Notre Dame Is Getting Bashed For Being Cheap In Offensive Coordinator Search

Notre Dame.

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Notre Dame is synonymous with college football and has been for over 100 years now. The Fighting Irish have 938 wins, the fourth-most of all time, behind Michigan, Alabama, and Ohio State.

The school itself is one of America’s top institutions. It’s routinely ranked in America’s top 30 universities and has an endowment of around $20 billion.

The football program had a banner decade the last ten years, as they played for a national title in the 2012 season and made the playoffs in 2018 and 2020. But, head coach Brian Kelly left for LSU, and they hired young defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman to replace him.

Notre Dame overcame a slow start to finish 9-4 this year, a respectable record in Freeman’s first year in charge. But, offensive coordinator Tommy Rees was poached by Alabama, leaving an opening at the position in South Bend.

Notre Dame was rumored with a few candidates for his replacement, like Byron Leftwich, but there were two candidates that they were linked with most. They were Kansas State offensive coordinator Colin Klein and Utah offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig.

They couldn’t come to a deal with Klein, but appeared to reach an agreement with Ludwig. Sadly, Notre Dame refused to pay Ludwig’s buyout.

Ludwig is considered to be one of the best offensive coordinators in the country, and would’ve been a seamless fit in South Bend.

Not a good look, Irish.

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Garrett Carr is a recent graduate of Penn State University and a BroBible writer who focuses on NFL, College Football, MLB, and he currently resides in Pennsylvania.