Brian Kelly became Notre Dame's all-time winningest coach on Sept. 25, surpassing Knute Rockne. Who'd a thought, right? Kelly's "Irish" got blown out in their only national championship game appearance in 2012 (and then had all wins in that season and the next vacated). Notre Dame has not won a national championship since 1988. Not had a Heisman Trophy winner since '77. And, the point here, has not ever had a great college quarterback in Kelly's eleven and one-half seasons. Imagine that from Quarterback U. From the '40's through the '70's: Bertelli (Heisman), Lujack (Heisman), Hornung (Heisman), Lamonica, Huarte (Heisman), Hanratty, Theismann, Montana, at one time if you were Notre Dame's starting QB you were automatically in the Heisman conversation. 

Notre Dame ceded the name Quarterback U to Miami in the early 1980's. In seven of his 11 1/2 years at ND Kelly has rotated two QB's. The failure of Brian Kelly to lure a Jim Kelly, a Bernie Kosar, a Vinny Testaverde, a Johnny Manziel, Marcus Mariota, Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray, Joe Burrow, Trevor Lawrence or even to settle on one good-but-not-great QB as Lou Holtz did Tony Rice the last time the "Irish" won it all--in sum, the failure of to handle the quarterback position adeptly is the reason Notre Dame has not, and never will, win a national championship under Brian Kelly.