After consideration, I'm happy.

You have to remember, the initial reaction to the Riley rumors were:
1) gets waxed in the playoffs by SEC teams
2) why, in all honesty, would a guy entrenched at Oklahoma, uproot to take a job at LSU?

You dig into #2 (why), and you talk yourself into saying #1 (playoff losses) are eating away at that guy, and he wants a more level playing field.

I never even considered Kelly, the same way I never considered Saban, Dabo, Day or Smart. You're talking about guys excelling at places most guys would kill to be at. Ok, maybe leave Dabo and Clemson off that list; but he's only leaving there for Tuscaloosa.

This is a big hire for LSU. I'm not worried about him losing playoff games at Notre Dame, it's not like he will have the same players but with different jerseys. They never looked outcoached, they looked outclassed at times.
When LSU is clicking, they don't look outclassed. They've gone tooth-and-nail with good Saban-coached Bama teams, they've laid waste to other top programs (Clemson, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Georgia etc).

Kelly seems like the type of guy that will have this program focused, disciplined, and dialed in.

I can't ask for any more than that.