Brian Kelly on the Jay Mohr Sports Radio Show

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly was a guest yesterday on the Jay Mohr Sports Show -- you'll enjoy this interview:

LINK:  KELLY ON MOHR

Know Thy Opponent: Navy Football Video

Here's an "inside" look at the Naval Academy's football program -- as they prepared to play San Jose State last week...

LINK:  NAVY FOOTBALL

Even Bob Stoops Questions ND's #10 Ranking

You can add Oklahoma head football coach Bob Stoops to the bandwagon of those questioning why Notre Dame is ranked only 10th in the first College Football Playoff Ranking.

Here's Stoops on his radio show last night:

LINK:  STOOPS ON NOTRE DAME

Factoring Academics Into CFB Playoff Rankings

The folks at ESPN -- who rarely ever talk about graduation rates of college student-athletes -- created a formula called ESPN GRADE which factors in graduation rates when ranking teams. 

Unfortunately, it doesn't get any play...

Well, ESPN's Gregg Easterbrook penned this piece where he took the College Football Playoff Rankings and "mashed-up" the ESPN GRADE ranking system against their TOP 25.  Here's the new rankings of teams based on graduation rates:

LINK:  CFB PLAYOFF RANKING

Rolling Stone's Take: "Worldwide Cheerleader"

Notre Dame fans are going to want to read this article penned by the Rolling Stone's Jordan Burchette about ESPN's "cheerleading" for the SEC...

LINK:  THE WORLDWIDE CHEERLEADER