Good Luck, Brian Kelly

After he basically said he'd entertain offers from big-time schools, Cincinnati head coach Brian Kelly seems to have gotten himself the biggest offer of them all—Notre Dame.

Unless you've been under a rock for the last few years, when it comes to college football, Notre Dame and their coaching situations have been a somewhat unsteady business.

You come, you get a few wins, you lose, and you get fired. In recent history, only Lou Holtz can probably hold his head up high, although his " homerness" on ESPN programs may have raised a few giggles. Holtz hasn't knowingly picked the Irish to lose—ever—and they've done it quite often in recent years.

It's nothing if not entertaining.

The biggest question for Brian Kelly going in is this—can he take the Fighting Irish back from the college football back-burner and bring them back into national contention year after year after year? That's what Notre Dame and their all-powerful athletic director and alumni expect.

At Cincinnati, Kelly turned the Bearcats from a football nobody, into a Big East powerhouse, outscoring most of his opponents with accurate quarterbacks and some great wide receivers. The best of these have been this year, with Tony Pike and Zach Collaros proving they can throw the ball, with soon-to-be NFLer Mardy Gilyard and the rest of his receiving corps proving they can catch the rock if it's thrown their way.

However, we're not so sure about Kelly's defensive plaudits. At the end, Cincinnati's defense proved to be a shambles.

We'll just have see what happens in the land of Touchdown Jesus, eh?