The LSU Tigers entered the 2025 season with championship aspirations and a roster built to compete with the SEC’s best. But after suffering a stunning and disappointing loss to Vanderbilt, those dreams are beginning to unravel. What was once a promising path to the College Football Playoff has suddenly turned into a road full of questions — not just about LSU’s future this season, but about the future of head coach Brian Kelly as well.
It’s not just the loss itself that stings, it’s what it represents. Vanderbilt, a team LSU was expected to handle with relative ease, managed to punch the Tigers in the mouth and expose some of the same concerns that have lingered around Brian Kelly for years.