PHOENIX -- It's OK Ohio State fans, Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly feels your pain.
With many Buckeyes fans upset that Ohio State is not playing in one of the College Football Playoff semifinals, Kelly arrived in Phoenix on Saturday for the Fiesta Bowl with high praise for the Buckeyes.
"As I have talked to our football team, we think we're playing the best team in the country," Kelly said. "No disrespect to any of the teams that are in the final four, they all earned their way there by what they've done. But we're playing the defending national champs.