Not long after Kelly was fired, Freeman was linked to the LSU job as his possible successor. Freeman had a brutal reality check on Kelly’s situation, calling it a “reminder” that the grass isn’t always greener.

LSU fired its head coach on Sunday after a 5-3 start to the season.

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...