Notre Dame's Kelly: New Illini AD Thomas demands titles

"He's going to demand excellence," Kelly said of Thomas. "Even at Cincinnati, the first thing he said after he hired me, he said, 'You need to win a Big East championship within five years.' Of course, I said we'll do it in three. But he has that kind of mindset. At Cincinnati, he was demanding championships. The bar will be high in terms of expectations."

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