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With a 45-20 record in his five sea-
sons at Notre Dame, head coach Brian
Kelly's average record of 9-4 is two
games better than the average of ex-
actly seven wins per year averaged by
predecessors Bob Davie (1997-2001),
Tyrone Willingham (2002-04) and Char-
lie Weis (2005-09), all of whom were
fired.
Consequently, with what Kelly him-
self describes as his deepest and best
overall team on paper this season, the
expectation is that anything less than
10 wins this season would be a huge
disappointment. And if Notre Dame
doesn't make a run for the four-team
College Football Playoff this year with
its plethora of NFL prospects, when
will it happen? Here were a few sam-
ples of feedback from the message
boards at BlueandGold.com:
Hunchback of nd: Notre Dame has had some tur-
bulence in recent recruiting cycles and faces increas-
ing challenges regionally with Ohio State and now
Michigan stepping up. A series of unfortunate events
With his deepest and most experienced team in six seasons at Notre Dame, head coach Brian Kelly will be
expected by many to be at least a College Football Playoff contender.
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