The 2025 Notre Dame football season has gotten off to a slow start, but they have won two straight games, the most recent being a massive blowout win against Arkansas on the road. The Fighting Irish beat the Razorbacks easily, 56-13 , and they were still trying to score despite being up early in this game. That aggressiveness led to Freeman calling a fake punt.

At his weekly press conference, the media asked head coach Marcus Freeman about how he faked a punt when the team was already in control, with a 29-point win. He said that the goal was to keep the team honest and send a message that they did not want to keep their foot off the gas , and it was not about rubbing it in Arkansas's face.

“Regarding the fake punt, I didn’t want to relax. We had to come out of that locker room w

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