[sinkinginthesea]

You see them being a BCS contender in two years or so now?

[wrppdarndyrfngr]

you dont have to make new individual threads for each new sports story.

[sleepyseanzzz]

i dont know why he would leave an up and coming team who went undefeated this year on the way to their bowl game vs. florida. i think if rudy happened today, they could offer him the starting quarterback spot and even he would decline it and say he would rather play one down for texas or alabama instead of that god awful team in south bend. i was scared when i thought randy edsall was going to get the job, thank god he didnt.

anyway, no i do not see them being a BCS contender in 2 years, maybe they will crack the top 15 and actually beat a ranked opponent or navy for the first time in a while but they wont be undefeated in two years playing for the national title or another major bowl.

[guccimaneburrrr]

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[Andy Young]

I hate you Brian Kelly.

Seriously I really do.

[pr0digy]

Originally Posted by bigoleP33N

You see them being a BCS contender in two years or so now?

Doubt it...they are losing their two star players, and it will take a couple years of recruiting for Kelly to establish a team that fits his style of football.

[sinkinginthesea]

Originally Posted by wrppdarndyrfngr

you dont have to make new individual threads for each new sports story.

quit complaining and don't post then.

[drawndead]

i think it'll take 5 years...if he is there that long

[Andy Young]

Early rumors for the Cincy job are Skip Holtz (E.Carolina), Chris Peterson (Boise St) and Butch Jones (Central Mich).
As well as Kerry Combs and Jeff Quinn ( Current assistant coaches)

[J.C.]

Originally Posted by pr0digy

Doubt it...they are losing their two star players, and it will take a couple years of recruiting for Kelly to establish a team that fits his style of football.

They're returning a good amount of talent on offense next year, despite the departure of Clausen and Tate. Their success will hinge on the strides made by their defense, where almost all their starters are returning(which could be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on how you want to look at it).

[dignan]

Not much will change. I see ND recruiting blue chip QB's and WR's and not giving two shits about having a good defense. They will continue to lose to ranked opponenets and will be looking for a new coach five years from now.

[Tyler Vagyler]

They just showed a quote from one of Cincy's players....straight ripped Kelly.

[preppyak]

Yeah...

Quote:

"We already knew what he was going to say. We weren't giving him a round of applause or anything," tight end Ben Guidugli said. "It's like somebody turned their back on us. We brought this whole thing this far. We've come this far. To have someone walk out now is disappointing."

Quote:

"I don't like it," Gilyard said before the banquet. "I feel there was a little lying in the thing. I feel like he'd known this the whole time. Everybody knows Notre Dame's got the money. I kind of had a gut feeling he was going to stay just because he told me he was going to be here."

But, it'd be insane for him not to make that move up...aside from the money, he can set his own schedule, he can recruit far more nationally, and he's guaranteed TV time for all his games...pretty tough to pass up and stay at a school that isn't even really a football school

[imirish06]

Originally Posted by sleepyseanzzz

i dont know why he would leave an up and coming team who went undefeated this year on the way to their bowl game vs. florida. i think if rudy happened today, they could offer him the starting quarterback spot and even he would decline it and say he would rather play one down for texas or alabama instead of that god awful team in south bend. i was scared when i thought randy edsall was going to get the job, thank god he didnt.

anyway, no i do not see them being a BCS contender in 2 years, maybe they will crack the top 15 and actually beat a ranked opponent or navy for the first time in a while but they wont be undefeated in two years playing for the national title or another major bowl.

I stopped taking you serious after you said Edsall would make a good coach.

[imirish06]

Originally Posted by pr0digy

Doubt it...they are losing their two star players, and it will take a couple years of recruiting for Kelly to establish a team that fits his style of football.

Crist is a better fit to Kelly's offense than Clausen.