Kelly had just lost to Texas A&M in a brutal 49–25 defeat, causing LSU to fall to 5–3 on the year. With LSU's championship aspirations inching farther and farther out of reach, the program decided to part ways with the former Notre Dame coach and kick off a new and hopefully brighter era.

One former LSU football player has nothing good to say about Brian Kelly. Safety Matthew Langlois missed most of the 2022 season and all of 2023 with an ACL injury and then stepped away from the sport before the 2024 season. In posts that appear to have since been deleted, he wrote on X:

From the weird accent to the real friction, Kelly's four years in Baton Rouge were a slow-motion culture clash that ended the only way it could

In a move that sent shockwaves across the college football scene, the LSU Tigers parted ways with head coach Brian Kelly on Sunday night amid a 5-3 start to the

The sudden availability of the LSU job creates a hiring nightmare for the Gators, as top coaching candidates will now prioritize what many consider a top-five position in college football.

The LSU Tigers made one of the boldest moves of recent years when they fired head coach Brian Kelly in his fourth season with the program. While the on-field product had its moments of excitement, the school did well to realize his antics toward players and off-field morality just didn't fit what