TBD whether this is just Kelly-ball 2+. And maybe the CFP had more to do with Riley Leonard than MF.

I hope Freeman and company prove me wrong, but it's entirely possible that the '24 season was an aberration and he really is just Kelly 2.0 with better clothes and slightly better bowl performance.

Freeman at ND
2021 - 0-1 with major choke in Fiesta Bowl Finished 8th [See BK below]
2022 - 9-4 finished 18th
2023 - 10-2 finished 14th
2024 - 14-2 finished 2nd
2025 - 10-2 finished 10th

Kelly at ND last 5
2017 10-3 finished 11th
2018 12-1 finished 5th
2019 11-2 finished 12th
2020 10-2 finished 10th
2021 11-1 finished 8th