... Dame was breaking in another new coach and looking to reassert itself as an elite program after nearly a decade of tumultuous ups and downs on the football field.

Today it’s a similar story, as Brian Kelly enters his first season in South Bend looking to do what his last three predecessors failed to accomplish.

Before the 2005 season started, there was a guarded optimism amongst the Irish faithful, who were very curious and excited to see what Charlie Weis could do to the struggling Notre Dame offense and what the future held for the program.

In truth, it never really got better than Weis’ first season at Notre Dame, and as we shall see, it was never that good to begin with.

Still, the fact that Weis could com...

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