The man said yes.
Upon hearing the news former defensive coordinator Mike Elko was on his way to Texas A&M for the same position, the initial reaction for many, myself included, was Notre Dame let him get away. The implication was Notre Dame wasn’t willing to pony up the money to retain their hire from a season before.
But, as more details emerged, that showed not to have been the case.
Eric Hansen of the South Bend Tribune reported last Thursday Mike Elko had agreed to a new deal with Notre Dame that would pay him about 1.