BATON ROUGE - Governor Jeff Landry is standing firm on his previous statements regarding the search for a new head football coach and who is responsible for Brian Kelly's contract buyout.

"Louisiana State University is a subdivision of the state, and ultimately the taxpayers are responsible under that contract," Landry said.

During an interview with 104.5 ESPN Sports Radio Host Matt Moscona on Thursday, Governor Jeff Landry stood firm on his previous statement that taxpayers could be responsible for the $53 million buy-out of former head coach Brian Kelly.

According to Landry, if no one steps up to foot the bill, it will fall back on taxpayers.

"No one came to the mansion and said Hey, I got a 53 million dollar check, don't worry, governor, we got this," Landry said.

This, despite the

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