BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU Athletics has made the decision to separate with football head coach Brian Kelly effective immediately, Director of Athletics Scott Woodward announced Sunday. Terms of the separation are still being negotiated.

LSU has made the move to fire their head coach Brian Kelly. Following the Tigers‘ blowout defeat against Texas A&M, LSU executives had a meeting Sunday to speak about the future of Kelly. “LSU administrators and university executives have held and are holding high-level discussions over the future of football coach Brian Kelly,

Kiffin absolutely would mesh with Woodward's big-name affections. He'd fit LSU's needs, too. Unlike two of Woodward’s past football hires, Jimbo Fisher at Texas A&M and Kelly at LSU, Kiffin’s career is trending up. His Rebels beat LSU twice in the past three seasons. He’s in his prime. His floor is lofty, his ceiling untapped.

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