Thought #1 - Notre Dame got their guy and after hearing Brian Kelly induction press conference speech I can honestly say I'm already sick of this guy. Maybe it was all the coach speak he delivered about the great traditions of Notre Dame football and how he was fully dedicated to restoring them to greatness. Hey Irish, you might want to check that dedication tag at the door and ask for a couple good references. Might want to give a call to a couple of fellows in Ohio and ask them how deep Coach's dedication runs. Pretty sure they will tell you it runs about as deep as your pockets can go and then levels out. Let's face it, Kelly did the Bearcats wrong in leaving them coachless for the biggest bowl in that's schools history. Kelly fully played the role of the jerk who bails out on his prom date the night of the dance. Now Cincy is left sitting on the steps in their prom dress waiting for their brother to find a tie so they don't have to show up alone. Coaches should never do this, they should never leave kids before a huge bowl game. That's like taking a kid to the mall, walking him in, and then just disappearing leaving him to find his own way home. It's just wrong. So Notre Dame, you got your man, and he is fully "dedicated" to success, for now, kinda, as long as it's not to hard and you keep paying well and no one else prettier comes along.

Thought #2 - Ndamukong Suh should win the Heisman. Think about it, it is an individual award and what player of all the finalists has done more on an individual level than Suh? If you are a running back or quarterback at least part of your success comes from your line, your coaches, and your overall scheme. That's not to say the guys up there this year aren't top level talent and it's not to say that talent doesn't play a huge factor as well in their successes. It is to say though that other factors play into those successes, it's only natural. Suh dominates his opponents and changes the entire way the opposing team plays and he does this on his own for the most part. It's all him, one-on-one, and on every play he is a factor, whether he makes a play or not. He is the best player this year in college, but because he's not the prettiest, he wont win the Heisman. Because he doesn't touch the ball he will most likely be robbed of the trophy. Let's be honest, it's an offensive award. I mean the trophy is of a guy running the football, not a guy with his hand in the dirt.

On a brighter note, I'm sure the lose of the award will be much easier for Suh to swallow once he can wash it down with the boat load of 1st draft pick money he is due this spring.

Thought #3- Jim Harbaugh will remain at Stanford. It was rumored earlier this week that Kansas had made a strong push for him, but that now appears to be dead with Harbaugh signing a 3 year extension. Come on Kansas, did you really think this guy would leave Stanford for you? I mean you aren't a Texas or Flordia, or even a Michigan. You are a basketball school and you are in Kansas. Granted Stanford is not exactly a football power house, but it is at least on the same level as Kansas, plus it's in California. Not sure if you've checked lately but not a ton of people migrating from Cali to the middle of the country these days. Not a whole lot of people trading in that west coast lifestyle to go live in tornado alley. Listen you don't dump the pretty girl who owns a hot tub even for an equally pretty girl without a hot tub. Bottom line, Jim Harbaugh wasn't going to trade a work in progress going well and in a good area, to start another work in progress in a worse area.

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