Brian Kelly to coach Notre Dame

So Notre Dame hired Brian Kelly today, and it's as good of a hire as they could have made. Bob Stoops and Urban Meyer never were attainable, so Kelly is the best coach available. This is a guy who has been successful everywhere he's gone, and has been ridiculously successful at Cincinnati. That's a basketball school that is now going to its second consecutive BCS bowl game. The circumstances at Notre Dame are different than anywhere he's been, but I think he'll be good for this team. Time will tell, though. Both Willingham and Weis got off to rousing starts, and they lasted 3 and 5 years, respectively. You just never know with these things.

Apparently there are a lot of people in Cincinnati upset about how this went down. I guess they don't feel Kelly was "forthright" about what was going on. Can I just say something about this? Give me a FUCKING break people. Receiver Mardy Gilyard said something to the effect of, he took the money. Well yeah, no shit. And when you go to the NFL, it'll be about the money as well. But the fact of the matter is, Notre Dame offers more than Cincinnati can. Look at what the Bearcats have done this season. Undefeated season in a BCS conference. Are they playing for a national title? They are not, and that's because nobody respects Cincinnati. If he goes undefeated at Notre Dame, I guarantee he'll be playing for a national title. I'm sorry that they're losing their coach before a big BCS game against Florida, but this is an opprotunity Kelly can't pass up. It may not be ideal how coaches can come and go so easily in college football, but this is the world we live in. It happens all the time, and anyone shocked by this has been living under a rock.

By the way, the Steelers lost to the Browns tonight and have now lost to the Chiefs, Raiders and Browns. I don't know if I've ever seen such a good team lose to such bad teams. What the hell is going on there? This team won the Super Bowl a year ago. I know Polomalu has been out, but he's not THAT damn valuable. I think if the Lions played the Chiefs, Raiders and Browns in a 4 week span, they might win one of them. And the Steelers lost all three. Mike Tomlin is still a good coach, right? Ben Roethlisberger is still a good QB, right? This is unbelievable. The Bengals have all but clinched the AFC North at this point. Pittsburgh cannot win the division, and Baltimore has to win out with Cincinnati losing out. Who had the Bengals clinching the division by week 15? Who even had the Bengals above .500?