Notre Dame and coach Marcus Freeman are preparing for the first game of the season against Freeman’s alma mater, Ohio State, and are looking for any advantage they can get. When asked at his media availability about his team being a 17.5-point underdog, Freeman said he didn’t know the stat but would use it for motivation this week. “We’ll use that in the team meeting today, it’s good to know,” Freeman said. “I haven’t paid much attention to the spread. But, I remember the one time we were on College GameDay, I said just keep making it go up and up.” Both teams are ranked as preseason top-five opponents with Ohio State at No. 2 and Notre Dame at No. 5, but the 17.5-point spread by Caesars Sportsbook is just the fourth time in the last 45 years a team has been favored by 17 or more points in an AP…
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