Kelly couldn't hold Lou's jock

Kelly has been very fortunate for the following:
1. A watered down schedule. Frankly it sucks and just about any competent coach would win 10 games with it (and they're 12 game seasons...not 11 game season)
2. USC has been down. If Weis had coached against the teams that Kelly went up against, he still might be coach. Between Kiffin, Sark, Orgeron (1x), and Helton, SC has been in a down cycle for Kelly's entire ND coaching career. What happens if he went up against Carroll led teams...38-0 losses is what happens
3. Watered down expectations...people "are just happy to be here" with regards to 10 win seasons and the playoffs. He gets his arse schooled against those teams, but somehow a huge swath of ND administrators are excited about "getting close" and just think ND is "lucky to be here"

Kelly isn't EVEN close to Holtz's performance when you consider the schedules he played against. In '88, Kelly doesn't beat Michigan, Miami, or SC and ND plays in the Gator Bowl.

Gosh, your post suckec