Brian Kelly Press Conference - vs. Arkansas...LINK and tidbits inside

LINK to Youtube

Tidbits:
- LSU (7-2, 5-1 in SEC) travels to Fayetteville to face Arkansas (5-4, 3-2 in SEC). Kickoff is at 11am CT on ESPN.

- It will be cool in Fayetteville...high of 44 degrees and sunny.

- Unless Ole Miss wins out, LSU (5-1 in SEC) just needs one win over Arkansas or Texas A&M to play in the SEC Championship game. Ole Miss (4-1 in SEC) has games left against Alabama, Arkansas and Miss State.

- Jayden Daniels named SEC Offensive Player of the Week, Harold Perkins named SEC Defensive Player of the Week and Mason Taylor named SEC Freshman Player of the Week ( LINK)

- Kelly said fans were motivating factor in the win over Bama...players fed off of crowd energy. LSU play on the field kept the crowd in it all game.

- KJ Jefferson is 6-3, 240 lb...RB Raheim Sanders (6-2, 227 lb) is leading runner in SEC. Both will be tough to bring down.

- LB Drew Sanders leads SEC in sacks.

- Wingo and Roy have really stepped up for Maason Smith...defensive line has shown different looks (3 down, 4 down) to help with loss of Smith.

- Kelly gave kudos to Emery Jones and Will Campbell for doing great job against Bama's ends.

- Kelly believes the key to winning championships is controlling the line on both sides of the ball...being physical up front.

- On Perkins: he is so mature...a throw back player that can be pointed in the right direction and will figure out how to get job done.

- Kelly doesn't believe Arkansas game is trap game. He is confident he has team thinking the right way about the Hogs.

- On Joe Sloan (QB coach): has helped Daniels' progression these last several weeks...he's a great teacher.

- On Mason Taylor: has grown physically (gained 20 lb) and mentally in his first year...credits Terry Malone (analyst) for mentoring Taylor.

- On Garrett Dellinger injury status: looked good at workout yesterday...could play on Saturday.