Brian Kelly spent his final Zoom availability before the first (and only) conference championship game in Notre Dame football history arguing against another potential Irish first.
Kelly may have been bluffing when he said Notre Dame might not even play in the College Football Playoff if it has to go to a completely empty Rose Bowl, but it was only a bluff in that it should never have come to this and Kelly is frustrated with the ineptitude and ineffectiveness, as it seems all the coaches and players potentially involved are. They are not looking for tens of thousands of fans; they are looking for their families.