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Notre Dame Coach Brian Kelly Says His Execution Comment Was A Joke

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Brian Kelly (Credit: Screenshot/Twitter Video https://twitter.com/NotScTop10plays/status/1434722103345963010)

Brian Kelly (Credit: Screenshot/Twitter Video https://twitter.com/NotScTop10plays/status/1434722103345963010)

David Hookstead Sports And Entertainment Editor
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Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly wants people to know he doesn’t actually want to kill his entire roster.

Kelly went mega-viral after beating Florida State late Sunday night when he said, “I’m in favor of execution. Maybe our entire team needs to be executed after tonight.” (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)

Now, he wants people to know it was only a joke and that you’d be foolish to take it seriously at all.

“It’s an old John McKay quote. I was kidding. It was tongue-in-cheek. It wasn’t funny? … I was talking and making a joke about it. It was taken serious? Are you people crazy,” Kelly told the media after his joke bombed, according to ESPN.

For reference, former NFL John McKay once responded when asked about his team’s execution that he was in favor of it.

Obviously, I think we all knew Kelly was kidding, but I had no idea he was replicating a joke told by a different coach.

Kelly can’t just assume most people know that. I’m nearly 30-years-old, and I’d never heard that comment before in my life.

Judging from the reactions I saw on the internet, I don’t think a lot of people were familiar.

If you’re seriously fired up about Kelly’s comment, then I suggest you take a deep breath and relax. It was just a joke.

Granted, it was a poorly delivered one, but it was still an attempt at humor.

Let us know in the comments what you think about Kelly’s comment.