by Kyle Golik
Brian Kelly didn’t mince any words when he abruptly left a Notre Dame team that was just days away from competing in the Fiesta Bowl to take the LSU job. Kelly, whose resume is nearly complete with feats and achievements at all levels of college football, was missing a FBS national championship.
“I want to be in an environment where I have the resources to win a national championship.” That seemed to be a direct shot at the administrators at Notre Dame , where Kelly became the program’s all-time winningest coach but could never win a national championship. The closest Kelly came was in 2012, where the Irish went undefeated but seemingly didn’t belong on the same field as Alabama, who routed the Irish 42-14 leaving even Lou Holtz in shock after the game and Mark May not even having the heart to poke at the Irish misfortune…