Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman says he would play USC to start the season, in the middle of the season or to end the season-whatever it takes to make it happen every year. Our reporting partners at the South Bend Tribune and some other news outlets met with Freeman Thursday to talk about the team and the USC rivalry came up as a question.

There is a chance that the Notre Dame-USC rivalry won't be played every year, but Marcus Freeman doesn't want to see that happen. “It’s pretty black and white for me,” Marcus Freeman said on Thursday,