Marcus was torn between LSU and ND

Author: Nigel Tufnel (8410 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 5:50 pm on Jul 15, 2026

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Recently watched an interview that Marcus did with his former head coach Jim Tressel, about a year ago. Marcus reached out to Tressel during that time for advice. It really could have gone either way. Slicing what Marcus said, it seems that it came down to the ND brand and the proximity to OH, as he and is his wife are both from OH.

While I am loath to give Jack credit for anything, he stepped up here to ensure that ND would match LSU financially so that money was never a factor in the decision.

'I define fear as standing across from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early.' - Max Baer

Replies to: “Marcus was torn between LSU and ND”

Brian Kelly says his time at LSU would have been easier if Freeman and Rees came along [LINK] - ndunabomber - 12:14am 7/15/26 (10) [View All]
- Marcus was torn between LSU and ND - Nigel Tufnel - 5:50pm 7/15/26
- Brian revived ND. His EGO is too big. He needs to STFU and move along... [NT] - KWIRISH - 5:13pm 7/15/26
- I second Denbrock over Rees, but legendary coaches regard Rees very highly and he's an alum - Turkish - 4:47pm 7/15/26
  - He didn't make those adjustments by choice - ndunabomber - 5:22pm 7/15/26
  - Rees has done nothing so far. [LINK] - Hensou - 5:00pm 7/15/26
- To no one's surprise, just another way of saying "It wasn't my fault." - Clem - 10:59am 7/15/26
- …because Kelly isn’t a good coach and needs good assistants. But he’s so obnoxious, nobody wanted to - BaronVonZemo - 1:23am 7/15/26
  - “I want our fans to know, the Notre Dame fans, that I’m 100 percent supporting what they’re doing." - Hensou - 4:10pm 7/15/26
    - A loser trying to stand in the glow of others. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 7:12pm 7/15/26
      - Hey BK, no statue for you. [NT] - ELP - 7:16pm 7/15/26

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