Brian Kelly showed us who he was at Notre Dame. LSU didn’t believe him. It bought that Kelly could be something he’d never proven to be: a shark suited for the SEC's ruthless waters. And now that Kelly’s continued to be exactly who he’s always shown he is — a steady winner who consistently loses the big games — whose fault is that?

No. 20 LSU (5-2, 2-2 SEC) will host the Texas A&M Aggies in Week 9 with the stage set for a Top-25 matchup in Tiger Stadium between the SEC rivals. After falling to the Vanderbilt Commodores this past weekend, Brian Kelly and Co. remain in headlines with the program not "living up to the LSU standard" in 2025.