{
  "id": 8738081,
  "title": "Notre Dame football news: The big mistake that had Marcus Freeman mad",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/notre-dame-football-news-the-big-mistake-that-had-marcus-freeman-mad",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-20T17:45:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/notre-dame-football-news-big-174506264.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Notre Dame's head coach Marcus Freeman expressed his displeasure after a recent game where an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty cost the team 15 yards. During the 27-10 win over Michigan State, Freeman was unhappy with his team's behavior, specifically when they were celebrating and a ref threw a flag. He stated, \"We’ve got to be smarter than that. They were doing a dance or whatever and the ref threw the flag, so do that on the sidelines. It’s uncalled for.\" The penalty might not have seemed significant in a comfortable victory, but Freeman believes it's crucial for his team to learn the importance of discipline in sports. Notre Dame has improved to 3-0 this season, contrasting with their 0-2 start last year, which kept them out of the college football playoff. Freeman expects his team to take such lessons to heart in future practices.",
  "summary": "On Saturday, the Notre Dame football program improved to 3-0 on the 2026 college football season with a comfortable 27-10 home win over the Michigan State Spartans. While this game was a bit closer than expected throughout the first half, the Fighting Irish still did what they needed to do to hold onto their number three ranking for at least […] The post Notre Dame football news: The big mistake…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/who-is-justin-bowick-meet-the-wr-who-joined-oklahoma-state-football",
        "published": "2026-09-20T11:15:33.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}