Irish Breakdown

Molly McGrath Shares Kind Note to Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame After Title Game Loss

Veteran sideline reporter was tasked with covering the Irish for the national championship game run
Nick Shepkowski|
(EDITORS NOTE: caption correction) Jan 9, 2025; Miami, FL, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Marcus Freeman celebrates defeating the Penn State Nittany Lions in the Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium.
(EDITORS NOTE: caption correction) Jan 9, 2025; Miami, FL, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Marcus Freeman celebrates defeating the Penn State Nittany Lions in the Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium. | Sam Navarro-Imagn Images

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Notre Dame football fans are used to seeing their team play the majority of its games on NBC each fall. However, the expanded College Football Playoff has a deal with ESPN, so Notre Dame's run to the national championship game the last month aired only on the four-letter network.

Tasked with being the sideline reporter for ESPN's game coverage and reporting from South Bend on the Notre Dame football team was veteran reporter Molly McGrath. She was a part of each Notre Dame game telecast this playoff run and who you saw interviewing Marcus Freeman during games.

Following Notre Dame's loss in the national championship game to Ohio State, McGrath took a moment to share some kind words about Freeman and the Fighting Irish on social media. Below is what she said after Monday night's game coverage concluded.

Kind words for the Notre Dame football program from a Boston College graduate.

Here's to hoping for four more games featuring such coverage next winter.

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Nick Shepkowski
NICK SHEPKOWSKI

Managing Editor for Notre Dame On SI. Started covering Chicago sports teams for WSCR the Score, and over the years worked with CBS Radio, Audacy, NBC Sports, and FOX Sports as a contributor before running the Notre Dame wire site for USA TODAY.

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