Only a band of idiots could screw up LSU football. Well, about that ...

[Jilly_in_VA]

LSU is considered a crown jewel job within the college football ecosystem. Coaches who ply their craft elsewhere look at LSU with envy. Ed Orgeron won a national championship there. Les Miles won one and nearly two. Enough said.

The job’s so good, it would take a band of idiots to screw up a coaching search so badly as to make LSU unattractive.

Well, strike up the band!

In the latest twist of buffoons on the bayou, LSU is refusing to confirm it will pay fired coach Brian Kelly the $54 million buyout he’s owed, according to a lawsuit filed by Kelly’s lawyers.

The only way LSU would not owe Kelly his buyout is if it showed he violated his contract terms, allowing LSU to fire him for cause.

LSU has not offered evidence it fired Kelly for any other reason than his job performance. Kelly’s win-loss record is insufficient grounds for a for-cause firing.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2025/11/11/brian-kelly-lawsuit-new-twist-in-lsu-football-drama-coaching-candidates-governor-who-is-hiring/87195576007/?tbref=hp

Watching with great amusement from JMU Nation

[Lochloosa]

1. FSU is in the same boat. 87 Million I think.

Its an obscene amount. Whoever approved these terms should have to pay.

[hlthe2b]

2. I really thought LSU was going to have an amazing season (back in August)... I'm not an LSU supporter, but...

I'm still sad for the fans.

[House of Roberts]

3. Oh, and Nick Saban won a National Championship there,

or was that considered a given, due to he also won them at Alabama?

[rurallib]

4. When I heard they fired Kelly I immediately thought of all

the other Football U's that thought they could buy championship only to see fortunes go south and stay there for very long. Nebraska comes immediately to mind.

Be careful what you wish for, you may get it.

[Jilly_in_VA]

5. Yeah, Wisconsin (my alma mater) F'd up bad

They fired Paul Chryst midseason a couple of years ago and brought in the U of Cincinnati coach, Luke Fickell, to great fanfare. Fickell isn't doing any better than Chryst and is maybe doing worse, but they just announced that they are keeping him and the AD who fired Chryst for another year. Screwed up much, Badgers?

[rubbersole]

6. The requirement to win immediately is the job these highly paid coaches undertake.

Jimbo Fischer going to Texas A & M from FSU for $75 million was the finger getting pulled out of the money dike. Mediocre coaches get exposed after the honeymoon is over and the athletic departments are stuck with an extremely expensive option if they want to make a change at head coach. This dynamic isn't going to do anything but get worse. College sports is a huge business and getting bigger. Money is driving the bus.

[AZProgressive]

7. LSU hasn't had a great defense the past few seasons

I didn't expect LSU to do much since Jayden Daniels went into the NFL and the reason they had him is because of the transfer portal so imagine where they or Kelly would have been without him and his Heisman contributing performance.

They have a QB whose dream it was to win a national championship as a starting QB for LSU. That is why he even stayed when Jayden Daniels started at LSU for 2 years. I think it is a good story but I don't think their QB is good enough to win a national championship for them.

I think things are worse now for LSU with the governor of Louisiana getting personally involved with the hiring process and coming up with a selection committee.

In any case I'm happy with Kenny Dillingham at Arizona State but I don't expect national championships every season.