7:53 PM ET The Week 1 matchup between the No. 5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish and No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes has been circled on the calendar of college football fans for quite some time. The game isn’t short on storylines as first-year Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman makes his regular season coaching debut in primetime against his alma mater. Ohio State opened as a 17.5-point favorite against Notre Dame, according to Caesars Sportsbook, which was news to the Fighting Irish. 36mDavid M. Hale 9hESPN 1 Related “We’ll use that in the team meeting [Monday], it’s good to know,” Freeman said last week. “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.” This is the first time since 1995 that the two teams are meeting in Columbus, Ohio, and…
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