Te'o was asked by Heisman voter and show host Zach Gelb if Marcus Freeman is a better coach for the Notre Dame job than Kelly. "Well, let me say this about Brian Kelly, Brian Kelly is a good offensive-minded coach," Te'o, now an NFL Network analyst, said. "He knows what it takes to have a successful offense.

Notre Dame has clinched its first College Football Playoff National Championship berth since 1988, defeating Penn State in a thrilling 27-24 showdown. The Fighting Irish, now led by head coach Marcus Freeman,

LSU head coach Brian Kelly remains in headlines after his former program, Notre Dame, punched its ticket to the National Championship on Thursday night. Kelly

Per Brandon Marcello of CBS Sports, Kelly said that he's rooting for Notre Dame to win the CFP national championship, taking credit for recruiting some of the players on the team before he left for Baton Rouge.

The Orange Bowl was a huge win for that program. The fact that they made it all this way — against Penn State, no less — speaks to the job Freeman has done. To go from losing to Northern Illinois at the beginning of the season to playing for a national championship is unheard of.

Brian Kelly recruited a good portion of this year's Notre Dame squad, but the LSU football coach swears he isn't jealous.

Freeman — a surprise hire in December 2021 since he had never been a head coach when Notre Dame promoted the then-defensive coordinator after Kelly bolted for LSU — hasn’t had the same problems.

LSU coach Brian Kelly says he's rooting for former school Notre Dame in the CFP final. But would a championship win for the Irish mean more pressure for him?

While Brian Kelly's LSU football team has failed to reach the College Football Playoff in his three years in Baton Rouge, his old school — Notre Dame — will play