When LSU fired former HC Brian Kelly, he insisted he was fired without cause. In coaching contract language, it means the school owes him the whole $54 million. LSU fires back, saying former AD Scott Woodward didn’t actually have the Board of Supervisors’ permission to fire him. And just when you think that’s messy enough, the Board finally steps in.

Only last Friday, LSU President Wade Rousse got the Board’s blessing to send the official termination notice. That’s when Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger dropped the big news on X.

“Brian Kelly has received a formal termination letter from LSU dismissing him “without cause,” per the letter obtained by @YahooSports,” he wrote on X on November 26. “The school says it will pay the required buyout – $54M over 6 years – as long as Kelly meets

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