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LSU’s new head football coach Brian Kelly has heard a lot of noise in his career and like many college football coachHas suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Nick Saban.
And now, Kelly is excited to have the chance to turn a new leaf in a new state and at a new convention. He recently sat down with the Varsity House podcast and admitted refreshingly honest about his motivation and goals for his career at LSU.
New LSU football coach Brian Kelly gestures to fans after arriving in Baton Rouge at Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, Tuesday, November 30, 2021, La Kelly, formerly of Notre Dame, is said to have A 10-year contract has been agreed. Further incentives with LSUs worth $95 million.
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“That was the challenge,” Kelly said. “It was the ultimate challenge to come down here after living in the Midwest my entire career, where most people said, ‘Well, you can’t do that. You can’t go there and victory in the SECYou’re not from there.’”
By the way, this might be the greatest YouTube video I’ve ever seen.
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Anyway, as might be expected, Kelly also referred to Saban by name.
“I want to beat Nick Saban. Who doesn’t want to beat Nick Saban? You know what I mean?” Kelly admitted. “I want to play him in the regular season. That is the standard. Now, he’s an anti-convention.”
Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban against the Georgia Bulldogs at Lucas Oil Stadium on January 10, 2022 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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I hate to state the obvious, but playing him later in the season didn’t go so well for Kelly, who lost 42-14 in the BCS national championship game a decade earlier while at Notre Dame and 31-14 in College football playoff semifinals back in January.
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But perhaps a regular season game with fewer stakes and less pressure will yield better results for Kelly, who has bigger ambitions than just taking down the Tide.
Kelly says that “the alignment of the athletic director and president” at LSU provides “all the resources needed to win a national championship.”
Although I suspect Notre Dame couldn’t provide those resources, I can’t blame Kelly for taking a fresh approach to the shot at national championships. He is 60 years old and he probably won’t have a better chance than this.
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Brian Kelly speaks after being introduced as the head football coach of the LSU Tigers during a news conference at Tiger Stadium on December 01, 2021 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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He left Notre Dame with an impressive 92-39 overall record, and now we’ll see how he fares at Bayou in the South. LSU will begin their season on Sunday, September 4 against Florida State, and will face Alabama and Nick Saban on Saturday, November 5.
The haters have already marked their calendars.