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Experts: Brian Kelly is Among Ten Best College Coaches

June 22, 2016 by andrewwinn

While there will always be a segment of Notre Dame fans unhappy with Coach Brian Kelly's performance, it's getting harder to argue against his inclusion in the list of top, active FBS coaches. Kelly was ranked in the top 10 of all 128 FBS coaches in two separate publications Tuesday. Athlon Sports, which boasts an online readership in excess of 1 million readers annually, chose Kelly as the 10th best coach. The Sporting News, which has covered college football since before the second World ...

Coach Speak: Post-Practice Pressers from Kelly and Miles

December 16, 2014 by Bayou Irish

Monday marked the end of Notre Dame's third, and LSU's first, post-season practice in anticipation of their upcoming clash in the Music City Bowl on December 30th. Louisiana State University's Head Coach Les Miles and Notre Dame's Head Coach Brian Kelly each addressed the media to give the lay of the land. Coincidentally, both coaches gave over the first half of their pressers to off-topic issues. In this post, I'll give you both the highlights and the links to each. BRIAN KELLY: The biggest ...

Friday Roundup: The “Rejected Notre Dame FieldTurf Proposal” Edition

July 18, 2014 by Ryan Ritter

Earlier this week, Notre Dame unveiled their new FieldTurf design that will debut this season. Jack Swarbrick made some waves by announcing there would be a midfield logo and shamrock kickoff markers, elements of design that have never been seen in Notre Dame Stadium. But if you think that announcement caused an uproar, you should see one of the design finalists that was rejected in favor of what was announced this week. That design was...well, it was certainly different: And yes, ...

Friday Roundup: The “Learning When To Speak” Edition

May 31, 2013 by Ryan Ritter

Ohio State president, Gordon Gee, has firmly inserted his foot in this mouth yet again. I may not be one of those "damn Catholics" that he referred to and I don't particularly put much stock into his opinions about Notre Dame either. I'm not offended by his comments -- my actual reaction is probably the furthest from. What does boggle my mind though is how a university president can't seem to figure out when to keep his mouth shut. ...

A rain-soaked Brian Kelly walks off the field of the Colosseum a victor in 2010, becoming the first Irish coach to beat USC since Bob Davie. (Photo Credit: Neon Tommy via Flickr)

Brian Kelly and Year Three

August 13, 2012 by Ryan Ritter

As HLS makes its transition into its third iteration, I feel that it is only appropriate that the first post in the HLS 3.0 era should be a look into the expectations that Brian Kelly carries with him into his third version of Irish football. The third year has transformed into that "line in the sand" in regards to a college coach's future at their current school. But just how accurate is that mark? And where should we place our expectations in 2012 considering that the Irish will be facing ...

Friday Roundup: The “Best Trick Play Ever” Edition

July 6, 2012 by Ryan Ritter

So since we seem to be recalling some of our favorite memories of the Weis era the past couple of weeks, I figured that now would be a good time to cash in my promise of letting everyone in on stories from my time as a manager. This week, we dive into the art of the trick play. Weis made a point to have at least one trick play up his sleeve every week. Some were simple and were just more complex versions of a play-fake that you'd likely see and not think it was actually a trick play. ...

Friday Roundup: The “Seriously, Just Shut Up” Edition

June 22, 2012 by Ryan Ritter

I thought we had already settled this before, but Les Miles simply refuses to shut up about Gunner Kiel. With the way Les Miles talks, you would think that LSU is home to nothing but the most elite quarterbacks in the land. Of course, watching LSU play any football at all last season with their terrible QB duo would shoot that ridiculous assumption down and watching the BCS title game last season would remove all doubt. Different breed of cat indeed. Now, yes, I'm fully aware that I'm ...