The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football program was forced to make a massive change earlier than anticipated, but change itself is always happening in and around the program whether it’s planned or not. Brian Kelly decided that he just couldn’t live a life without quality gumbo and bolted for the LSU Tigers, while the Irish tried to catapult into the future with a bolt of young energy in Marcus Freeman.
Massive changes — but not quite the changes we are going to talk about today.
Despite Notre Dame’s persona as a traditional school where things change very slowly — if at all — over the last 30 years, Notre Dame fans have seen almost constant change with the school, the infrastructure, and many details involving the football program.