ESPN’s Paul Finebaum doesn’t hold back on what Brian Kelly and LSU is going to do in 2025
The 2024 college football season just wrapped up with the Ohio State Buckeyes taking down the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the National Championship. One team that wasn’t in the CFP during the 2024 season was the LSU Tigers, however, the tide could be changing for the Tigers in 2025. After winning less than 10 […]
The 2024 college football season just wrapped up with the Ohio State Buckeyes taking down the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the National Championship.
One team that wasn’t in the CFP during the 2024 season was the LSU Tigers, however, the tide could be changing for the Tigers in 2025.
After winning less than 10 games for the first time under Brian Kelly in his third season, the Tigers could take the right step forward in 2025. With the season just ending, ESPN’s Paul Finebaum is feeling good about the Tigers’ future.
"I love LSU next year," Finebaum said recently. "They have been my keep-your-eye-on team for a while. I think this is the year that Brian Kelly shuts everyone up."
Kelly won 10 games each of his first two seasons with the Tigers after leaving Notre Dame. LSU lost four games in 2024 and three of those losses came against USC, Texas A&M, and Florida. Those are three teams that the Tigers have typically been better than as of late.
Now that Kelly is heading into his fourth season with the Tigers, expectations should pick up. LSU will have QB Garrett Nussmeier back in 2025 and he is an early Heisman candidate. The offense should take a step forward in 2025 with Nussmeier having more experience.
With the expanded College Football Playoff format, LSU is destined to be a team typically in the hunt, or at least they should be. Finebaum believes they will be back in the mix in 2025 and that the pressure on Kelly could benefit him.
"I don't think there's any effort to get him out of the contract, but I think next year will be a big year."
