Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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UNDER THE DOME POLITICS & THE POLLS Brian Kelly avoids the BCS campaign trail BY LOU SOMOGYI Assumption College in 1983, Notre Dame had coach Brian Kelly worked with Massachusetts state senator Gerard D'Amico and even was a chauffeur for 1984 presidential can- didate Gary Hart. That doesn't mean he's I n his first two years after graduating from going to attempt to blaze a political campaign trail during the month of No- vember as to whether Notre Dame should be ranked in the top two in order to have a shot at the BCS national title. "I got out of politics once," Kelly said. "I'm not getting back in." He held true to his word — often a novelty in the political world — during the week of preparation for Boston College. Notre Dame's 29-26, triple-overtime victory against 4-5 Pitt Nov. 3 didn't earn it any Kelly said he is not interested in debating where Notre Dame fits into the BCS picture, choosing to focus simply on winning games. so-called "style points," and it consequently helped drop the Fighting Irish from No. 3 to No. 4 in the BCS standings. Oregon moved ahead of Notre Dame after its 62- 51 win at USC. Kelly said there are two PHOTO BY JOE RAYMOND reasons why he won't engage in public debates about Notre Dame's placement in BCS polls. One, it deters concentra- tion on the most impor- tant task at hand, which is to win the next game. He must set the example