Cardale Jones, Gareon Conley respond to Marcus Freeman’s claims about OSU academics

Ohio State and Notre Dame will open their season with a Week 1 showdown in Columbus. While it’s an interesting homecoming for first-year Irish head coach Marcus Freeman, he has added a bit of fire to that matchup.

In a recent interview with CBS, Freeman discussed the type of player Notre Dame is looking for as a football program. He pointed toward players who value the Notre Dame academic degree while also taking a shot at Ohio State in the process.

Those comments quickly made the rounds with some former Buckeyes responding. Gareon Conley – a defensive back at Ohio State from 2014-16 – refuted some of Freeman’s comments while saying he was “scared” to miss class.

Yeah idk what he talking bout I was scared as hell to miss class or tutoring I ain’t tryna get no dawn patrol lol we had mfs checking class before and after https://t.co/4biAKYFPPw

— Gareon Conley (@_gconley8) June 14, 2022

Cardale Jones – former QB who helped lead Ohio State to the 2014 national championship – also chimed in. However, Jones’ response was humorous in nature.

Yea man, we always went to class……. (speaking for everyone else) 😂 https://t.co/Cc9bPsI1zr

— Cardale Jones (@CJ1two) June 14, 2022

Paul Harvey

Paul is a lifelong fan and student of all things college football. He has been covering college football since 2017 and the B1G since 2018.