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Brian Kelly Weighs In On Lane Kiffin's Chances Of Winning A National Championship At LSU

by Staff Reporter

May 6, 202625 Comments

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Former LSU head coach Brian Kelly recently appeared on the USA Today "Sports Seriously" podcast and was asked if Lane Kiffin would win a National Championship with the Tigers.

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"I think so," Kelly said. "That wasn't yes... Here's why I would say yes, okay, I think that they have invested in NIL for him. They have given him the opportunity. There's a lot of good things moving in that direction. The recruiting classes are really in solid shape. And I think Lane's a really smart football coach, so I think it's in a really good place, and I believe because there's an investment in that NIL, he's going to be able to be Lane Kiffin.”

"And that's important. He's not going to take the 18-year-old kid and develop him all the way through the ranks. And that's fine. Because that's what they wanted. I think with those things in place, he can win the national championship."

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Art Vandelay•13 hours

This dude acts like he had no NIL budget

Nitrogen•13 hours

Love the way he tried to imply he wasn’t supported financially

Tigeralum2008•5 hours

Kelly didn’t put in the work to build relationships. CLK has been pressing the flesh from day 1

BrianKellysbuyout•12 hours

Other things aside, I actually think that Lane can and will take high school recruits and develop them. Probably better than Kelly did.

SomeLSUguy•12 hours

I think so too... But instead of these 25-30 freshman classes, Lane will have15-20 guys. But they will be much higher, "can't miss" type of recruits. He can find depth and fill gaps in the portal.

Tiger Prawn•12 hours

Is he trying to imply that he didn’t get enough NIL budget support to compete? Because most outlets had LSU in the top 3-5 spenders on the football roster last year….and BK still shite the bed.

JYD•12 hours

Did BK tell Lane that we are spoiled?

CjNola75•13 hours

BK is a fraud and thief!!!!

Nix to Twillie•12 hours

Also an intelligent and well spoken man that I actually think would have a real talent as an analyst. Glad we moved on, he wasn’t the guy, but he’s charismatic enough, and I think could be self deprecating enough, to have a future on tv. He’s coached a lot of football and I’d value his opinion.

HarryHoudini•12 min

If mediocrity is what your after then yeah by all means seek out his option. If you want to actually win anything I’d seek advice elsewhere.

CBarkleytruth•10 hours

It’s quite a treat not to have to listen to his nonsense anymore. Late 2026 is going to be fun.

jasonbr1975•12 hours

BK had comparable NIL with other teams during his tenure at LSU. So if that's what he's trying to imply that he didn't, he can GSAD.

Clockwatcher68•10 hours

“See ya at the national championship game!”

friendlyobservation•13 hours

Just say it hurts to say yes and move on with your day.

LSUbest•8 hours

Why would anyone ask this loser?

mmtiger•11 hours

or, you could say Kelly's NIL mismanagement resulted donors feeling they had to increase NIL

HarryHoudini•16 min

“He's not going to take the 18-year-old kid and develop him all the way through the ranks. And that's fine. Because that's what they wanted”

Who the hell did he do this with? His best player during his tenure was a transfer.

Rebbedup•2 hours

No excuse for CLK not to win the conference next year at a minimum.

Gorilla Ball•3 hours

His opinion has zero merit

Tiger1988•4 hours

Preston Girl is a fat slob and hack

Bayou•5 hours

Can't fit a square peg in a round hole

pgaddxn•6 hours

High school recruits being developed by you leave just as easy as transfers. The old way of cfb has fallen to the wayside. The programs that stick to it are the Clemsons of the world. I don’t love it but that’s how it is.

LSUBS88•11 hours

he had everything that lane has in his day, got lucky with j, but didnt have the work ethic that lane has learned the hard way, part thru the Granddaddy GOAT of CFB, which WE helped create, i always take credit for him, WE DID!……….. and he wussed out of the greatest opportunity in the history of sports…… and to play politics still….. with MY PROGRAM AND MY PEOPLES!!!! ……the further i get from u brian, the stronger the smells gets……
peace be with U

HeadSlash•12 hours

How would he know? You have to put in the effort.

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