LSU's Brian Kelly is one of college football's 10 highest-paid coaches, but his performance is once again failing to meet the standards of his paycheck. After Saturday's 31-24 loss at No. 17 Vanderbilt , LSU's season has officially taken the same, frustrating shape as Kelly's first three on the job.

With games against No. 4 Texas A&M and at No. 6 Alabama up next, the No. 10 Tigers (5-2, 2-2 SEC) are likely just one loss away from seeing their College Football Playoff hopes extinguished yet again. After regular seasons of 9-3, 9-3 and 8-4 to begin his tenure, Kelly is careening toward that same territory in Year 4.

A 3-0 record in bowl games disguises Kelly's mediocrity a bit, but there's no sugar-coating it now: Kelly was better at Notre Dame than he's been at LSU. In his la

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