Brian Kelly began feeling confident in LSU’s team this season before he ever watched a practice.

Sitting in his office before spring football began, Kelly said that if the players prepare the way they need to and do the right things throughout the course of a game, LSU is capable of winning the SEC.

Kelly said at the time “regardless of how we played the game before, we would have needed help” to win, such as a lucky bounce or a fortunate call. He recognized that LSU did not have a good enough team to compete for a championship.

But now, Kelly believes that the No. 9 Tigers can contend for a spot in the College Football Playoff. Explaining where the confidence came from, he said early in preseason camp that three years of teaching the players how he wants them to prepare, combined with

See Full Page