With the Irish making their second appearance in the College Football Playoffs in the last three years, Brian Kelly was asked if his team still had anything to prove as a program.
His answer was very telling: “No. We’re knocking at the door every year. Not sure why this narrative pops up. No, we haven’t won a national championship, but we are there every year and grinding it out every year. Only one team gets to celebrate each year. We’ll continue to try and compete for a title and win one.”
It tough to disagree with Kelly, but obviously winning a championship is the goal. It is nice being invited to the party, the CFP, leaving with the gold trophy is what the Irish want. We all know it’s difficult to break into the group that wins title, in the last 10 years only 5 different teams have been crowned champs, Alabama leading the way with 4 titles.
This year has been tough on everyone, and it’s going to be another difficult task in taking on Alabama in The Rose Bowl Game held in Dallas, Texas this Friday afternoon.