re: BK ranked 5th in College Football Coaches Facing the Most Pressure in 2025

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Here’s my thing with Brian Kelly. All I want, all I am asking for is to win the opening game. Not only win, but have the team prepared. Like they know what they’re doing on the field. Kelly’s signature has been having the team look completely fricking lost on opening day and until that is solved then we can talk playoff prospects

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Muh preparation, the old scapegoat.

The team didn't look lost vs USC, they just didn't make a couple of plays that USC did.

# 1 is Deboer

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You realize LSU won the next 6 games ...including an away game against a good S Carolina team and a highly ranked Ole Miss in BR.

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Then LSU promptly lost 3 games in a row in embarrassing fashion. Getting throat stomped at home by Bama. Losing to Napier with another "SMH" loss was bad.

Fact is, BK went backwards last season. He's always 2 steps behind. I'm in the camp of I don't think he'll win a natty at LSU. I think we have seen his best already. Not having a defense to pair with JD and company was terrible and probably the best shot he'll have at LSU. Could I be wrong ? I hope so.

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Then LSU promptly lost 3 games in a row in embarrassing fashion. Getting throat stomped at home by Bama. Losing to Napier with another "SMH" loss was bad.

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I will agree the Alabama game was "embararassing". Your claim about the Florida and A&M games are absurd! LSU lost the game on the scoreboard BUT to try to say "embarrasing" is utterly ridiculous.

FACTS to follow. In the Florida game, LSU had twice as many first downs...over twice as many plays..more rushing yards...more passing yards...better 3rd and 4th down conversions. LSU failed in the red zone..that was it. In the A&M game, LSU led at halftime 17-7 and for the game had more first downs and more total yards. The running QB killed them...that is all of A&M's offense.

You can try to recreate history all you want. The Alabama game was a beatdown, but LSU dominated Florida everywhere except on the score...NOT remotely embarrassing. And IF A&M stuck with their starting QB LSU would have won that game. LSU dominated the first half of that one.

We will definitely lose the opener again

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The defense was totally unprepared for a running qb. Again. Where have we seen that before ?

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I don't think they were unprepared, not sure why some of you KEEP saying this. Go back and watch the game, guys like Major Burns and Sage Ryan were in position and just refused to make a play.

You can't fix that with "preparation."

Running quarterbacks have had their way with us as of late because all of our safeties are atrocious at open field tackling, as well as sticking with their assignments.

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If you think 2 guys are soley responsible for qb's running at will on us, I don't know what to tell you.

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They weren't the sole reason, but were definitely big contributors. BK is to blame for failing on his initial defensive hires which led to no development of younger talent so there apparently weren't better options.

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BK was outcoached badly in the Bama and Aggy games.

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How, specifically?

Of course I have been one who has heavily criticized Blake Baker here for NOT being able to stop running QBs. And the people who act like LSU didn't have the personnel on defense to do that apparently didn't realize that Milroe only ran wild in 2 games last season for Alabama...LSU and Georgia. Teams with far less defensive talent had no problem stopping Milroe's runs. I have also said that if Baker doesn't come up with a way to do it...that obviously everyone else has no problem doing, then he is way, way overpaid as a DC. Of course, Milroe will be gone but Reed at A&M is back...I think Sellars at S Carolina will be back, etc.

I assume you watch college football games other than ones involving LSU. I have seen countless games in both college and pro football where one team dominates another...as LSU did to Florida...but "found a way to lose". That falls under the category of "shite happens". To be fair, LSU should have beaten Florida but shouldn't have beaten S Carolina since the Gamecocks outplayed LSU in that game. BTW, you're giving Kelly credit for winning that game LSU should have lost, right?

Yep, LSU loses if Sellars played the 2nd half. Just like if A&M had stuck with their starting QB, they would have lost that game by a large margin. I realize that one of these was injury related and the other was a coach's decision but I don't think for a minute that the A&M coach knew that LSU couldn't stop a running QB. If he knew that pregame, he was an idiot not starting that QB to begin with. Once again, to act like unexpected things don't happen in football is bat shite crazy. It happens all the time. LSU also won an Ole Miss game that Ole Miss was favored. But amazingly, Kelly gets crucified for the losses and not given credit for any of the wins. Not to mention destroying Arkansas by 4 scores when Tennessee couldn't even beat them.