SOUTH BEND — Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman didn’t exactly give new defensive coordinator Chris Ash a public vote of confidence with the Irish off to an 0-2 start, but Freeman made sure there was a sense of shared responsibility.

“Whose defense is it? It's our defense,” Freeman said at his Monday news conference ahead of Saturday’s home game against unranked Purdue . “It’s Notre Dame football. It's mine. Head coach. It’s no one person’s fault. It’s ours.”

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