Every football coach wants two things above all else, and Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly is no different. What is different entering this season is Kelly is not certain the Irish will give him those two things.
“For the success of this football team, it’s going to be up front, it’s going to be our offensive line, our defensive line,” Kelly said last week. “Our ability to run the football and stop the run. If we do that, this is going to be a pretty good football team.”
As individually talented as Notre Dame’s offensive linemen are, the preseason did not feature them working wonderfully as a unit.