Does this one feel different? Coach Brian Kelly sure hopes so, since he's tried his best to give LSU's 2025 season opener the weight he thinks it deserves.

Kelly restructured preseason camp. He stuck "1-0" all over the Tigers' football operations center. Sometimes, before practice, he played highlights of LSU's 2019 national championship win on large video boards in the team's indoor facility. He even, according to a Friday report from ESPN, taped photos of Clemson defensive linemen onto tackling sleds.

The goal? Psyche his Tigers into going on the road and picking up a consequential upset win at No. 4 Clemson's Memorial Stadium — a place he's called "Death Valley junior."

A win would thrust No. 9 LSU into national championship contention.

A loss would send it back to a frustr

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