More than ever, it appears Brian Kelly and Notre Dame is a marriage destined to fail

Notre Dame has become the punchline to a bad joke over the last 12 months.  From fringe contender for the College Football Playoff last August to 4-8 and a coach in Brian Kelly firmly entrenched on the hot seat, things have changed quite a bit in South Bend since Manti Te'o and Everett Golson led the Fighting Irish to the BCS National Championship Game following the 2012 season. Kelly is still blaming everybody but himself. In a story published Thursday by Matt Hayes of Bleacher Report, Kelly blamed fundraising during the season for a football-only facility on 2016's woes.  "I was the absent professor," Kelly told Hayes. "I wasn't paying attention to the details that we needed. There were internal

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Tuesday Notes: Update on Netori Johnson, J.R. Reed, and more

Kirby Smart said he has no issues with the progress of Netori Johnson. Yes, freshman Netori Johnson has been seeing most of his work at right guard with Georgia’s third team, but according to head coach Kirby Smart, he’s not displeased. Although fellow freshmen like Isaiah Wilson and Andrew Thomas have garnered most of the early attention, Smart said Johnson is adjusting well and his hopes for him remain high.