LSU fired football coach Brian Kelly earlier this week, and four days later, the man who did it, athletic director Scott Woodward, was gone, too. Both moves appeared to have heavy influence from Republican Gov. Jeff Landry and prompted the school to insist Friday that everything is business as usual.

What happened?

LSU fired Kelly last Sunday, a day after a home loss to Texas A&M dropped the Tigers to 5-3 overall and 2-3 in the Southeastern Conference after the team was once ranked No. 3. It all but eliminated LSU from the league's championship game much less any hope of making the College Football Playoff that awards the national title.

Kelly, 64, is a highly respected coach hired from Notre Dame, and he was in the fourth season of a 10-year contract worth about $100 million with a

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