2010: 8-5. Lost 37-14 to #16 Stanford. Beat #14 Utah (28-3). No games against SEC opponents.
2011: 8-5. Beat #15 Michigan State 31-13. Lost 28-14 to #6 Stanford. No games against SEC opponents.
2012: 12-1. Beat #10 Michigan State, Beat #18 Michigan, Beat #17 Stanford, Beat #8 Oklahoma. Got CRUSHED by Alabama 42-14 in the National Championship.
2013: 9-4. Lost to #17 Michigan 41-30. Lost to # 14 Oklahoma 35-21. Beat #22 Arizona State 37-34. Lost to #8 Stanford 27-20. No games against SEC opponents.
2014: 8-5. Beat #14 Stanford 17-14. Lost to #2 FSU (my alma mater) 31-27. Lost to #9 Arizona State (where I did my MBA) 55-31. Lost to #24 Louisville 31-28. Beat #23 LSU 31-28.
2015: 10-3. Beat #14 Georgia Tech 30-22. Lost to #12 Clemson 24-22. Beat #21 Temple 24-20. Lost to #9 Stanford 38-36. Lost to #7 Ohio State 44-28 in the Fiesta Bowl. No games against SEC opponents.
2016: 4-8. Lost to #12 Michigan State 36-28. Lost to #12 USC 45-27. No games against SEC opponents.
2017: 10-3. Lost to #15 Georgia 20-19. Beat #11 USC 49-14. Beat #14 NC State 35-14. Lost to #7 Miami 41-8. Lost to #21 Stanford 38-20. Beat #17 LSU21-17.
2018: 12-1. Beat #14 Michigan 24-17. Beat #7 Stanford 38-17. Beat #24 Virginia Tech 45-23. Beat #12 Syracuse 36-3. Got crushed by #2 Clemson 30-3 in the Playoff Semifinal. Beat Vanderbilt.
2019: 11-2. Lost to #3 Georgia 23-17. Beat #18 Virginia 35-20. Lost to #19 Michigan 45-14. Beat #23 Navy 52-20.
2020: 10-2. Beat #1 Clemson 47-40 without Trevor Lawrence. Beat #19 North Carolina 31-17. Lost 34-10 to #3 Clemson with Trevor Lawrence. Trounced by #1 Alabama 31-14 in the Playoff Semifinal.
2021: Beat #18 Wisconsin 41-13. Lost to #7 Cincinnati 24-14.
These are all of his games against ranked opponents. He definitely did not have a bad career at Notre Dame. Was is great, though? Forget that we didn't win a national championship. I know it's hard to win at Notre Dame when all of our players actually need to be able to read and write and speak English...unlike a lot of other schools (including FSU). He was in three championship/playoff games and he got killed in every one of them. The only SEC team he beat OTHER THAN LSU was Vanderbilt. Unfortunately for him he won't be able to have LSY to beat anymore. He's going to have to find a way to beat Alabama and Georgia and the other monsters in the SEC and he hasn't shown any ability to do that. Sure, he'll be able to recruit some guys that would never had been admitted into Notre Dame, but good luck recruiting in the South and in Louisiana. They don't like smug in the South. I'm from the South. And I never liked Brian Kelly. That's not sour grapes. He did much better than I ever expected and he deserves credit for that. But nothing in this record makes me think he is irreplacable. He did very good but not great.
2011: 8-5. Beat #15 Michigan State 31-13. Lost 28-14 to #6 Stanford. No games against SEC opponents.
2012: 12-1. Beat #10 Michigan State, Beat #18 Michigan, Beat #17 Stanford, Beat #8 Oklahoma. Got CRUSHED by Alabama 42-14 in the National Championship.
2013: 9-4. Lost to #17 Michigan 41-30. Lost to # 14 Oklahoma 35-21. Beat #22 Arizona State 37-34. Lost to #8 Stanford 27-20. No games against SEC opponents.
2014: 8-5. Beat #14 Stanford 17-14. Lost to #2 FSU (my alma mater) 31-27. Lost to #9 Arizona State (where I did my MBA) 55-31. Lost to #24 Louisville 31-28. Beat #23 LSU 31-28.
2015: 10-3. Beat #14 Georgia Tech 30-22. Lost to #12 Clemson 24-22. Beat #21 Temple 24-20. Lost to #9 Stanford 38-36. Lost to #7 Ohio State 44-28 in the Fiesta Bowl. No games against SEC opponents.
2016: 4-8. Lost to #12 Michigan State 36-28. Lost to #12 USC 45-27. No games against SEC opponents.
2017: 10-3. Lost to #15 Georgia 20-19. Beat #11 USC 49-14. Beat #14 NC State 35-14. Lost to #7 Miami 41-8. Lost to #21 Stanford 38-20. Beat #17 LSU21-17.
2018: 12-1. Beat #14 Michigan 24-17. Beat #7 Stanford 38-17. Beat #24 Virginia Tech 45-23. Beat #12 Syracuse 36-3. Got crushed by #2 Clemson 30-3 in the Playoff Semifinal. Beat Vanderbilt.
2019: 11-2. Lost to #3 Georgia 23-17. Beat #18 Virginia 35-20. Lost to #19 Michigan 45-14. Beat #23 Navy 52-20.
2020: 10-2. Beat #1 Clemson 47-40 without Trevor Lawrence. Beat #19 North Carolina 31-17. Lost 34-10 to #3 Clemson with Trevor Lawrence. Trounced by #1 Alabama 31-14 in the Playoff Semifinal.
2021: Beat #18 Wisconsin 41-13. Lost to #7 Cincinnati 24-14.
These are all of his games against ranked opponents. He definitely did not have a bad career at Notre Dame. Was is great, though? Forget that we didn't win a national championship. I know it's hard to win at Notre Dame when all of our players actually need to be able to read and write and speak English...unlike a lot of other schools (including FSU). He was in three championship/playoff games and he got killed in every one of them. The only SEC team he beat OTHER THAN LSU was Vanderbilt. Unfortunately for him he won't be able to have LSY to beat anymore. He's going to have to find a way to beat Alabama and Georgia and the other monsters in the SEC and he hasn't shown any ability to do that. Sure, he'll be able to recruit some guys that would never had been admitted into Notre Dame, but good luck recruiting in the South and in Louisiana. They don't like smug in the South. I'm from the South. And I never liked Brian Kelly. That's not sour grapes. He did much better than I ever expected and he deserves credit for that. But nothing in this record makes me think he is irreplacable. He did very good but not great.
