ARLINGTON, Texas — One might think Cotton Bowl coaches Dabo Swinney and Brian Kelly do not mingle much outside of football.
Notre Dame after all is located in the Midwest in the state of Indiana, while Clemson is located in the South in the northwest part of the state of South Carolina.
But Notre Dame’s Kelly and Clemson’s Swinney are pretty good friends, a relationship that dates back prior to their classic clash in Death Valley back in 2015.
“We had met a couple of times prior to that,” Kelly said Monday prior to the Irish’s practice at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.