Here's why:
- Notre Dame's last four coaches who were in their THIRD SEASON and were playing for a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP -- won the TITLE! Brian Kelly is in his third season.
- There have been eight (8) BCS National Championship games where one head coach had no history of winning a BCS National Championship was up against a coach who had previously won one or more national titles. The coach who had yet to win a national championship has won SEVEN TIMES! Brian Kelly is playing in his first BCS title game -- Nick Saban has won three so far...
- And, Monday January 7th is the Feast Day for Saint Andre Bessette, C.S.C. Bessette is the first member of the Congregation of Holy Cross (the founders of the University of Notre Dame) to receive canonisation as a saint by the Catholic church.