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Brian Kelly Weighs In On Lane Kiffin's Chances Of Winning A National Championship At LSU

by Staff Reporter

May 6, 202638 Comments

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Former LSU head coach Brian Kelly recently appeared on the USA Today "Sports Seriously" podcast and was asked if Lane Kiffin would win a National Championship with the Tigers.

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"I think so," Kelly said. "That wasn't yes... Here's why I would say yes, okay, I think that they have invested in NIL for him. They have given him the opportunity. There's a lot of good things moving in that direction. The recruiting classes are really in solid shape. And I think Lane's a really smart football coach, so I think it's in a really good place, and I believe because there's an investment in that NIL, he's going to be able to be Lane Kiffin.”

"And that's important. He's not going to take the 18-year-old kid and develop him all the way through the ranks. And that's fine. Because that's what they wanted. I think with those things in place, he can win the national championship."

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Originally published on TigerDroppings.com

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Art Vandelay•2 days

This dude acts like he had no NIL budget

Nitrogen•2 days

Love the way he tried to imply he wasn’t supported financially

Tigeralum2008•2 days

Kelly didn’t put in the work to build relationships. CLK has been pressing the flesh from day 1

tirebiter•15 hours

Nor did he talk about how easy it was to hunker down in his office doing no work and making fat Scottie fire him after the aTm debacle for mega bucks.

BrianKellysbuyout•2 days

Other things aside, I actually think that Lane can and will take high school recruits and develop them. Probably better than Kelly did.

SomeLSUguy•2 days

I think so too... But instead of these 25-30 freshman classes, Lane will have15-20 guys. But they will be much higher, "can't miss" type of recruits. He can find depth and fill gaps in the portal.

Tiger Prawn•2 days

Is he trying to imply that he didn’t get enough NIL budget support to compete? Because most outlets had LSU in the top 3-5 spenders on the football roster last year….and BK still shite the bed.

JYD•2 days

Did BK tell Lane that we are spoiled?

CjNola75•2 days

BK is a fraud and thief!!!!

Nix to Twillie•2 days

Also an intelligent and well spoken man that I actually think would have a real talent as an analyst. Glad we moved on, he wasn’t the guy, but he’s charismatic enough, and I think could be self deprecating enough, to have a future on tv. He’s coached a lot of football and I’d value his opinion.

HarryHoudini•1 day

If mediocrity is what your after then yeah by all means seek out his option. If you want to actually win anything I’d seek advice elsewhere.

PGAOLDBAWNevahBroke•1 day

All BKs pseudo-intelligence (he is not intelligent) generated ZERO NCs even with one of the greatest quarterbacks in school history.

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CBarkleytruth•2 days

It’s quite a treat not to have to listen to his nonsense anymore. Late 2026 is going to be fun.

jasonbr1975•2 days

BK had comparable NIL with other teams during his tenure at LSU. So if that's what he's trying to imply that he didn't, he can GSAD.

LSUbest•2 days

Why would anyone ask this loser?

Clockwatcher68•2 days

“See ya at the national championship game!”

TaderSalad•1 day

Am I the only one sick of this fatass talking about LSU. frick off, BK... you suck at life

HarryHoudini•1 day

The only thing more annoying is the site reposting it. We don’t fricking care about this clown anymore.

HarryHoudini•1 day

This site*

HarryHoudini•1 day

“He's not going to take the 18-year-old kid and develop him all the way through the ranks. And that's fine. Because that's what they wanted”

Who the hell did he do this with? His best player during his tenure was a transfer.

friendlyobservation•2 days

Just say it hurts to say yes and move on with your day.

Koolazzkat•1 day

LSU should have mandated a gag order with his buyout.

NorthstarinLA•1 day

Kelly has done more “work” being on 3-4 interviews then he did 3 years of “coaching”….he should not be allowed to talk about LSU unless he says yes I stole millions of dollars and did very little work! Lazy Slacker!

mmtiger•2 days

or, you could say Kelly's NIL mismanagement resulted donors feeling they had to increase NIL

Ace Midnight•1 day

"College" football is just so different than it was just 5 or 6 years ago. It's a completely different roster management environment. Adapt or die.

Tiger1988•2 days

Preston Girl is a fat slob and hack

Bayou•2 days

Can't fit a square peg in a round hole

pgaddxn•2 days

High school recruits being developed by you leave just as easy as transfers. The old way of cfb has fallen to the wayside. The programs that stick to it are the Clemsons of the world. I don’t love it but that’s how it is.

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