LSU, Brian Kelly and Lane Kiffin
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LSU athletic director Scott Woodward has fired coach Brian Kelly. Now he's involved in the two largest buyouts in college football history.
Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin was asked Monday in a press conference what his reaction was to LSU firing coach Brian Kelly. He took the moment to muse on how the state of college football and standards for head coaches have changed in recent years.
While negotiations are still ongoing between both parties, Kelly's contractual buyout of more than $50 million would be the second largest ever paid to a college football coach -- behind only Jimbo Fisher, who received more than $76 million after being fired by Texas A&M in November 2023.
The notable ESPN personality took a blowtorch to LSU's athletic director's hiring track record during Monday's episode of First Take.
While the college football world is collectively sick over the financial waste of universities firing coaches and paying exorbitant buyouts (Penn State, Florida), Texas A&M is doing just fine, thank you. After two years ago paying the largest buyout in college football history.
The polarizing Brian Kelly joined James Franklin as the latest big name to get fired, with the LSU Tigers owing him up to $54 million. Weeks wasn't thrilled.