1-20 against top 5 teams since 2000.

Should be glad Saban called the dawgs off about 5 minutes into the 3rd quarter

They were dynamic on the perimeter and also in the end zone.

I'm not a notre dame fan AT ALL but the dude obviously cares about his players so I don't get why he gets disrespected. He ran into a powerhouse that's going to win the naty more than likely. He's mad about the questions being asked directly after losing and trying his best, some people don't understand that and there probably ND fans lol

Never in that game did I feel Notre dame threatened Alabama. Just like last year there were only 3 legit teams in the playoffs.

Can you imagine a coach telling his players that a close is good enough?

Notre Dame lost to Alabama by 17 and Clemson lost to OSU in a blowout by 21 points. Where's everyone saying Clemson sucks and doesn't belong in the playoff?

How does it feel to get smoked again i think that’s the question Brian

God forbid notre dame had good play callers on offense.

ND was as deserving to be in the playoff as anyone. It's not anyone's fault that Alabama and Ohio State are just way better than everyone else this year.

ND has nothing to be ashamed of. Y'all had a great year. Only four teams make the playoff. If you are one of those four you had a fantastic year

The difference between ND and the elites (Bama, Clemson and OSU) is simple: elite recruits. That's the remaining gap left for ND before they can actually win playoff games.

the game was 21-7 for the longest time and he wants to claim that we needed to make "a few plays" honestly im just getting tired of him not trying to get better just being comfortable with 10 win seasons. I can tell that he is mad because everyone finally knows he isnt a big game coach

What is the difference between LInda Lovelace and Brian Kelly? Linda didn't choke on the big ones.

Notre Dame isn’t a team that can compete with the big dogs like Alabama and Clemson but teams like Georgia,Oklahoma and Cincinnati are teams that they can compete against

The funniest part abt this game was when Norte dame put together an 8 minute td drive to make it 14-7 and than Bama made in 21-7 in like 2 minutes lmao

2 years later: "That's an Excited locker room in there! Congrats to Alabama for playing their best, unfortunately for them, that isn't good enough now that LSU is under my tutelage." (and he actually DID say in the post game locker room speech this year (We're gonna get here/ do this more often.")

Let's start the fire Brian Kelly movement

ND wasn’t in this game really the whole game. However, who else deserved to be in this game? Maybe Texas A&M? They lost by 28 to Bama. No one else other than Ohio State has competed with Bama and Clemson CONSISTENTLY these last 5 years. No one. Basically every other team over these years has lost by these margins to both Bama and Clemson. These two teams have blown out everyone not just ND.

Players at ND are asked to play like champions while the Alabama players are the Champions!

We were right there 😂

Brian Kelly isn't a big game coach, he is not the coach you want when it's on the line.

It just may be that Alabama is really that much better than everyone else this year......I happen to think Brian Kelly is an outstanding coach recruiting at a place where the academics for ALL are really intense.....vs other programs where, well, not so much....I am a Nebraska fan

Did Brian Kelly just say he had a chance to win lol😂😂 My guy you wasn't EVER in that game!

I hate how people act like because you lose you are bad. Notre Dame lost to a much better team that is head and shoulders above everyone not named Ohio st and Clemson and they are better than those two also. They played as well as you could have hoped. They still belonged there. No other team you could have put in that spot would have faired better.

This was a forgone conclusion. Bye

Brian, Alabama is more than a “good team”, they are the better team. Don’t be so touchy, you want to be coach but can’t take criticism

I dont want to see Oklahoma nor Notre dame in any playoff games for the next 5yrs lol

This is what I talk about when it comes to Bama, Ohio State and Clemson they have elite talent on the perimeter on both sides of the ball. Notre Dame can play in the trenches now thats a plus. The last time Kelly had a guy that really demanded alot of attention on the outside was Will Fuller. Those other teams I just mentioned is rolling those type of wide receivers out every single year Bama has three of them actually four of them two of them got drafted in the first round last year and they got two more first round draft picks this year at wideout. Dont get me started at QB for Notre Dame Book is good just not Elite he cant consistently throw from the pocket which hurts this team. Kelly you recruit great linemen that are becoming good pro players but since Kiser all your QB's are small and cant perform from the pocket and again this year your top QB recruit is 5'11 or 6 feet tall you want them to throw over 6'5 6'6 linemen it doesn't make any sense you are not running a spread offense you are a pro style team you need a QB that is at least 6'3 and up that can look down field from the pocket just look at Bama Clemson and Ohio State's QB's they are all big and can throw from the pocket you will not compete with these teams until you fix these problems. Look I get it you are tired of these questions that are about your teams talent level to be honest this is the most physical team you have ever had and Hamilton is my favorite player on the team. He is an Elite player and a future first round pick in my opinion.

The committee will put them in every year

I don't blame Notre Dame fans for being frustrated. But I would ask ND fans is there anyone out there that can do BETTER than Kelly? Will the " Good Fathers " at ND let a coach go out like LOU Holtz did and bring in " some " elite talent that can help ND win, but may not be academically eligible at Notre Dame? .. I understand Lou Holtz kind of bent the rules there at ND to bring in some top recruits. I think that's why they let him go. ... But it may still be possible. Clemson is a highly competitive school to get into. They're winning National Titles.

You can't just "out physical" teams to win championships in college football anymore. You must have perimeter speed along with being physical on the interior of the o-line and the d-line.

Brian Kelly needs to go, he never wins in the big games

Face it....you don’t play any teams during the year that are top 25 teams and you always have east coast media thinking you’re team is great when they’re a mediocre team for last 20 years. Thanks

I'm a Bama fan but I thought the questions were harsh, don't blame him for his attitude. I think Notre Dame played well, they competed and they were good on both sides of the ball. I think they deserve more credit than they're getting, they fought hard and competed on a high level. Alabama has played with a sizeable chip on their shoulder all season because of the way we felt disrespected by the committee last year and we've had something to prove because of that blatant disrespect. They only thing that I felt hurt Notre Dame most was they tried to eat up the clock, make long and drawn out drives to keep Alabama off the field but one I know was more than 7 minutes and another was more than 4 so in the end I think that hurt them.

Brian Kelly doesn't deserve another year at Notre Dame. He has had eleven years to get it right but he and his coach staff have come out on the wrong end of the results.

I would like to see this team play 11 straight SEC games then he would know,

And this guy wanted to have the player's families in the stands. 😂

I LOVE Notre Dame but we are simply not good enough to take on the big boys...Tough to admit that but we continually get beat down by the big programs..

How many times did he say “uhh”

Notre Dame has a good defense but their offense is stuck in 2009. They dont have the downfield threat that you need to be competitive in today's game.

He sounds awwwwfully touchy.

So many haters. Coach Kelly continues to do a fantastic job season after season. We are always in the hunt. I appreciate what he has accomplished n the fact Notre Dame is relevant again. Remember not too long ago Charlie Weis was our coach.

I still believe in you Notre Dame. Will miss senior players. You guys were awesome all year. Love you Notre Dame!!

31-7 is not a chance to win.

Should have forfeited like he threatened to do.

Good coach and good players !! To compete with Alabama you must recruit at the highest of levels. Keep up the good work within your program.

Look, I say ND deserved to be #4, but the gap between bama and ND is just wack

I wonder how ND would fair in the Big Ten? The ACC was pretty weak this year. ND’s only tough opponent was Clemson. And maybe NC.

WOW NOTREDAME NEEDS A NEW COACH BACK TO BACK BLOW OUTS IN BIGG GAMES

The only time this game was close was before it started.

Im a ND fan and I can say that coach Kelly is not a showtime coach. He doesnt win big games at all. Need a new coach. He has done a great job withthe program but we need championships bro

Brian Kelly is getting a lot of unnecessary hate for this. He’s absolutely right. Every sports fan expects every team to be in the same league as an Alabama or New England prior to 2020 and it’s just not reality. Having a chance to win is all you can do in sports. The rest is won and lost by how good you are relative to your competition and on the field after. Sports fans repeatedly hold teams to unrealistic standards and it’s easily the most annoying part of debating sports.

Post season results, he's a choke artist, nuff said.

Wether he likes it or not, the reality is ND is somewhere around the 10th team in the country. The recruiting bears that out as well as the results against teams who ARE at the elite level. To say ND will continue to get back to the playoff when it is clearly not on that level is what bothers college football fans. Until the playoff expands, ND is taking a spot it does not deserve.

Classy statement from Kelly. A good season for ND, their players should hold their heads high. Bama's the best team in the country and it's due to recruiting. Let's see if ND can pull better talent going forward.

Dodging the question. ND lacked the athleticism to compete with Bama so the question of what does he do to bridge that gap was a fair one.

"Having a chance to win"?

Sometimes, you just get beat. Alabama was the physically/athletically dominant team, plain and simple. Not tough to explain. Nothing to see here. Move along.

Ik Brian Kelly is a good coach but he isnt good for recruiting. Urban Meyer would be great for ND

Bro why does he say the word dynamic so much lmao.

Let's fave it Kelly is the best ND will have for another 50 years. Kelly is just banking.. Nobody truly thinks ND can win in these games.

Yeah we all watched the game, They should give Cincinnati, Oklahoma or Texas A&M a chance to get blown out. Notre Dame is REAL good at losing big games

ESPN talks smack about ND every time they play well in their conference... Then the Irish meet a team from the SEC and we find out ND is lacking.

Join a conference and win a conference championship like big boy football. Sick of seeing a spot taken up by NBC's football team

Do I hear a Butch Jones champions in life🐘🏈🏆

ND would be the 5th best team in the SEC this year.

Put better competition in the playoffs

Every time we get to the big game we lose he’s tripping

ND Built different

I hope Brian Kelly stays at Notre Dame forever. (I went to SC, and Yes, Clay Helton needs to be fired like yesterday! - stupid Lynn Swan) But for as long as Kelly is there, Notre Dame will never win a National Championship. He is just not an elite coach.

Bama would have put up 50 had they not slowed down by the 3rd quarter.

Change the narrative? Maybe winning a game in the playoffs would change the narrative? As a Bama fan, I’m glad we didn’t play A&M...

Always been a fan, will always be a fan. I'm proud of my Fighting Irish, win or lose they fight.

Does anyone besides ND think that ND is “knocking on the door to a championship”?

disappointed Kelly? ND did not belong in the playoffs. it was like watching varsity and jv. ND is the most overrated washed up team.

Its funny how he still thinks they’re one of the best four teams. Clearly they’re not.

Makes me sick to see the ACC (Almost Collegiate Conference) letters on Brian Kelly’s Notre Dame shirt. Notre Dame is so much above and better than the ACC. Hope to see them back in the running for the NCAAF Championship next year while playing an Independent schedule.

Texas A&M is more deserving of having been in the CFP than Notre Dame! As noted Saban called off the dogs early in the third period, but Notre Dame continued to play their starting lineup, rather than let underclassmen get a chance to play.

Notre Dame plays in a decent manner. Proud of the team!

He's complaining that Notre Dame is underrated by the media??? Are you kidding? They're overated year after year. If Notre Dame had to play in the SEC every week they would get crushed.

It's okay Notre Dame, you arent the only "elite" team getting boat raced today 🤣

Made a couple more plays????? He's 😧😧😧 crazy

Ah yes, the yearly cleansing of Norte Dame. I swear we do this every year, they get all the hype, just to get pooped on national TV. Wish the committee would start putting a real team in the 4th spot from now on.

Him and his narrative What ??? Same narrative as 7 previous big games on national stage A loss is a loss They coasted and played with in second half

Ian book i thought was a good quaterback but honestly he as no real arm talent ,mac jones is a much better quaterback than him. the only offensive threat they had was the RB smh 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️ this isnt highschool football lol 😅🤣.Bruh you guys keep geting dominated in big moments.

Touchy much

Cf has a serious problem bama osu clemson in a league of there own they blow out everyone. Good job Kelly you took a much less talented team and hung in there. Keep fighting and improving definitely closing the gap

At least he didn't say maybe Alabama won't come back out of the locker room for the second half like he said the last time we spanked his team... lol RTR looks like it will be Bama and OSU in Miami at the moment.

Sorry coach, but the margin does matter, just like speed matters. Another thing that was woefully different about the two teams. You’re an order of magnitude worse than ‘Bama. That’s not a place a program like Notre Dame needs to be. Zero and eight in big games since 2000 speaks for itself and it’s not a pretty conversation. Don’t get mad. Get better.

They can’t even win their conference they are in for that season championship because they are independents and don’t have a permanent conference 🙄🤦🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️Roll Tide 🐘🌊🏈🏆

ND players on the side line just as effective as the players on the field! Haha! Funny how the 2 coaches complaining before the games got hammered!!!

He should step down as Irish head coach.

A big name coach who's record for big games is far worse than Jim Harbaugh!

Notre dame has never been in the same conversation Clemson Alabama, Ohio state. Always been pretenders. Kelly wants to belittle the loss by saying “only lost by a couple plays” which wasn’t the case. And margin of loss is the issue, that’s called getting blown out.

Guy got his team to the playoffs I think that deserves respect. All these reporters are mad disrespectful. Anyway, off to the championship game. RTR.

A few more plays ??? Someone needs to tell him it was 31-7 and they weren’t right there.

I don’t think a single person watching this game ever thought for one second Notre Dame had a chance, and for him to say they were “right there competing” is ridiculous and a joke

Ahhhh I don't know what game he was watching. Alabama had a lot of back ups in very early in the 4th and Nick Saban even pointed out they took their foot off the gas, I'm guessing and this is my opinion, but saving some for next game. Alabama was never in danger of losing the lead. I like Notre Dame and Brian Kelly, but if you watched this game and didn't think Notre Dame wasn't 2 or 3 steps behind you don't know anything about football. Just admit that to yourself. There are very few things that are dynamic about the Irish offense. This is the 3rd time This team and This QB have failed to break 20 points. You will not beat anyone in the top 4 playing that kind of bland power I or 2TE sets football. You can say, " well we have academic standards!". Yeah when's the last time 90,000 people showed up for f@$king chemistry experiment? This should and I believe will hurt their future playoff selection chances.

Nick saban is a 🐐