re: Joel Klatt : "Freeman took the job Kelly ran from and elevated it past where he had it"

Two words….. NORTHERN ILLINOIS!

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He hasn't even done that yet, unless I'm missing something. BK took his team to the NC game. ND will have to win one more to get there.

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On that same note, Brian Kelly hasn’t done anything more or even equal to what Ed Orgeron has done at LSU. We’ll see if he can eventually get there.

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Brian Kelly has never beaten top 10 teams back to back. Kelly also hasn't won a major bowl game.

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Neither had freeman until the 12 team playoff. Some of yall are fricking retarded. We get it, you don’t like Kelly

Don’t care about the comparisons. Only thing I care about is LSU getting into the playoffs and competing.

ND offense got 9 points against Georgia. 3 field goals. One TD was from 7 yards after a Ga. fumble. Other TD was a 98 yard kick return. If Georgia had it's starting QB the game isn't close. And if Ga coaches weren't idiots they win even with a backup. ND had an easy path. Might lose to P State but will get killed in the final game if not. They are a 7-5 SEC team.

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Read a Sports Illustrated article about Kellys 12 years at ND. Said overall good job but couldn't get the winning culture. They have that now with Marcus Freeman.

I don't feel that winning vibe, swagger and bring the wood attitude I always had.

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Huh? Kelly literally gave ND their winning culture. He took over a non-winning program that had won just 1 bowl game in the previous 15+ years and he had them in the national championship game in his 3rd year on the way to winning the most games in ND history. He gave them a consistent winning culture that they didn't have for nearly 2 decades. Retarded article if it said what you claimed.

Now, I do think Freeman has done a great recovery job this year after losing to Northern Illinois at Notre Dame. Any other year, ND would have been eliminated from contention right there. But because of the 12-team playoff, they are still alive and playing well. I like how they play too and Freeman outcoached Kirby in the playoff game. I think they have a fair chance against Penn St. too. His first two years were disappointments based on the program he was left with that won 54 games in BK's last 5 years there, but he is doing a great job this year.

What Kelly had to do there was way more difficult though. He turned them back into a consistent winner in a time when there was no transfer portal. Freeman took over a winning program averaging 10-11 wins per year and just needed to bring it to the next level in the time of the portal and 12-game playoff. If he can win it all though, then he'll deserve a lot of praise.

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Two words….. NORTHERN ILLINOIS!

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Two words …….. Georgia Bulldogs

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Without their starting QB. In the old format, UGA would’ve been left out of the playoffs for that very reason. Stop beating your chest over bullshite

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That beat 2 teams lsu lost to

Mike must’ve been better than Saban since he went 34-6 in his first 3 seasons at LSU and won a national title in year 3 vs Saban in year 4 at LSU.

Coach is a better coach than Saban too since he won one in year 3.

This is stupid. Freeman took over a team ranked #5, #8 and #5 in the 3 years prior to him taking over and after three years has them at #5 again. He has had the likely easiest schedule in ND history this year going into the playoffs and the got a joke of a team in the playoff in Indiana and a depleted UGA team that was beat up and had a month layoff.

Freeman also lost to a MAC team at home during this easiest schedule in ND history.

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We lost to Billy Napier/UF for gods sake.

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Napier’s program is trending up