BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – It perhaps seemed like an insurmountable financial task, but it appears LSU might be ready to move on from head football coach Brian Kelly.
Several national sports outlets report, and sources close to the situation tell WAFB-TV Sports that Kelly’s standing with the Tigers took a big turn for the worse following LSU’s 49-25 defeat to No. 3 Texas A&M in Tiger Stadium Saturday evening. Two competitive road losses at Ole Miss and Vanderbilt were one thing, but a national embarrassment and all of the optics that came with it were bad news for Kelly in his fourth season leading the program. An emergency meeting of the university’s higher-ups was held Sunday afternoon to discuss the impending move, sources confirm.
LSU is now in discussions and negotiations to move on from Kelly and the $54 million buyout they would owe him if he were fired. LSU obviously doesn’t want to pay that number in its entirety, hoping for a compromise from Kelly, who just turned 64 years old Saturday.
Kelly’s record at LSU is 34-14 overall with a 19-10 mark in SEC play.
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