LSU head coach Brian Kelly's former school is playing for a national championship on Monday. Notre Dame faces Ohio State for the title inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA. Followin

The Orange Bowl was a huge win for that program. The fact that they made it all this way — against Penn State, no less — speaks to the job Freeman has done. To go from losing to Northern Illinois at the beginning of the season to playing for a national championship is unheard of.

Brian Kelly is hated by the Fighting Irish fans. Despite all of that, he is still hoping his former team will win the first ever 12 team College Football Playoff.

Brian Kelly became Notre Dame's all-time leader in wins and helped change the program before leaving for LSU in a shocking 2021 decision that angered Fighting Irish fans. More than three years later and despite the criticism from the Blue and Gold fan base,

Doesn't matter where -- around Notre Dame Stadium, past the Grotto or Touchdown Jesus.  The point is, the former Irish athletic director who hired Marcus Freeman should be ripping off his shirt, pounding his chest and whooping at the top of his lungs.

I want to be in an environment where I have the resources to win a national championship."That was Brian Kelly, the coach of Notre Dame football from 2010 to '21, discussing his decision to leave the Fighting Irish for the opening at LSU in 2022,

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are gearing up for a College Football Playoff National Championship Game in Year 3 under head coach Marcus Freeman.

Freeman — the man who has led Notre Dame (14-1) to the most wins in its 138-year history — was the perfect fit to coach under the watchful eye of Touchdown Jesus.

Former Notre Dame football star Brady Quinn gives a dig at LSU head coach Brian Kelly amid the Irish's momentous run

According to Frank Vitovich, who writes and owns the site UHND, Freeman has more wins over top 5 teams in 2025 than Kelly and Penn State coach James Franklin combined in 23 years of coaching between Penn State and Notre Dame.

EVERYTHING'S COMING UP IRISH for Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame in the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff. Still, that shamrock quake leaves no one backing off from lighting Touchdown Riley

Brian Kelly left the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for what he thought were greener pastures with the LSU Tigers. What he didn’t know was that was the best thing that could have happened to the Fighting Irish as fans celebrate a return to national relevance under Marcus Freeman.