Brian Kelly on 2025 Season Earnings: “See You at the National Championship”

LSU finished the regular season 8-4 and although they won’t be making the College Football Playoff, the Tigers finished their season on a high note with consecutive wins over SEC opponents.

At one point in the season, LSU was even ranked No. 8 in the AP poll. However, after three straight losses, the Tigers were out of the game for many later in the year. They were still able to prevail and, despite a few hurdles, won their last two games before the postseason.

“I’m proud of my team,” head coach Brian Kelly said after the game. “Over the last two weeks they’ve listened to the reports that they didn’t feel like playing for anything and that the season was over and they just went out and played inspired football.” Over the last two weeks they have they showed consistent performances. … This team is 19-2 at home over three years.

“So whatever camp you want to get into, just go ahead. We had five freshmen and two sophomores on defense today playing off each other. We’ll take receipts and see you at the national championship.”

Kelly’s bold statement before the postseason could be a sign of good things to come for Baton Rouge. Although they failed to overcome the slump this season, LSU won 10 games in each of the program’s first two seasons.

With the playoffs expanded to 12 teams in 2024, it was thought that LSU could be an immediate CFP contender. This seemed to be the case at one point in the season, but ultimately slipped away from the Tigers in the second half of the season.

This represents a crucial offseason for Kelly and his staff. They will look to be active in the transfer portal and already have a top-10 recruiting class for 2025 as they look to clinch a playoff spot next season for the first time since 2019 strive for.