This is the first college football season that Brian Kelly hasn’t worked as a coach since 1983. It’s also the first since his four-year stint as head coach of the LSU Tigers.
It’s going to take a little more time before the now-CBS Sports analyst can enjoy watching a game from home.
“I’ll be honest, I had a hard time watching it,” Kelly admitted on “SiriusXM College Sports Radio.” “But I don’t think it was just LSU; it was just the first weekend truly of college football, and it was hard.
“You’ve been doing it for 35 years, and not to be part of that process – my wife, she wanted to kill me. She was like, ‘What’s wrong with you?’ What was wrong was that I wasn’t on the sidelines, and I had to deal with it and get through it.”
“There’s no mistaking it, LSU looked great,” Kelly added. “Obviously, it’s a little bit of both – was Clemson maybe not as good as we thought? And certainly LSU was on fire, and that showed in the game.
“But … it’s one game. Let’s see what this looks like throughout the entire year. Can they keep the same energy? But they looked really good.”
About Sean Keeley
Along with writing for Awful Announcing and The Comeback, Sean is the Managing Editor for Comeback Media. Previously, he created the Syracuse blog Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician and wrote 'How To Grow An Orange: The Right Way to Brainwash Your Child Into Rooting for Syracuse.' He has also written non-Syracuse-related things for SB Nation, Curbed, and other outlets. He currently lives in Seattle where he is complaining about bagels. Send tips/comments/complaints to sean@thecomeback.com.