The era of LSU coach Brian Kelly is over. It ended after LSU's loss to Texas A&M with 4 games left on the regular schedule. LSU completed it's season with a 7-5 won-loss record, the second year of regression. Within SEC play LSU finished in 10th place with a 3-5 record. Two new teams to the SEC, Texas and Oklahoma finished with a better record.
When one takes into consideration the two previous seasons before Kelly, it has been 6 seasons of no progress. At the same time, other SEC teams have jumped ahead and made progress. Five SEC teams made the CFP, Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss, Texas A&M and Georgia. Four were ranked in the top 8 of the final AP poll, Georgia, Ole Miss, Texas A&M and Oklahoma. LSU has made only one CFP and that was in 2019 when they won it all. Those are examples of how far the LSU football program has fallen.
LSU has now decided that Lane Kiffin has the answers to bring LSU back and be a consistent winner. Time will tell, what we do not know is the most important. How did the Athletic Department allow this to go on for such a long period of time. The answer is still unknown and that is not a good sign.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
