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UNDER THE DOME for the team of keeping its collective eye on the next target. Second, it is wasted energy. "If it helped, you know 12-0 Cincinnati Bearcats were the proverbial red- haired stepchild in the BCS title game race, be- hind fellow unbeatens Alabama and Texas, two of the bluebloods in col- lege football annals. However, he is not me, I could talk all day," Kelly said. "If it really helped, I would be on the stump for it, but it doesn't do anything. The only thing that does is winning football games, so I try to spend all my time and energy focused on how we can get an- other win." Three years ago, Kelly's State has had six 11-win seasons under head coach Bill Snyder, and could have a seventh this season after finish- also undefeated as well as Notre Dame, I'd say, 'Well, there's a chance,'" Kelly said when asked if he ever imagined an un- beaten Irish team being tagged as a champion- ship third wheel when he took the job in 2010. "Those are teams that have been here and done that. Notre Dame hasn't done it in a while — and those teams are unde- feated, too." Even No. 2 Kansas ing 10-3 last year. Notre Dame hasn't had an 11- win campaign since 1993. Two years from now, the BCS will begin its four-team playoff format. "The way the BCS is set up right now, if you have more than two un- defeated teams, you can't control it," Kelly said. "In two years, when you have four teams that can play, now you could con- trol things a little bit more and you may be talking more about your team. … Maybe in two years you'll find me talking a lot more about it." Once a politician … CLOSE TO CAMPUS FAR FROM A DORM RENEW SOMEWHERE NEW THIS YEAR! surprised by the 2012 situation — even if Notre Dame is a huge step up in college football his- tory and tradition from Cincinnati. The Crimson Tide has won two of the last three national titles. Oregon barely lost to Auburn in the 2010 na- tional title game and has been to three straight BCS games, winning the Rose Bowl last season. "If you told me that Al- abama and Oregon were All-Inclusive Rates Individual Leases Fully Furnished Resort Style Swimming Pool State-of-the-art Fitness Center Ample Parking UniversityEdgeND.com 574.387.4086 Location: Take Fightin' Irish Drive to Dixie Highway. We're on the right. 130 Dixie Highway South, South Bend IN 46637 Now Leasing for Fall! 2013