I personally suspect that it will be VERY hard for Kelly to keep his job at the end of the year.
He crossed a line with alumni - small and important alike - when he threw the players under the bus (yet again) after the Duke loss. Particularly egregious were his humiliating comments against Malik Zaire.
(Did you hear Doug Flutie make the comment that it was fortunate that ND had a trained, true QB running that trick play rather than a RB? He pointed out that since the play had no chance from the very start and Zaire had no time, a RB would have thrown the ball up and had it intercepted. A former pro QB felt that any kind of a throw would have been too risky - even an out of bounds attempt. Yet later, Kelly said he wouldn't see the field again this year after not throwing it out of bounds).
The players are students, and as such, are members of the "Family". Kelly is NOT a member of the Family. Kelly attacked the Family. I am pretty sure Kelly is gone.
I just hope we can retain Heistad and Denson.