Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman met with reporters Monday in South Bend, Ind., less than 48 hours after the Irish fell to 0-2 following a 41-40 loss to Texas A&M.

Here are three things we learned from Freeman as the No. 24 Irish turn their focus to Saturday’s game against Purdue.

1. Freeman put it on himself and his staff to figure out how to fix the execution problems on defense.

Notre Dame allowed Texas A&M to rack up 488 yards of offense , including 275 on eight explosive pass plays.

Freeman said in his postgame news conference Saturday night he believed the defensive issues stemmed more from a lack of execution than from new defensive coordinator Chris Ash’s play calls. And he stressed Monday that the coaches must figure out how to fix the execution issues.

“What does lack of ex

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