Marcus Freeman on Notre Dame's rivalry with USC:

"If it was up to me, we would play them every single year for the rest of college football time. It’s pretty black-and-white for me," Freeman said.

"You want my opinion? I want to play them every single year. When? I don’t care. I don’t care when we play them. Start of the season, middle of the season, end of season — I don’t care. I want to play USC every year, because I think it’s great for college football."

As we mentioned earlier, @Eric Hansen and I were part of a group of reporters who interviewed Notre Dame football head coach Marcus Freeman for 30-plus minutes earlier today.

Here's a transcript of that session:

Just a heads up that we had an opportunity to interview Notre Dame football head coach Marcus Freeman earlier today in a group setting with other local beat reporters. There's another session happening today as well, and we've been asked to withhold our coverage until after that wraps up. So look for us to have a transcript for you around 2 p.m. EDT.

A pair of women's basketball recruits reported Notre Dame offers Wednesday: 2026 forward Melissa "Missy" Odom and 2027 forward Eve Long.

Odom is a 6-2 forward for Montverde (Fla.) Academy who is originally from Alabama. ESPN ranks her No. 34 overall in the 2026 class. Odom's offers include Florida State, Arizona, Texas A&M, Kentucky, Northwestern, Ohio State, Mississippi State, Clemson, Pitt, Miami, Houston, Georgia Tech, Auburn, Penn State, Missouri, Duke and Texas Tech.

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Long is a 6-3 forward at Olathe (Kan.) South. ESPN ranks her No. 11 overall in the 2027 class. Long's offers include Florida, Miami, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, Iowa, Tennessee, Oregon, LSU and Maryland.

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