Saturday after Notre Dame’s 45-3 win over Pitt, Brian Kelly offered a rare glimpse of total transparency that most college football head coaches never give. Instead of the usual coachspeak about winning one game at a time and just thinking about the next game, Brian Kelly admitted to doing what we’ve all been doing for months – looking ahead to Clemson.
“What’s important now, is also about what’s important next,” Kelly said, hinting at bigger games ahead for the Irish. “There’s this understand, with this group now, that everything they do now has bearings on who we are as a football team later in this season.