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[quote]ND is private, so I doubt they really know.[/quote] John Brice and the Football Scoop site are generally very clued in to such coaching moves, contracts, etc. and usually not far off the mark, if at all. And in this particular instance I'd strongly suspect that ND themselves feel it is in...

[quote]the guy who just left LSU to coach at ND for a likely pay cut [/quote] What makes you think he took a pay cut? ND doesn't skimp on its coordinators - Al Golden is reputed to be one of the top five highest paid DCs in college football. I'd be amazed if he left for less than he had agreed in...

[quote]After we muffed all those punts in the first few games we basically just started letting the ball bounce dead on punts or fair catch without any coverage players within 15 yards of the return man [/quote] Kelly's MO at Notre Dame was to coach his Punt 'Returners' to always fair catch. Even ...

[quote]He went 8-2 as a starter and 4-1 against ranked teams (only losing to USC). Wonder if he was a Kelly recruit? [/quote] All the QBs currently on Notre Dame's roster are Kelly recruits. ...

High character kid who leaves with an ND degree. Seems his main aim is to find somewhere where he'll be a starter so I suspect being a rotational piece at another big P5 school is a less likely outcome than playing more regularly at a slightly lower level....

Denbrock and Kelly go waaaaaaay back. Denbrock was in Kelly's wedding party. Given that Kelly only has a couple of his old friends on staff (Denbrock and Polian), and given that one major valid criticism of his time at Notre Dame was that he was too loyal to them. and too slow to move them on wh...

Flint learned from one of the best: Notre Dame's Matt Balis. In 12 years at ND, Kelly was 36-13 in November, but 17-0 in his final four seasons. It's no coincidence that after Balis was appointed in January 2017, ND went 2-2 the following November, then 4-0, 5-0, 4-0 and 4-0. Curiously Kelly'...

I was on vacation from Ireland in Orlando that Christmas and was at that game (in the stands on the LSU side of the field). From memory it was an unusually cold and wet month in central Florida - more like back in Ireland than I had expected in Orlando. Was it 19-17 to Penn State with a last minute...

[quote]I think most rational LSU fans recognize that parts of Kelly's job that he wasn't so great at in South Bend will not be as much of a factor in Baton Rouge. Cornerbacks and wide receivers grow on trees here. You can damn near keep a 3 deep filled on skill positions and dline between the Florid...

[quote]Based on BK’s style and philosophy I would assume he’s going to bring back old school LSU brand football. Disciplined defense. Conservative offenses. Game control. Basically beat you down 4 quarters. If we don’t take control in the first quarter of games I don’t see us staging crazy come back...