Congratulations to Ohio State

First, I don't expect anyone here to like Notre Dame or even respect them. That's fair.

I came on this board three years ago to give you my assessment of Brian Kelly as a coach. My opinion hasn't changed. He's a good coach. He finds diamonds in the rough and develops players into NFL players. But it's funny I got excoriated for saying the same thing about him that many of you have said about him, that his game preparation and game day coaching could be better.

I also don't expect you to like Marcus Freeman or respect him or what he's done so far. I know how college football fans are. But some of the things I read here are just bogus, that he's done no better at ND than BK did. What we're happy about is he's elevated ND to be able to beat top 10 teams and at least be in the conversation and look like they belong on the field. You can caveat NIL, etc., all you want, but the fact is BK had some horrendous losses also at ND to terrible teams and routinely
got blown out in big games.

Having said that, BK himself said he needed better players in order to compete. He and most of you won't say it or admit it but he needs those types of players to overcome his game preparation and game day coaching. So yes, he can and probably will win one or more national championships at LSU.

Finally, most ND fans are grateful BK elevated the program to a much higher level. I know I am and was
disappointed he left. But I'm happy Freeman is the coach and we'll see how he does going forward.