To go from losing to Northern Illinois at the beginning of the season to playing ... I just cannot stop laughing at how hilarious this is for Brian Kelly. As my guy Cory Woodroof writes, he has to be considered the biggest loser of this game.

Brian Kelly became Notre Dame's all-time leader in wins and helped change the program before leaving for LSU in a shocking 2021 decision that angered Fighting Irish fans. More than three years later and despite the criticism from the Blue and Gold fan base,

Former Notre Dame football star Brady Quinn gives a dig at LSU head coach Brian Kelly amid the Irish's momentous run

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are gearing up for a College Football Playoff National Championship Game in Year 3 under head coach Marcus Freeman.

Doesn't matter where -- around Notre Dame Stadium, past the Grotto or Touchdown Jesus.  The point is, the former Irish athletic director who hired Marcus Freeman should be ripping off his shirt, pounding his chest and whooping at the top of his lungs.

Freeman — the man who has led Notre Dame (14-1) to the most wins in its 138-year history — was the perfect fit to coach under the watchful eye of Touchdown Jesus.

EVERYTHING'S COMING UP IRISH for Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame in the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff. Still, that shamrock quake leaves no one backing off from lighting Touchdown Riley

The only loss was to Northern Illinois in the second week of the ... Freeman succeeded Brian Kelly, the all-time winningest coach in Notre Dame history. Kelly’s departure left some Irish fans ...

Freeman — a surprise hire in December 2021 since he had never been a head coach when Notre Dame promoted the then-defensive coordinator after Kelly bolted for LSU — hasn’t had the same problems.

On the surface, it shouldn't surprise people that a school with 13 national championships and the fourth-most wins in college football history finds itself in Monday's title game.But when you pull back the curtain and reveal that school to be Notre Dame,