. There was another game, I forget, that a team won the game but lost the turnover margin by six that same week. The Duke game and our players were like ‘Coach, turnover margin’s important. They lost the turnover margin by six and still won the game.’ But as you look, if you can’t turn those turnovers into points, convert to points, it really won’t have a huge determination on the outcome of the game. So, that was huge. To get 28 points out of those six turnovers …