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Notre Dame safety Xavier Watts revealed that head coach Marcus Freeman was upset about comments that Penn State head coach James Franklin made prior to a 27-24 win by the Fighting Irish in the College Football Playoff on Thursday night.
"He was angry," Watts said, per Pete Sampson of The Athletic. "He was angry with the press conference thing, whatever was going on between that. He was mad about that. All the anger went toward us and that anger went onto the field."
During a joint press conference with the two coaches prior to Thursday's contest, Franklin playfully asked Freeman how old he was and emphasized that "everybody should be in a conference.