Lincoln Riley Catching Heat After Marcus Freeman’s USC-Notre Dame Comments originally appeared on Athlon Sports. With the landscape of college football frequently changing, certain aspects of the sport have also begun to look different over the past few years.

Joel Klatt sat down with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish’s head coach Marcus Freeman. They discussed the importance of Notre Dame staying independent in college football. Marcus Freeman also talked about the importance of rivalries in college football and how important they are.

Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman sat down with Fox Sports' Joel Klatt to discuss the success the Irish had last year and an outlook of the future with the ever changing landscape that is college football.