The head football coach of the University of Notre Dame has a message for all corporate internet retailers trying to cover his race in the Orange Bowl: winning football games don’t revolve around him or his body tone.
On a 41-yard area target kicked with just a few seconds left in the game, the Fighting Irish won the Orange Bowl 27 to 24. The team may have dominated the headlines thanks to their in-the-nick glory in the final minute that secured them the first place in the sports/columnist/mike-freeman/2025/01/07/marcus-freeman-james-franklin-national-championship-game/77485130007/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>national championship of college football at the end of the month. Otherwise, the Orange Bowl’s head coach would become the first black manager to compete in the biggest FBS matchup, regardless of the outcome, nationwide and sports press outlets fawned over the news.
After a brief period of time asking Freeman for his study of the game, the ESPN reporter asked the Catholic convert how far his status as the” first black head coach to go to a national championship game in college sport” meant to him. After doing so, the Catholic converted.
” I’ve said this before: I don’t ever want to take focus away from the team. It is an pride, and I hope all educators — immigrants, Black, Asian, light, it doesn’t matter, excellent people — continue to set opportunities to direct young men like this”, he said. ” But this ain’t about me. This is all about us. We’re going to honor what we’ve done because it’s so special”.
ESPN evidently missed the point of Freeman’s statement. In its picture highlighting the team’s post-game response and reflection, the shop made one last attempt to squeeze the” first Black and Asian American mind coach” narrative down its viewers ‘ throats.
Before the game, outlets had a focus on skin tone rather than skill. The matchup was praised as “progress for black coaches” by Sports Illustrated. According to the Associated Press, black coaches “have shot at college football title a generation after that milestone was reached in hoops” Desmond Howard of ESPN College GameDay criticized that the “opportunities” for black coaches to win big games are” still limited today” and raised the race narrative during the pregame.
The Orange Bowl’s gameplay and outcome seemed to be indistinguishable from what the New York Post called the “massive implication for black coaches” in the eyes of the race-obsessed press.
However, to minimize Notre Dame’s collective hard work and dedication under a modest head coach like Freeman to race as the press have done is not only an offense to the team but to all college football fans who value the effort and effort that goes into a winning season.
The Fighting Irish’s path to the college football championship, Freeman claimed on Thursday night, was not straightforward or deep. It was impossible to attribute one person or their genetic makeup to it. Contrary to the corporate media’s virtue signaling, Notre Dame’s college football championship spot was secured via a hard-fought battle flooded with the talent, competence, and expertise of hundreds of men. Their performance on Jan. 20 will be no different.
The Federalist staff writer and host of The Federalist Radio Hour, Jordan Boyd. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordanian received her bachelor’s degree from Baylor University, where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on X @jordanboydtx.
