Notre Dame handled their business this afternoon against the Boston College Eagles. The offense had its moments but sputtered throughout the second half. The defense came to play and picked up where they left off from their 31-24 win over the Miami Hurricanes this past week. The biggest talking point around Notre Dame this weekend was their ability to avoid the daunted 'let down' game and they did that this afternoon with a resounding 41-7 victory over Boston College. Head coach Marcus Freeman spoke after the game about their home victory over the Eagles and the performance of both the offense and the defense. 

You can watch the entire press conference here: 

Here are some of Freeman's main quotes from today's post-game press conference: 

"I think you can you can look at the product that you saw on the field today and say they prepared the right way," Freeman shared. "They had the right mindset. But I think every day it's a choice. It's a choice you make. I reminded them today, it's the it's the gratitude for what you have. If you're not grateful for an opportunity to prepare, you're not grateful for whatever your role is in our program. But if you have gratitude for what you have, right? No matter what your role is. And you don't compare it to somebody else's, and you don't compare opponents. This is about us having an opportunity to play the game of football."

"He is a he's a high motor guy," Freeman explained. "He's extremely intelligent. I was laughing with Coach [Charlie] Partridge about this the last time he played and may had some production. Like every time he's in there, man, he's doing a really good job and you know, we got to keep finding ways to get him. I probably said this last time you asked me about Rodney Dunham. I keep finding ways to get him in there, and he's doing some great things on special teams, but he's making an impact even on defense. Rodney just prepares the right way. He studies the game, he's smart, and he plays at a high motor, and those usually translate to a lot of success."

"If it was a simple answer, I promise you, I would give it to you," Freeman said. "I think it's just our guys. We've been we're proactive about trying to make sure that we schedule practice the right way, that we are tapering practice, or we're we're maybe including a little bit more. Based on what the the the science will tell us, I think it's our guys get better over time just because it's what most people do. But how do we get better faster? I don't know. I think it's a combination of a whole bunch of things." 

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