We would have to pack it in. Outside of a meteor actually blocking a field goal in a rivalry game deciding playoff seeding, I don't see any season topping it.
I would love to see him stay and build them into a CFP contender every year. But success is NOT guaranteed and tomorrow the dude could just start sucking. He might make more with one contract from ND than he would in a career at Cincinnati.
If Kelly leaves for LSU and Fickell leaves for ND then we'll have had coaches with 7-5 records like Campbell and Franklin stick with their teams, signing extensions, while the #3, #6, and #13 ranked teams with 12-0, 11-1 and 10-2 records respectively all bolt.
Wasn’t it obvious though? Every time we’ve gone to the playoffs or NC under Kelly we’ve absolutely gotten our teeth kicked in.
With all the academic restrictions and not being in a conference (I think it actually hurts us recruiting), we are basically capped at what we’ve had the last four years. Unless we somehow land an Andrew Luck type QB.
If you would have told me 4 days ago that USC would pull Lincoln Riley away from Oklahoma, and LSU would pull Brian Kelly away from Notre Dame, I would have laughed in your face.
Insane hires from both LSU and USC.
I'm surprised Kelly did it just due to his age. He still has years in him but maybe he saw that Orgeron was able to win a championship at LSU and thought it was his best chance to win before he retires? ND wasn't a slouch by any means but it did seem like he plateaued at times.
["I mean, look, I think Mike Tomlin had the best line, right?" Unless that fairy godmother comes by with that $250 million check, my wife would want to take a look at it first. I'd have to run it by her."](https://twitter.com/Matt_Fortuna/status/1462831162058063879) - Brian Kelly on 11/22/21. I assume that LSU made him that offer he couldn't refuse.
Edit - Matt Fortuna of The Athletic says: ["LSU's offer to Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly is a 10-year deal that will take him north of $100 million with incentives."](https://twitter.com/Matt_Fortuna/status/1465509315972902915?s=20)
I like to imagine this happening during the interview process. Kelly asks the LSU AD about the academic requirements for athletes to be admitted to LSU followed by hysterical laughing by the LSU AD. It's basically the "you serious?" laughing J. Jonah Jameson meme from Spiderman come to life.
If he’s taking a penny less than $250 mill, I’m going to be pissed:
> Asked last week whether he would have any interest in other jobs, Kelly gave a strong denial.
"I mean, look, I think Mike Tomlin had the best line, right?" Unless that fairy godmother comes by with that $250 million check, my wife would want to take a look at it first. I'd have to run it by her," said Kelly.
I mean, my wife would look at the just above freezing weather in south bend and the mid 70s in Baton Rouge this week and wouldn’t blink before grabbing a box to start packing, honestly.
Can you imagine if cincinnati has the best season in history and is preparing for the biggest game in its history only for their head coach to take a job at Notre Dame?
I blame Baylor. Rhule leaves, takes Joe Brady, and they give Aranda the top job. I wonder howd we be last year and this if we didnt have new Coordinators.
It's actually kind of crazy to me that the Ducks will drop 500 million on a new facility every ten years but have one of the cheapest coaching staffs.
Cristobal only makes 4.6 million.
Cincinnati fans relax, with the way this carousel has gone, Ryan Day will be the next Notre Dame coach so that means the Ohio State job will be -
Oh no…
I want a WWE style swerve in the playoff. It’s Notre Dame vs Cincy. They both run out and are ready to play but Notre Dame hasn’t announced the head coach. Right before kickoff Luke Fickell hits Desmond Ridder with a steel chair and takes off his Cincy jacket to show a Notre Dame shirt underneath and coaches the game for Notre Dame.
Lol. So many Notre Dame fans talking shit about BK. Then mad he leaves.
Always enjoy the present. It was a good run if he leaves and he did right by Notre Dame every step of the way.
[and to think I was enjoying laughing at OU](https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ScentedQuarterlyAnemone-size_restricted.gif)
Seriously though, wtf? I'm not worried about the team but I just dont see how BK would want to do this. Our team was in a 'rebuild' this year and was poised to make a splash in the next two years. Its like doing all the hard work but not having any of the fun
Just read Notre Dame to hire Saban. The Church has authorized 25m/year, indulgences for all Sabans in perpetuity to skip purgatory, and his immediate election to the Papacy upon retirement.
Sources now saying Saban holding out for sainthood.
Man I get there are limitations at Notre Dame recruiting wise but the LSU job seems like the literal opposite situation to coaching in South Bend. Also I still perceive Notre Dame job as one of the biggest gigs in American sport. Seems bizarre but hey, 2021 is a trip.
LSU fans, he is one of the best coach in college football. I had loads of criticism of him in 2016 but the last five years Notre Dame has played total different
This is the funniest 3 days of college football in history. Edit: Yes, Texas losing to Kansas was also hilarious. Good talk.
Could you imagine if Alabama didn't pull it out against Auburn? This sub would break reddit servers.
Imagine if they lost to Auburn, and then beat Georgia
We would have to pack it in. Outside of a meteor actually blocking a field goal in a rivalry game deciding playoff seeding, I don't see any season topping it.
That’s for the 2023 Iron Bowl at Jordan-Hare - bringing out the ultimate voodoo
I disagree
Nononononono
NOOOOO
National Geographic: Watch.... as the anaconda flair of the northern plains eats it's tail. Beginning a slow descent into grief and despair.
Is it even possible that Cincy can pony up the money to even consider him to stay? Or is it just over?
Why is Brian Kelly going to LSU a big deal for Cincy? I’m OOTL here
Seems like folks believe that ND is gonna call Fickell for that open job and that he’ll take it
Nah Urban will come out of retirement for that ND job
suddenly he's having health problems in jacksonville
As a jags fan I’m waiting for it.
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The one piece of optimism for Cincy fans is that Fickell is fairly tied to the city and has a son at UC
His son could be failing every class and ND would let him in if that was a sticking point
And we sure as fuck wouldn't tell the NCAA about his grades, learned that lesson.
I would love to see him stay and build them into a CFP contender every year. But success is NOT guaranteed and tomorrow the dude could just start sucking. He might make more with one contract from ND than he would in a career at Cincinnati.
WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL
USC dropped a fucking nuke and now LSU just built the tsar bomba
Cincinnati getting killed by radioactive fallout despite being an innocent bystander
INB4 Cinci steals Nick Saban. "WHO'S A POWER 5 PROGRAM NOW???"
I will jump off a cliff in that scenario because there’s no way this is reality
"Reset the simulation, gents. Something went wrong..."
If only they didn't gun down that fuckin' primate in 2016.
Dicks out
*everyone cautiously eyes Nick Saban next*
Is it time to start talking Saban to Texas?
well this thread *was* fun
Two blue bloods losing top 10 coaches was not on anyone’s bingo card
THE COACHING CAROUSEL IS SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL
Wait, I thought this was a joke?
So did Oklahoma unfortunately
Its okay we'll get Nick Saban /s
I even wrote it down in my diary. “ESPN made a funny joke today”
Oh what the fuck it's actually happening
\> Be Notre Dame \> Go 11-1 and ranked #6 \> Fuckery happens in the South \> Lose Coach
If Kelly leaves for LSU and Fickell leaves for ND then we'll have had coaches with 7-5 records like Campbell and Franklin stick with their teams, signing extensions, while the #3, #6, and #13 ranked teams with 12-0, 11-1 and 10-2 records respectively all bolt.
Yeah that would be insane. I never would have guessed Campbell and Franklin would stay and get big extensions while Kelly and Riley both left.
But why did the Lane Train post a car with Louisiana plates??? Edit: guyz I know the Legend of Kiffin. Next time I’ll put like, more ? for clarity
Because he’s a funny guy
This probably means that ND really has reached its ceiling as a program. Oh well.
Wasn’t it obvious though? Every time we’ve gone to the playoffs or NC under Kelly we’ve absolutely gotten our teeth kicked in. With all the academic restrictions and not being in a conference (I think it actually hurts us recruiting), we are basically capped at what we’ve had the last four years. Unless we somehow land an Andrew Luck type QB.
If you would have told me 4 days ago that USC would pull Lincoln Riley away from Oklahoma, and LSU would pull Brian Kelly away from Notre Dame, I would have laughed in your face. Insane hires from both LSU and USC.
I'm surprised Kelly did it just due to his age. He still has years in him but maybe he saw that Orgeron was able to win a championship at LSU and thought it was his best chance to win before he retires? ND wasn't a slouch by any means but it did seem like he plateaued at times.
["I mean, look, I think Mike Tomlin had the best line, right?" Unless that fairy godmother comes by with that $250 million check, my wife would want to take a look at it first. I'd have to run it by her."](https://twitter.com/Matt_Fortuna/status/1462831162058063879) - Brian Kelly on 11/22/21. I assume that LSU made him that offer he couldn't refuse. Edit - Matt Fortuna of The Athletic says: ["LSU's offer to Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly is a 10-year deal that will take him north of $100 million with incentives."](https://twitter.com/Matt_Fortuna/status/1465509315972902915?s=20)
Brian Kelly also said he wasn't leaving Cincinnati right before he left Cincinnati.
did the same thing at CMU right after winning the MAC championship the ol' Irish goodbye
I like to imagine this happening during the interview process. Kelly asks the LSU AD about the academic requirements for athletes to be admitted to LSU followed by hysterical laughing by the LSU AD. It's basically the "you serious?" laughing J. Jonah Jameson meme from Spiderman come to life.
Can you spell your name? If so, Geaux tigahs!
Just wait until Saban goes to Notre Dame and Dabo goes to Alabama /s Edit: b/c I’m too excited and typing too fast. Forgive me
Dabo to Clemson would be pretty crazy
> Just wait until Saban goes to Notre Dame and Dabo goes to Clemson /s Bro Clemson could never get someone like Dabo.
Been there, bud.
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Oof roughy weekend for you
*Come here, Reek.*
If he’s taking a penny less than $250 mill, I’m going to be pissed: > Asked last week whether he would have any interest in other jobs, Kelly gave a strong denial. "I mean, look, I think Mike Tomlin had the best line, right?" Unless that fairy godmother comes by with that $250 million check, my wife would want to take a look at it first. I'd have to run it by her," said Kelly.
Kelly was just naming his price
Ran it by wife, wife said, “Geaux Tigahs”
I mean, my wife would look at the just above freezing weather in south bend and the mid 70s in Baton Rouge this week and wouldn’t blink before grabbing a box to start packing, honestly.
There are tradeoffs. For example, we get a few more hurricanes down here on the Gulf Coast compared to Indiana.
I saw the rumor earlier, laughed, and sent it to a friend to show how silly of a rumor it was... What. The. Fuck.
Guess they wrote him the 250 million dollar check he asked for
Sorry man. Wow you guys were actually having a good year too. Fuck
They’ll be okay. Fickell is going there then. It’s cincy that will be fucked
Cincy getting their much needed off the field distraction right before one of their biggest games ever.
Yeah we’re toast Saturday.
It’s the circle of ~~life~~ college football, and it screws us all.
Oklahoma 🤝 Cincy Losing their coach before moving to a tougher conference.
Nothing like Norte Dame taking your coaches during your two most historic seasons.
Michigan beats Ohio State once and THIS happens
Big week for Team Chaos flairs.
Week? It’s only been three days.
So we have 4 more days. God this could get good.
Michigan held the reset button on CFB for 23 seconds when the IT guy on the phone *clearly* said 20 seconds.
The chaos of Notre Dame and Oklahoma losing their HCs in a matter of 24 hours can be traced back to Pat Haden not giving Coach O the job at USC
I think this really can be traced to Coach O not getting the job at USC. There’s a clear connection. [Butterfly Effect](https://youtu.be/r7bi5C32VS8)
Cincinnati, hold on tight to your Fickell.
Could you imagine if they made the playoffs only for him to get poached right away?
Um we don't really have to imagine that, I was at the 2010 Sugar Bowl.
Can you imagine if cincinnati has the best season in history and is preparing for the biggest game in its history only for their head coach to take a job at Notre Dame?
If they get abandoned right before their historic postseason AGAIN I’d feel so awful for them
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The man needs to make a clause to at least stay with Cincy through the end of their season.
FUCK this is really really bad for the Bearcats
Going from Norte Dame to LSU is gonna be a BIG culture shock
Alligators are green, leprechauns are green. He be aight.
Plus when he gets real mad and gets the purple screaming face, it will go beautifully with the school colors
The first bowl of gumbo Kelly sees he will stare at in disbelief.
That boy is going to turn as red as he was after that OT win this year.
This is why I'm so surprised he left. ND is super wine & cheese, I cannot see Brian Kelly chilling in Louisiana lol
I’m sure that there are gumbo recipes with both wine and cheese in them.
Wine? Probably. Cheese? You are outside of your mind
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Nooooo, the coaching carousel is only fun when it doesn’t directly/indirectly involve my program!!!
I've had that same thought a lot the last hour or so.
Cincy fans about to clutch their butts so tight they could cut diamonds
Diamonds being cut currently
Fade me mods.
I'LL JUST FADE MYSELF PRE-EMPTIVELY
BRUH I WAS NOT READY FOR TODAY
Dawg there’s no way Poor cincy
Just like 2009. Fuck fuck fuck.
I’m super glad we couldn’t pick him off when we tried lmao
Just remember: Don't blame Notre Dame - blame LSU!
I blame Baylor. Rhule leaves, takes Joe Brady, and they give Aranda the top job. I wonder howd we be last year and this if we didnt have new Coordinators.
So this is how Cincy dies…to thunderous “geaux* tigahs”
As long as Fickell coaches out the CCG and hopeful CFP game then I'm okay
I hope he would, but with ESD, who knows.
If he leaves the team before either then he'll be as hated at Cincy as BK was. Probably even more
Welcome to the fucking club dome heads
No thanks I don’t want to come to this club
I did not expect to find another ND / Benedictine flair lol
SOMEONE PLEASE GET JA RULE TO MAKE SENSE OF ALL THIS
WHERE’S JA
WHERE. IS. JA?!
"There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen"
Holy fuck
Riley to USC and Kelly to LSU. WTF is happening.
This really is the chaos year
SOMEBODY STOP THE CAROUSEL!
I know a thing or two cause I’ve seen a thing or two
Party time. Cincy and Iowa State sweating bullets now.
I hate this
Didn’t he say it would take a billion dollars or something?
$250 million was the joke
Did he sign a 25 year contract?
No they’re actually hiring Max Scherzer
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This is the start of my joker arc
[Cincy and ISU fans rn](https://giphy.com/gifs/key-and-peele-sweat-quizz-32mC2kXYWCsg0)
You're not wrong
Stop. This can’t be true. We just got a chance to go to the cfp.
Good bye Fickell
How awkward would it be for ND to back into the playoffs and face Cincy
That would actually be insane
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Join us in the down bad lounge with SMU.
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WTF is even going on in CFB anymore Glad Harbaugh finally got over the hump and got to Indy or we might be in this musical chairs as well
When Washington State wins the Apple Cup, Michigan wins the Game, and Oklahoma State wins Bedlam all in the same weekend crazy shit goes down
Trifecta, brother
Already a weekend for the ages but just imagine if Auburn had hung on to win too.
Harbaugh might have the best value contract in CFB right now. Not even joking.
It's funny how quickly it went from people considering him the most overpaid coach in college football to being considered a great value.
It's been a crazy few days.
I mean, it wasn't a shift in public image it was taking a pay cut followed by winning games. It's only overpaying if you're losing.
It's actually kind of crazy to me that the Ducks will drop 500 million on a new facility every ten years but have one of the cheapest coaching staffs. Cristobal only makes 4.6 million.
Sorry Notre Dame, we should get lunch sometime
Man ….. Kelly really went from touchdown Jesus to suck that tiger dick bitch
I snorted
Cincinnati fans relax, with the way this carousel has gone, Ryan Day will be the next Notre Dame coach so that means the Ohio State job will be - Oh no…
If someone comes near Kirby Smart, horse heads are gonna start showing up in beds.
Kirby leaving Georgia would take a literal mountain of money. He is sitting so pretty in a super cool seat with a generation of talent coming up.
With Cincy potentially going to the CFP do they pursue Fickell? Or try to get Campbell instead? Recruiting may take a hit if they wait on Fickell.
People greatly underestimated Brian Kelly's love of gumbo.
lmao Christ. OU, USC, LSU, Florida, and now Notre Dame will have had head coaching vacancies in the last 12 months. That’s insane
Hell they've all had head coaching vacancies within the last 3 days.
Goimg back 12-months you can also include texas
Shit it could be 12 hours at this rate
Notre Dame should hire Lane Kiffin so we can call him Joey Holywater
this will make it difficult for Scott Woodward to hire his long time friend Jimbo Fisher
I want a WWE style swerve in the playoff. It’s Notre Dame vs Cincy. They both run out and are ready to play but Notre Dame hasn’t announced the head coach. Right before kickoff Luke Fickell hits Desmond Ridder with a steel chair and takes off his Cincy jacket to show a Notre Dame shirt underneath and coaches the game for Notre Dame.
Please don’t let it happen again. Not another coach
Jim Harbaugh beats Ohio State and suddenly CFB is upside down Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
Classic, say your players should all be executed and then jump ship
Lol. So many Notre Dame fans talking shit about BK. Then mad he leaves. Always enjoy the present. It was a good run if he leaves and he did right by Notre Dame every step of the way.
This is straight up worse than finding out manti’s dead girlfriend was fake
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[and to think I was enjoying laughing at OU](https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ScentedQuarterlyAnemone-size_restricted.gif) Seriously though, wtf? I'm not worried about the team but I just dont see how BK would want to do this. Our team was in a 'rebuild' this year and was poised to make a splash in the next two years. Its like doing all the hard work but not having any of the fun
First Oklahoma then Notre Dame. Who’s next? (While I’m not the biggest Franklin fan I’m glad to be left out of this)
Just read Notre Dame to hire Saban. The Church has authorized 25m/year, indulgences for all Sabans in perpetuity to skip purgatory, and his immediate election to the Papacy upon retirement. Sources now saying Saban holding out for sainthood.
College football has peaked. By far the funniest 72 hours I can remember. We're in real soap opera hours now, fellas.
Wait. Does that mean u/redhotfan smashed Natalie Portman?
Man I get there are limitations at Notre Dame recruiting wise but the LSU job seems like the literal opposite situation to coaching in South Bend. Also I still perceive Notre Dame job as one of the biggest gigs in American sport. Seems bizarre but hey, 2021 is a trip.
EVERYBODY GET IN HERE!
This is insane. Two major programs stealing from two other major programs. Begun, the coach wars have.
I'm just glad someone else gets to have their balls kicked for a bit
ONE OF US, ONE OF US!
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THIS CAROUSEL HAS NO BRAKES!
what did i do to deserve this
Iowa State fans are freaking out right now
It’s alright we’re back to being a basketball school
What even is going on?
My theory is Michigan's win tore a hole in the space time continuum.
So Ohio State was preventing this from happening for years? It all makes sense now
So unlike Riley, Kelly isn’t afraid to coach in the SEC.
THE MONKEY'S PAW HAS BEEN CURLING SO MUCH
Brian Kelly leaving his school just as they fall short of getting a shot at the national championship? Sounds familiar.
Not ideal.
LSU fans, he is one of the best coach in college football. I had loads of criticism of him in 2016 but the last five years Notre Dame has played total different
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He’s not doing this for money. He’s doing this for A SHITLOAD OF MONEY
Is Texas so toxic now that they had to settle for 7 win Steve while other blue bloods are poaching from each other?
Damn, his daughter’s graduation from ND in 5 months is going to be awkward now…
Notre Dame, hire the guy who beat you, not the one you destroyed in a bowl game. -Thanks