Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly talks Irish roots, pride, adversity

My freshman year at Notre Dame Frank Leahy was the coach.We went to all the home games, but the one that sticks out in my memory was the Iowa game.We were down 14-0 and staged a great comback to tie it at 14-14. We needed to stop the clock a lot so we had to fake injuries to do it. They changed the rules after that game! Coach Kelly strikes me as a real stand up guy..a winner. I've seen some great ones..Ara,Lou and some not so great. I think we have the next great one in Brian Kelly!!!!

Great article! Kelly is the next Frank Leahy!!!

Seamus, Kelly is now a professor of journalism at Hofstra University I'm glad to say.As for journalistic credibility , thanks for pointing out the error.We print up to 40 new articles every day and sometimes stuff does slip through

1988 NOT 1986 National Championship trophy; facts are something any competent journalist should never get wrong! BTW, whatever happened to Kelly's corner? Her blog disappeared not long after she suggested Notre Dame drop football (like Hofstra where she guest lectures). Her suggestion appeared just week before Forbes ranked ND football as the second most valuable, ($108 million, if it were a stand alone business)football program, generating a net profit of $38 million. Did she think NBC would pay $15 million a year to broadcast the candles burning at the Grotto? Given that opinions can quickly be proven wrong (Kelly Fincham) and that predictions (Sean O Shea) can be a risky proposition at best, it makes getting FACTS straight all the more important for journalistic credibility.