Notre Dame’s Kelly says he’ll ‘absolutely’ be back next year

Notre Dame fans have gotten used to this sort of behavior and attitude from Kelly who has a record of 31-20 since beating USC to cap off that undefeated 2012 season that may end up getting erased from the history books if Notre Dame loses its appeal with the NCAA.

Given the team’s dismal record (4-7), this will be Kelly’s first year at Notre Dame without a bowl game.

However, Notre Dame went 4-8 this season and suffered some embarrassing losses, such as to Duke and NC State.

The USC Trojans (8-3) are coming from a 36-14 victory over the UCLA Bruins in Week 12.

Both teams will end up with the same division record at 7-2 but USC beat Colorado so the Trojans would go to the championship game.

Darnold is the team’s breakout star of the season, but the Trojans are looking less and less reliant on him, as the emergence of sophomore running back Ronald Jones II has added a new dimension to the offense.

I think they’ll take out the victor of the Apple Cup in the conference title game, should they earn a berth in it. “But it is what it is”.

On Saturday, defensive lineman Jerry Tillery committed two unsportsmanlike acts.

Tillery first kicked USC running back Aca’Cedric Ware in the helmet while Ware was on the ground with an apparent head injury. Later, Tillery appeared to intentionally step on the hand of another USC player, drawing a flag.

“If anything, Coach Kelly deserves another chance if people are talking about him being fired because this is just one bad season”, defensive tackle Jarron Jones said.

Helton called Jackson’s plays “an early Christmas present”, but how do you know you’ve shaken everything out of the gift box? “That’s going to reflect on your character”.

The Irish’ last four losses combined equal the spread on today’s game.

Adoree Jackson picked up a bouncing punt and ran 55 yards for a touchdown, followed by DeShone Kizer throwing an interception that cornerback Ajene Harris returned 33 yards for a score.

Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly is exploring other coaching options, according to multiple reports. “He’s as good as I’ve seen in a long, long time”, Kelly said. Notre Dame scored first in every contest and led by at least 14 points against Duke, Stanford, and Virginia Tech. “This has probably been the most fun game I’ve ever been a part of”. The problem is we have a society that sees research and deductive reasoning as vices. USC capitalized on the Irish turnover with a JuJu Smith-Schuster touchdown reception to extend its lead to 45-27.

“What an accomplishment by a group of kids that have been through some adversity and come out the other side of it”, USC coach Clay Helton said. As to what all of this “noise” means for this game, it’s simply this: Brian Kelly and his team have been slightly humiliated this week, which can make for a risky opponent.

Kizer has been the ND offense, passing for 2,705 yards and 24 touchdowns and as its No. 2 rusher with 509 yards and seven touchdowns. But USC immediately erased those plans, when Jackson returned the kickoff for 97 yards and a touchdown to give the Trojans a 38-21 advantage. The Notre Dame football program was hit with severe sanctions by the NCAA, as they will now have all their wins from 2012 and 2013 vacated. The game was the last for USC’s horse mascot Traveler.

The receiver remains among a couple of the Trojans’ high-profile, draft-eligible juniors who could declare for the National Football League draft following this season.

Over the past two months, as they have won seven consecutive games, the Trojans have been explosive, averaging 6.9 yards per play.

5 Opponents among the 12 on Notre Dame’s 2016 schedule that finished above.500 versus Football Bowl Subdivision foes.