Not saying Notre Dame wouldn't be a good place to go, but looking at their wins-losses, I don't really know how you could argue that they don't suck.

This was a rumor that was started by Cunningham just to get under people's skin! It isn't true and won't be true! What benefit would Kelly have to go to ND besides money?

national fame, power, social status, to be considered one of the best coaches of all time depending on the outcome, you know just little things like that...

He has said all along that he is happy here and that his family is happy here

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you expect him to say differently?

The money at ND would have to be astronomical and guaranteed for it to even be worth it.

link?

ND will never win another National Championship no matter who is the head coach

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link?

1. They don't play in a league which hurts them alot.

how does not playing in a "league" hurt them again?

2. They play one of the toughest schedules out there and will most likely never again go undefeated.

lol, more nostradamus idiocy

3. They have such tight academic standards that only proves to hamstring them as well.

sure didnt hamper charlie weis' recruiting...

At UC Kelly can win or be at the top of the league every year, has a great talent base right here and throughout the Big East to recruit from, and can continue to have an opportunity to be in a BCS bowl game every year to the point that one day as he continues to build this program they will name the field and or stadium after him.

a talent base in cincy or a talent base across the country? which is more appealing? idiot.

rocket31 wrote:

1. They don't play in a league which hurts them alot.

how does not playing in a "league" hurt them again?

2. They play one of the toughest schedules out there and will most likely never again go undefeated.

lol, more nostradamus idiocy

At UC Kelly can win or be at the top of the league every year, has a great talent base right here and throughout the Big East to recruit from, and can continue to have an opportunity to be in a BCS bowl game every year to the point that one day as he continues to build this program they will name the field and or stadium after him.

a talent base in cincy or a talent base across the country? which is more appealing? idiot.

1. Not saying that not playing in a conference "hurts" them. But I do think that playing for a league championship gives you something to aim for. With no league, it's national championship or bust.

2. They definitely do not play one of the toughest schedules. Haha

3. I think he was pointing out that Ohio is strong base (not just Cincinnati, are you dense?).

1. Not saying that not playing in a conference "hurts" them. But I do think that playing for a league championship gives you something to aim for. With no league, it's national championship or bust.

neat, you do realize the national perception from winning the big ten or big east championship means about as much as me picking my ass each morning. nobody cares.

national titles are the standard to judge success.
not winning the big east? or big ten? please...

2. They definitely do not play one of the toughest schedules. Haha

and amazingly, it is still "tougher" than ohio states....

3. I think he was pointing out that Ohio is strong base (not just Cincinnati, are you dense?).

ok, we can change ohio in for cincy.

a recruiting base in ohio (which isnt true in the first place because of ohio state) or a national recruiting base?

regardless, his point here (just like the others) was comical

rocket31 wrote:

1. Not saying that not playing in a conference "hurts" them. But I do think that playing for a league championship gives you something to aim for. With no league, it's national championship or bust.

neat, you do realize the national perception from winning the big ten or big east championship means about as much as me picking my ass each morning. nobody cares.

national titles are the standard to judge success.
not winning the big east? or big ten? please...

2. They definitely do not play one of the toughest schedules. Haha

and amazingly, it is still "tougher" than ohio states....

3. I think he was pointing out that Ohio is strong base (not just Cincinnati, are you dense?).

ok, we can change ohio in for cincy.

a recruiting base in ohio (which isnt true in the first place because of ohio state) or a national recruiting base?

regardless, his point here (just like the others) was comical

Maybe a conference championship equals picking your butt to you, but I'd say a lot of college players would beg to differ. The fact is, if you do happen to have a bad loss or 2 OOC you can still regroup and aim at something in a conference. Without 1 it's a lost season

Why are you talking about Ohio State

Maybe a conference championship equals picking your butt to you, but I'd say a lot of college players would beg to differ. The fact is, if you do happen to have a bad loss or 2 OOC you can still regroup and aim at something in a conference. Without 1 it's a lost season

Why are you talking about Ohio State

if you want to believe that go right ahead. however, i hardly doubt pryor came to ohio state to win the "big ten championship" he came to ohio state to win national titles, just like most high profile players. regardless, whether notre dame plays in a "league" or not has no impact on whether brian kelly takes the job, so therefore his initial point was "pointless".

and when one bashes notre dames schedule it is only appropriate to bring up ohio states, to offer perspective on the situation. notre dame and ohio state both play fine schedules, not too hard, not too easy. so to bash one or to bash other is futile. they are relatively the same each year...especially this season.

ytownfootball wrote: If I'm ND I'm not going to hire Brian Kelly.

You hired Gerry Faust, Ty Willingham and Charlie Weis. Why wouldn't hire Brian Kelly?

id have nd play in the big ten, cuz thats like playing in the mountain west conference lol

The results of those "experiments" of unproven coaches is pretty well documented. Not much else to say.

grass_licker wrote: id have nd play in the big ten, cuz thats like playing in the mountain west conference lol

Not real sure where you are going here. If that is a dig at Ohio State, it wasn't very successful. The Mtn West isn't a terrible conference. They have Utah, BYU, and TCU. 3 very good teams.

grass_licker wrote: id have nd play in the big ten, cuz thats like playing in the mountain west conference lol

:rolleyes:

i hear brian billick is in the mix of coaching candidates for the ND job

KnightRyder wrote: i hear brian billick is in the mix of coaching candidates for the ND job

haha, watching the halftime show of Bama/Auburn?

Umm... OSU has a higher SOS than ND by 24 spots.

rocket31 wrote:

This was a rumor that was started by Cunningham just to get under people's skin! It isn't true and won't be true! What benefit would Kelly have to go to ND besides money?

national fame, power, social status, to be considered one of the best coaches of all time depending on the outcome, you know just little things like that...

IF he does well which as I stated is a very big if.

He has said all along that he is happy here and that his family is happy here

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you expect him to say differently?

No I wouldn't but he seems to be very genuine (however I know that could change)

The money at ND would have to be astronomical and guaranteed for it to even be worth it.

link?

I do not need a link for my opinion!

ND will never win another National Championship no matter who is the head coach

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link?

Yet again I do not need a link for my opinion!

1. They don't play in a league which hurts them alot.

how does not playing in a "league" hurt them again?

If in a top league and they win the league they get a BCS spot no matter how low they are in the polls.

2. They play one of the toughest schedules out there and will most likely never again go undefeated.

lol, more nostradamus idiocy

With the games they play USC, BC, Michigan, Michigan state, and so on I don not think they will ever go undefeated again. With the way the BCS is set up if they don't go undefeated or only 1 loss with less than two other programs undefeated they will not be in the national championship game. There is no margin for error at all.

3. They have such tight academic standards that only proves to hamstring them as well.

sure didnt hamper charlie weis' recruiting...

And how has his recruiting turned out? He is about to be fired appearantly isn't he.

At UC Kelly can win or be at the top of the league every year, has a great talent base right here and throughout the Big East to recruit from, and can continue to have an opportunity to be in a BCS bowl game every year to the point that one day as he continues to build this program they will name the field and or stadium after him.

a talent base in cincy or a talent base across the country? which is more appealing? idiot.

If you can't see that since Brian Kelly has been at UC that there have been more and more kids come to cincy that wouldn't normally have, and that with the recognition nationally that this team has gotten the last two years will not help to continue to bring in better and better kids then you sir are the IDIOT!

LJ wrote: Umm... OSU has a higher SOS than ND by 24 spots.

According to who?

Look at these rankings as they take in to consideration a week by week rating of wins and losses, a power ranking of schedules so to speak. ND is a full 11 spots higher than OSU in SOS. Again, this takes in to consideration who your opponents won and lost to.

http://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/ranking/strength-of-schedule-by-team

rock_knutne wrote:

LJ wrote: Umm... OSU has a higher SOS than ND by 24 spots.

According to who?

Look at these rankings as they take in to consideration a week by week rating of wins and losses, a power ranking of schedules so to speak. ND is a full 11 spots higher than OSU in SOS. Again, this takes in to consideration who your opponents won and lost to.

http://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/ranking/strength-of-schedule-by-team

CBS

^^^^^That's fine and dandy but is it a pre-season type ranking or does it change week to week? The link I posted clearly goes on a week to week basis, just like when you defeat a ranked team early in the year and that team finishes the season unranked, standard protocol around here is when that happens, it wasn't a very good win.

rock_knutne wrote: ^^^^^That's fine and dandy but is it a pre-season type ranking or does it change week to week? The link I posted clearly goes on a week to week basis, just like when you defeat a ranked team early in the year and that team finishes the season unranked, standard protocol around here is when that happens, it wasn't a very good win.

Changes, it's a 1 level type system with the team rankings playing a role.

^^^^Interesting. The site I posted doesn't take in to consideration the teams actual ranking. If that were the case Miss St. wouldn't be ranked as having the toughest schedule.