Just when you thought you’d seen it all in college football, Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly up and left for LSU (the first ND coach to leave since 1907) while the Fighting Irish are in the thick of a College Football Playoff race.
For years, talking heads have pearl-clutched about whether players skipping exhibition bowl games would bleed into one sitting the playoff out. It hasn’t happened yet, but it might happen in the coaching ranks if Notre Dame is able to make the dance.
The top of the rankings stack up like this coming out of rivalry weekend:
And it’s ND at No.