Notre Dame has changed starting QBs, benching the very ineffective Winbush. ND's coach Brian Kelly said he didn't want to lose a game just to make the point a QB change was needed.
Not saying Smith should have been benched for tonight's game, but if you wonder why Brian Kelly, and coaches like him, get the elite jobs, and Skip Holtz doesn't....
Winbush has been stinking it up and ND has limped to a 3-0 start, in spite of lousy QBing. Kelly didn't want his team going to 3-1 before he was "justified" to make a change.