Brian Kelly was on the minds of college football fans and media after his old team advanced to the CFP semifinals on Thursday.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are now two wins away from a national championship after defeating Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. They'll head down to Florida for next week's Orange Bowl against Penn State,

Freeman's predecessor, Brian Kelly, went 0-2 with Notre Dame in the CFP. Clemson rocked the Irish 30-3 in the semifinal in 2018. Alabama crushed Notre Dame 31-14 in the semifinal in 2020. When Kelly jumped ship to take the LSU job before the 2022 season, he listed "winning championships" as a reason he took the job with the Tigers.