Finally someone in the media bringing the hammer. Preston Guy says what we want.

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Don’t tell me the fans’ expectations are too high. If anything, the bar has been set embarrassingly low. When was the last time LSU fans said, “Just make the top 12 by the end of the year, please”? Yet somehow, that’s become the standard under Kelly - and LSU hasn’t even sniffed it in four seasons.

Vanderbilt, even in the NIL era, doesn’t have the resources to compete with LSU. That loss wasn’t just bad - it was unacceptable. Sure, Alabama lost to Vanderbilt last year, but that’s a first-year coach figuring things out. By Year 2, that same coach handed Vanderbilt a 30-14 beatdown. This is Year 4 for Brian Kelly.

No one expects a national championship every season. That standard is nearly impossible - it requires both greatness and luck. But at LSU, that’s the level the program has lived at for two decades. That bar wasn’t set by delusional fans; it was set by three consecutive head coaches who all won national titles - two of whom never won anything of note anywhere else. But forget championships for a second.

The conversation now is about something far more modest: making the top 12 once in four years. Kelly is 8–11 in regular-season road games at LSU, and that includes some forgettable wins. If we ignore meaningless bowl games - like the ones where half the roster opts out - here’s what those eight road wins look like:

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