Born a Buckeye: Ohio State prepared Freeman for Notre Dame originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Marcus Freeman was born and raised a Buckeye and then lived out the dream of so many kids who grow up in Ohio, earning a football scholarship to play for THE Ohio State University. Over five years at Ohio State, playing linebacker, interning in the athletic department and working as a graduate assistant coach, Freeman’s leadership skills took shape and his meteoric rise to become the head coach of Notre Dame at age 36 began. “I don’t know if I could say in one word what (Ohio State) means to me, but I know I wouldn’t be in this situation if it wasn’t for those five years that I spent in Columbus, Ohio,” Freeman told The Associated Press this week. Freeman opens his first season as Fighting Irish coach on Saturday night at the…
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