Hot Seat Watch, Week 3: Winners and losers

TEMPE, AZ - SEPTEMBER 09: Head coach Todd Graham of the Arizona State Sun Devils walks on the field during the college football game against the San Diego State Aztecs at Sun Devil Stadium on September 9, 2017 in Tempe, Arizona. The Aztecs defeated the Sun Devils 30-20. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /

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SOUTH BEND, IN – OCTOBER 15: Head coach Brian Kelly of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish is seen during the game against the Stanford Cardinal at Notre Dame Stadium on October 15, 2016 in South Bend, Indiana. Stanford defeated Notre Dame 17-10. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images) /

Winner – Brian Kelly

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are looking pretty good thus far. If not for a very close loss to Georgia, this team would be undefeated and one of the major talking points of college football through the early portion of the season.

On Saturday, they went and took care of business on the road against Boston College. It was a strong showing from the Irish and the program looked a lot like the one that caught eyes in the first week of the season.

Kelly’s squad is showing a lot of grit this year and fire after they sorely missed it last year. That’s all he can ask for and it’s going to help keep him in South Bend if the team continues to perform with such intensity.

Even more impressively is the way they closed out the final two quarters strong. They scored 35 points in the second half of the game and really flexed their muscles on the offensive side of the field.

Next week, they will hit the road and take on Michigan State. If they can pull the win on the road, they will have a favorable stretch of four of their next five games at home. That’s where Kelly can really rebound his stock.

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