Chip Kelly went home to Autzen Stadium, his work office for several glorious seasons at the University of Oregon. As our friends at Ducks Wire know well, Kelly retains — and will always have — a deep fondness for Eugene and the UO community. His career took off there. He established a lot of good relationships there.
He won big there.
He coached in a national championship game and multiple Rose Bowls as the leader of the Oregon program.
Kelly has certainly lifted UCLA to a higher level this year, recalling past glories, but one thing he couldn’t do was win on the road in a big Pac-12 game.