Has it really been less than a month since Brian Kelly hopped on a plane to head to Baton Rouge? With all of the pomp and circumstance surrounding the football program these days, it certainly seems a lifetime ago that Kelly was even in charge in South Bend. However, the Fiesta Bowl is fast approaching on Saturday, and it behooves us all to stop to consider what a win would actually mean for the program moving forward.
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To get the obvious out of the way first, a win over #9 Oklahoma State would get the dubious “major bowl losing streak” off the backs of the Notre Dame program.