Former Ohio State Players Respond to Marcus Freeman’s Academics Claim

In comparison with the verbal dust-up between Texas A&M’s Jimbo Fisher and Alabama head coach Nick Saban, Tuesday’s Twitter beef involving Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman and the tutorial fame of Ohio State would possibly seem like fairly tame. That’s, except you name your self a Buckeye alumnus.

Freeman drew the ire of the Ohio State neighborhood when he took a not-so-subtle dig at Ohio State’s lecturers. In an interview with CBS Sports activities, Freeman stated the educational calls for at his earlier employer fell quick of what’s anticipated of his Notre Dame gamers.

“Should you don’t go to class [at places like that]?” Freeman stated rhetorically through the interview. “Okay, take some on-line courses, present up to your appointments. At Notre Dame, you’re pressured on daily basis to go to class.”

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Unsurprisingly, that remark didn’t go over nicely in Ohio State circles. In response, the athletic program’s official Twitter account shared an article touting the division’s success in Educational Progress Price, through which 16 of the varsity’s packages reported good scores.

Ohio State soccer alumni additionally voiced their displeasure with Freeman’s remarks, defending their alma mater’s scholastic fame within the course of.

Former Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones might need gained the award for greatest response to Freeman’s feedback, although, with a callback to his well-known tweet through which he stated “We ain’t come to play SCHOOL”:

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