IRISH NEWSLINK: “Report: Former LB Suing Notre Dame, Brian Kelly For Negligence Causing Spinal Damage” – Sports Illustrated

Artist's Rendition of Spine, Brain, Nervous System, adapted from image at nih.gov

IRISH NEWSLINK: “Ex-Notre Dame player suing school, Brian Kelly for negligence” – NotreDame.247Sports

Artist's Rendition of Spine, Brain, Nervous System, adapted from image at nih.gov

IRISH VIDEO: Brian Kelly Post-Game Press Conference After Notre Dame Victory Over Temple – WatchND

Brian Kelly post-game press conference after Notre Dame’s season-opening 49-16 win over Temple on Saturday, Sept. 2.

IRISH NEWSLINK: “Notre Dame needs Brian Kelly to make a bigger difference on Saturdays” – Chicago Tribune

“Based on scuttlebutt, I half-expected Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly to show up 10 minutes late to Tuesday’s news conference because a campus bake sale benefiting the football program delayed him. …”

IRISH NEWSLINK: “Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly should stop with the lame excuses” – Chicago Tribune

“… So a team with an NFL-caliber quarterback in DeShone Kizer, a team that opened the season ranked 10th in the nation, couldn’t win five games because the head coach was … too distracted? This is supposed to pass for an actual excuse? So it wasn’t that an out-of-touch Kelly made awful decisions regarding his staff? Kelly fired defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder after Notre Dame’s 1-3 start and in the offseason brought in a new offensive coordinator, new special teams coach, new strength coach and, according to SI.com’s Pete Thamel, a total of 17 new staffers. My word, can Kelly hire someone to give him a dose of reality? …”

IRISH NEWSLINK: “Brian Kelly says his inattention to detail was a factor in Notre Dame’s subpar 2016” – ESPN

“Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said he spent too much time fundraising last season and not enough time overseeing his football team. ‘It f—ed up last year’s team,’ Kelly told Bleacher Report in a story published Thursday. Notre Dame was considered one of the biggest underachievers in football last season. The Irish were ranked No. 10 in the preseason but went 4-8 in 2016, losing seven games in the fourth quarter. …”

IRISH NEWSLINK: “Behind The ‘8’ Ball At Notre Dame” – Blue and Gold Illustrated/Rivals

Golden Dome in Bright Sunlight

“Among the 15 Notre Dame full-time football head coaches since Jesse Harper in 1913, Brian Kelly is only the fifth to reach his eighth season. The only four with longer tenures are the “Mount Rushmore” of the program: Knute Rockne’s 13 seasons (1918-30) prior to his premature death, and then the 11-year reigns of Frank Leahy (1941-43, 1946-53), Ara Parseghian (1964-74) and Lou Holtz (1986-96). …”

IRISH NEWSLINK Irish247: “Report: ND willing to negotiate exit with Kelly”

“… FootballScoop.com reported Wednesday that ‘Notre Dame would be willing to negotiate an exit from the 6-year extension Kelly signed just last year should the right opportunity arise.’ His name was connected to the Oregon job, which became open Tuesday night after the school fired fourth-year head coach Mark Helfrich. …”

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