When the LSU Tigers employed Brian Kelly to be their head coach, they had been most likely anticipating that he would have them competing for a nationwide championship in brief order.
That has not solely not occurred but, however they seem like drifting additional away from that degree.
With Saturday’s 27-16 loss at Florida on Saturday, LSU has now misplaced three video games in a row and has misplaced at the least 4 video games for the second time in Kelly’s first three seasons with this system.
It’s simply the third time prior to now 25 years that an LSU workforce has misplaced three video games in a row.
This can’t be sitting effectively with LSU boosters and donors after this system paid Kelly $9.5 million to go away Notre Dame.
The earlier two losses coming into Saturday had been regarding sufficient, getting blown out (38-23 and 42-13) by consecutive ranked opponents Texas A&M and Alabama. However even that is perhaps considerably forgiven as a result of, once more, they had been extremely ranked opponents and potential playoff contenders.
Following up these two poor performances by happening the street to Florida — a wildly disappointing workforce that had additionally been blown out in back-to-back weeks — and in addition shedding by double-digits is when seats within the SEC begin getting sizzling.
The frustration gave the impression to be boiling over in an enormous method on the sidelines as Kelly was seen having heated confrontations with a number of gamers. Kelly has at all times been identified for being an intense, fiery coach, nevertheless it gave the impression to be getting ugly on Saturday.
At this level, the factor that is perhaps saving Kelly from really being on the new seat is the very fact his contract carries a large buyout ($61 million at this level). How dangerous would the season must get for LSU to be prepared to eat that?
The Tigers nonetheless have two regular-season video games remaining in opposition to a harmful Vanderbilt workforce that has been in a position to hold with a few of the nation’s greatest groups and Oklahoma.
LSU opened the season ranked No. 13 within the nation and was ranked No. 22 this week. After Saturday’s recreation, it’s going to be heading into the homestretch of the common season virtually definitely unranked.
