Since 2007, they have only squared off nine times and Notre Dame is 9-0 in those contests with their largest margin of victory in the series coming this past season when they traveled to West Lafayette and won in a 66-7 blowout that was over by halftime. Freeman has only coached against Purdue once and is 1-0 against the instate rival.

There was a time not long ago when you had to scroll a bit to find Marcus Freeman‘s name on offseason college football head coach rankings lists. That time is no more. Pro Football Focus ranked Freeman the No.