Kelly is "rooting for" his old program heading into the National Championship Game, excited for his former players.
Ryan Day and his Ohio State Buckeyes defeated Marcus Freeman and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 34-23 in the College Football National Championship, vindicating Brian Kelly (for no
In total, Brian Kelly went 92-39 at Notre Dame over 10 seasons. That record includes vacated wins from the 2012 and 2013 seasons due to a violation of academic misconduct. The 2012 season ended with a loss in the national championship game.
Shane Gillis isn't a big fan of the guy who left Notre Dame after the 2021 season to be the head coach at LSU instead.
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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are set to face off in the national championship against Ohio State on Monday night. This will be the program's first title
Former Fighting Irish coach Brian Kelly has endured significant criticism throughout Notre Dame’s run to the College Football Playoff National Championship. His attempts to diminish the backlash ...
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Per Brandon Marcello of CBS Sports, Kelly said that he's rooting for Notre Dame to win the CFP national championship, taking credit for recruiting some of the players on the team before he left for Baton Rouge.
The Fighting Irish were coming off their worst three-year stretch in some time when Kelly was hired. Through his 12 years in South Bend, Kelly compiled seven records of 10 or more wins and coached 55 NFL Draft picks, including 10 first-rounders.
Freeman — a surprise hire in December 2021 since he had never been a head coach when Notre Dame promoted the then-defensive coordinator after Kelly bolted for LSU — hasn’t had the same problems.
In total, Notre Dame has gone 33-9 under Freeman, with wins in the Gator Bowl, Sun Bowl, and three College Football Playoff games. Over that same period, LSU has gone 29-11 under Kelly, and has never reached the CFP.