Marcus Freeman's lightning delay speech will have fans ready to run through a wall

Notre Dame and Purdue went into a lightning delay during the second quarter of their matchup on Saturday. That delay lasted over two hours, giving both teams time to rest, reset, and their head coaches to give them the talk they needed. For Notre Dame, head coach Marcus Freeman certainly amped up his team with quite a speech.

This is the type of speech that would have fans ready to run through a wall for this team, and it seemed it do the same for the players. Especially for Jadarian Price, who had a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown just minutes after the delay ended.

One key part of the game that Freeman pointed out was that Purdue's fake punt that ended up keeping their drive alive was something that the special teams unit needed to take personally. Clearly, they did with what happened on Price's touchdown.

Freeman knew he needed to get his team fired up and used just one word to sum up exactly what they needed to do in order to put the game again.

"Execute, execute, execute, that's all it is," Freeman said. "Come out the locker room and let's go hunt."

Before the lightning delay, the Fighting Irish let Purdue, a team that is not looking too hot right now, stick around more than anyone thought they would. The glaring problem in this game was the defense.

Purdue is a team that should not be putting 30 points on a defense that is supposed to be a top one like Notre Dame's. Injuries and simply missing plays are what are plaguing this defense right now. After the weather delay, Notre Dame only allowed Purdue to score three more times, a field goal adn two touchdowns, and one of those touchdowns came in garbage time in the fourth quarter.

Freeman may need to start giving more speeches like that one, as it clearly worked for his team, and they have to go get a win against Arkansas this weekend to even up their record at 2-2.