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Well, if the announcers stopped the Rockne's record talk by cbiebel

The record stood for 90 years, well...

First, Kelly stayed longer than any other ND coach (Holtz could have easily beaten the record with one more season).

Second, he had more games per year.

Third, as pointed out, he had more "minor conference" teams (Except for BYU and the academies, ND didn't schedule teams from minor conferences from the 1950s until Davie).

Fourth, how many wins were against top 10 opponents? In his prime at ND (1987-1993), Holtz was amazing against top 10 and even top 5 teams. One season he literally beat 4-5 different conference champs.

Fifth, he has the most number of losses for a ND coach as well. That's 39 losses,Holtz had 30, Weis had 27, Faust had 26, Davie had 25, and Kuharich had 23.

Then there are the vacated wins.

Can I be happy about this win? Yes.

Should I be tolerant of all the talk about "breaking Rockne's record?" No.