[Fortuna] Notre Dame HC Marcus Freeman on having the chance to become the first Black head coach to win an FBS national title in a game being played on MLK Day:
"As far as playing in the national championship game on MLK Day, to me, the attention should be on MLK Day, and what he did for our country, and the progress he made for equal rights and progress for all people. The courage he had as an individual to stand for what he believes in. And that was with his words and his actions. And so Martin Luther King Day is about celebrating that man and the impacts he's made on our country."