Notre Dame fans everywhere have to be devastated that Jon Gruden has agreed to a two-year contract extension with ESPN, to continue to do Monday Night Football for the network. If  Jack Swarbrick knows what he is doing, he will have Cincinnati head coach Brian Kelly on the sideslines in South Bend next season.

The football program at Cincinnati has grown by leaps and bounds in the three seasons Kelly has been there, just like Central Michigan did in the three years Kelly was their prior to taking the Bearcat's job. Kelly is an offensive mastermind, as evidenced by his Grand Valley Univeristy team averaging a staggering 58.4 points a game during the 2001 season.

The Irish have a hard time getting top notch recruits due to their academic requirements compared to a typical college or university. Urban Meyer was oh so close to coming to Notre Dame instead of Florida, but withdrew his name from consideration at UND because of the aforementioned academic requirements. This is another reason why hiring Brian Kelly makes so much sense.  He has the brains to put up decent offensive numbers no matter how talented the team is in which he is coaching.