Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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fighting words Wes morgan B A Competitive Brian Kelly Will Eventually Land In The NFL rian Kelly is here to stay … until he leaves. Notre Dame is his dream job, until a new dream appears. He's happy and hungry now, but what about the day he's satisfied with his accomplishments at the college level? What Kelly said about interviewing with the Philadelphia Eagles — that the fact-finding mission only deepened his affection for the college game — doesn't really matter when it comes to his future feelings. People change. Personal aspirations change. Money can change a person's mind. But when Kelly does eventually dip his toes in the professional game — and it's only a matter of time — his recent words will come back to haunt him, fairly or unfairly. That's how these things work. No coach in his right mind would turn down Notre Dame to stay at Cincinnati, yet Bearcats players acted as if Kelly committed high treason for merely taking a better job back in December 2009. In what other employment scenario is a person raked over the coals for seizing an opportunity? Notre Dame fans will likely feel the same when that day comes. Jason Kelce's heart was broken the last time he was in the same room with Kelly, who unfortunately waited until the end of Cincinnati's awards banquet Dec. 10 to tell his players he Kelly's interview with the Philadelphia Eagles the day after the BCS National Championship might be a sign that he is destined for the NFL. photo by bill panzica was leaving them after a 12-0 regular season. Kelce, a redshirt junior starting center for then-No. 3 Cincinnati, said it was a year after the abandonment that his rage finally subsided. "I started crying, more for the guys in the room because I knew it was