Brian Kelly took stage at SEC Media days; addressed NIL, QBs and more.

This was Kelly's first conference media day since 2009 (before Notre Dame).

Calls the move "The right time and the right place."

He plans on "restoring championship quality football to LSU."

"The offensive line is clearly an area we need to keep our eye on. I think we have added some really good transfers, and have some young men we have developed."

On NIL, "What we are doing relative to NIL is as competitive as anybody else. I don't feel like we are being outbid by anybody ... I don't think that's the place of NIL anyways. I don't feel hamstrung by that."

On QB and team leaders, trust: "Miles is one of our best leaders."

On being a great fit for LSU, "I think fit is about the ability to run a program at the highest level. . . and developing players. I don't think that needs to be geographical. . . . I love where I am in Baton Rouge, they love people, family and food and that fits me. The south is where I probably should have been all along."

On facing FSU in the opener: "They lost some really good players. We are relying on a lot of [prior] film and player evals. They lost their [OC]. They have a lot of new players, it's an opener. Everyone will be playing at their highest level in their opener."

Best food in LA "Crawfish etouffee. I don't know how you top that."

On conference realignment: "Musical chairs. And the music is going to stop and there's not going to be enough seats at the table for everybody."

Is team physically ready for what you want them to do? "GPS numbers show a fitness that will have us prepared for [FSU]." "We're healty, and our kids feel as good as they have ever felt."

On QB sitch, "We're really going to have to set the offense and structure to the skillset of the players/playmakers." "They've got to make plays at QB. We'll have to put them in that situation to be able to evaluate that."

On Brad Davis being the only former assistant retained, "had a chance to see him in a leadership capacity [as interim HC] and saw he really reaches the players. Also, he worked for Sam--one of the best OC coaches."