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SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly reiterated early Sunday that he plans to be back as coach of the Fighting Irish after a 45-27 loss to rival Southern California dropped the Fighting Irish to 4-8, their second-worst record in five decades.Kelly said in the postgame news conference Saturday that Absolutely. Ill be back.Hours later, Yahoo Sports reported that Kelly had reached out through representatives to explore coaching options outside Notre Dame. About 3:40 a.m. Sunday, the school tweeted a statement from Kelly saying he thought he had been clear that he plans to return.I have not been, am not, and will not be interested in options outside of Notre Dame. Im fully committed to leading this program in the future, Kelly said in a tweet.Because Kelly said he wouldnt stay in California recruiting as long as he has in past seasons after finishing the season, some compared that to 2009 when Charlie Weis returned to South Bend after a loss at Stanford and was fired. Kelly didnt return with the team to South Bend after the loss on Saturday, but acknowledged hes coming back early.I dont believe Im coming back early because Im getting fired, he said.Kelly said Saturday he wasnt surprised about the speculation about his job status.You cant be surprised when you go 4-8 that youre going to get those questions asked as well, he said.Kelly said he plans to conduct exit interviews with players Wednesday through Friday to get an idea on what changes need to be made. He said he has to evaluate a lot of things, including his assistant coaches.Ive always felt the continuity of blend and change is the sweet spot. For me, we need to clearly look at where that is because it was off, he said.Kelly won at least eight games in each of his first six seasons and started this season ranked No. 10 and finished with eight losses. There have been few seasons when hopes started so high and finished so low. The Irish opened the 1956 season ranked No. 3 and finished 2-8, and were No. 4 to start the 1981 season in Gerry Fausts first season and finished 5-6.Kellys players also backed him after the Irish wrapped up their worst season since Charlie Weis went 3-9 in 2007 with a dreary, waterlogged loss in Los Angeles.If anything, Coach Kelly deserves another chance if people are talking about him being fired because this is just one bad season, defensive tackle Jarron Jones said. Just because we have one trip-up doesnt mean he should be fired.The season will be remembered for Notre Dames inability to come up with big plays in close losses to bad teams, falling to Texas (5-6), Michigan State (3-8), Duke (4-7) and North Carolina State (5-6). Its just the 14th time in 128 seasons of playing football the Irish have finished with a losing record.I thought we could play with anybody this year, Kelly said. We just have not been able to sustain consistent performance for four quarters. We have shown a propensity for some self-inflicted wounds, whether they be on special teams or offense or defense.Kelly called the defense a young group that is ascending and will make big strides next year.As for the offense, its status will depend on whether Kizer declares for the NFL draft or returns to school for his redshirt junior season. Kizer said he has not made a decision yet.Kelly said the school had requested draft evaluations for Kizer, left tackle Mike McGlinchey, left guard Quenton Nelson and linebacker Nyles Morgan from the NFL.Kizer did say the disappointing year gives him plenty of difficult tape to review and situations he could learn from, trying to take some positives from a bad situation.Jones believes the same holds true for Kellys tenure at Notre Dame.You never want to think about the negative stuff, because the negative stuff taints the positive memories, Jones said.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-Top25Nike Air Max Plus France . Goals from Jerome Boateng, Franck Ribery and Thomas Mueller extended Bayerns unbeaten run to a record 37 matches. "This record is incredible," Bayern coach Pep Guardiola said. Destockage Air Max 97 .5 million, one-year contract on Friday. 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World champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia won the gold medal with 237.71 points, Moore-Towers and Moscovitch followed at 208.45 and Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov of Russia were third at 187.Connacht led the way at the Guinness PRO12 awards in Dublin on Sunday night where Bundee Aki was named Players Player of the Year.The Irish province won three of the individual awards up for grabs at the Guinness Storehouse and seven of their players were named in the Guinness PRO12 Dream Team.Connacht were the surprise packages of the 2015-16 season and a 14-7 win over Glasgow in their final game saw them finish in second behind Leinster to secure a play-off place. They will take on the Warriors again on May 21 in Galway, with Leinster and Ulster facing off in the other semi-final a day earlier in Dublin. The final takes place at Murrayfield on May 28.Aki had already been named as Connachts player of the year, by both fans and his team-mates, after an outstanding season that saw him score six tries in 26 appearances.He beat off competition from Glasgows Stuart Hogg and Munsters CJ Stander in the vote, which is made up of the leagues 12 captains and vice-captains. Connachts Pat Lam claimed coaching honours Pat Lam was named Coach of the Year for leading Connacht to second and club captain John Muldoon was the recipient of the Guinness PRO12 Chairmans Award.Ospreys fly-half Sam Davies was voted Young Player of the Season by a selected media panel ahead of Leinster pair Garry Ringrose and Josh van der Flier. 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Gareth Anscombe won the Golden Boot Cardiff Blues fly-half Gareth Anscombe won the Rhino Golden Boot Award and Ulster won the Specsavers Fair Play Award, receiving £10,000 to spend on their youth development programme.Guinness PRO12 Dream Team: 15: Isa Nacewa (Leinster, capt); 14 Matt Healy (Connacht); 13 Bundee Aki (Connacht); 12 Ben Teo (Leinster); 11 Craig Gilroy (Ulster); 10 Sam Davies (Ospreys); 9 Kieran Marmion (Connacht); 1 Dennis Buckley (Connacht); 2 Tom McCartney (Connacht); 3 Finlay Bealham (Connacht); 4 Leone Nakarawa (Glasgow); 5 Ultane Dillane (Connacht); 6 CJ Stander (Munster); 7 Josh Van Der Flier (Leinster); 8 Cornell du Preez (Edinburgh).Also See:Connacht clinch semi spotFinal day PRO12 highlightsPlay-off dates confirmedPRO12 table ' ' '