NewsOK.com · Jun 12, 2015
Can Notre Dame win without relaxing its academic standards?
OU's Corey Nelson defends a pass against Notre Dame's Troy Niklas in the Sooners' 35-21 victory in South Bend in 2013. (Photo by Nate Billings)Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly has admitted that "all" of his players are at-risk academically. All. That's an amazing confession for a school that prides itself on academics and has endured a recent academic scandal with its football team.
Kelly told Notre Dame Insider that "we recognized that all of my football players are at-risk -- all of them, really. Honestly, I don't know that any of our players would get into the school by themselves right now with the academic standards the way they are. Maybe one or two of our players that are on scholarship."