The frustrated Notre Dame coach, Brian Kelly, attacked the media after losing to Alabama in the College Football Playoff semifinal on Saturday.
The College Football Playoff selection committee was criticized last month for putting Notre Dame in the top four, despite its sad recent history in the Bowl Championship Series and other New Year’s Six bowl games. The ESPN chart during the Notre Dame game against Alabama showed how bad Fighting Irish has been.
Kelly was adamant that the team would return as one of the final four teams, according to 24/7 Sports.
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“I don’t know how I need it – I really don’t want to continue on this path,” said Kelly when asked about the next step Notre Dame must take to get to the game for the national title.
“We’re going to keep getting here, okay? And we’re going to keep hitting and you guys watched the game, didn’t we? They made moves on the perimeter. They made some dynamic moves. They had the college footballer of the year who made some dynamic moves. We fought We were there.
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“So, let’s keep coming back here,” he continued. “And I’m sorry if you didn’t like it or if the national media didn’t like it, but let’s get back to work. We will continue recruiting and we will put ourselves back in this position. And I think our kids fought and played very hard and physically. We ran the ball today. And I’m not taking it personally, because these questions keep coming up as if we have to reinvent ourselves. We were physicists today. They were dynamic on the perimeter, as they have been throughout the year. This is a really good football team. And we will continue recruiting and playing and we will continue to put ourselves in this position. And that’s all we can do. “
Notre Dame has solid offensive players, but with Ian Book gone, the team will have to find a quarterback to replace him.
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Running backs Kyren Williams and Chris Tyree are expected to be back next season. Sophomore Brendon Clark was the Book Reserve this season.