Logan Weeks

According to ESPN’s article, Cincinnati head coach Brian Kelly will be the next coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Despite Kelly’s numerous denies that he will take the job, he has accepted and will be in South Bend next year.

In Kelly’s three seasons at Cincinnati he went 34-6, back to back Big East titles, two straight BCS bowl berths. Before Kelly arrived in Cincinnati, they were not know as much of a football program, but Kelly turned that program around and his undefeated record this season almost got him a shot to play in the national championship.

Kelly runs the same sort of spread offense that Notre Dame ran this year. Cincinnati as a bit more pass heavy, but that came with the outstanding play of their quarterback Tony Pike and receiver Mardy Gilyard.

Notre Dame fans should be excited because they got a good one in Kelly!

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With the firing of Charlie Weis, most would think recruiting could go two ways, up or down. So far, it has stayed the same.

Defensive end Chris Martin from Aurora, Colorado de-committed from Notre Dame today. Martin was Notre Dame’s only five-star recruit. Martin is the 16th rated prospect in the nation on Rivals.com, but he is ranked 111th on ESPN’s recruiting site.

Although losing Martin is a huge disappointment, the Irish gained a recruit today that is ranked higher than Martin on ESPN’s recruiting site, but lower on Rivals.com. Defensive tackle Louis Nix from Jacksonville, Florida just committed to the Irish.

Nix is a big guy at 6 foot 2, 320 pounds and looks like a good prospect at Defensive tackle. With the coaching job still open in South Bend, look for some commits to decommit, but also look for what happened today, and there should be some more big commits in the future.

Keep checking in and I will stay on top of this hectic time for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team!!!!

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