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Everything Brian Kelly said at SEC Media Days

Everything Brian Kelly said at SEC Media Days

SEC Media Days officially began at the College Football Hall of Fame in downtown Atlanta on Monday, and Tigers fans didn’t have to wait long to hear from their new head man.

LSU coach Brian Kelly was the first to take the podium this week, and as he noted in his opening monologue, it’s the first conference media days he has participated in since he was at Cincinnati in 2009 as Notre Dame is an independent school.

There’s a lot of uncertainty surrounding his first team in Baton Rouge, but there’s also a lot of optimism. This is a talented roster, which Kelly reiterated several times on Monday, and he’s expected to bring this team back to national competitiveness in short order.

Here were the highlights from Kelly’s press conference.

On restoring ‘championship quality’ to LSU

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There’s no mistaking the expectations in Baton Rouge. The Tigers’ last three coaches have won national titles, and Kelly made the jump to the SEC to do the same. He also said the opportunity to be a part of what is arguably the best league in college football was a tough one to turn down.

“It’s a chance to be a part of this incredible conference,” he said. “I’ve never been in many of the venues… Auburn, Kyle Field, the Swamp in my 32 years (as a coach)”

Kelly has come close to a national title twice, but he hasn’t been able to capture one yet. He’ll hope that changes as he takes over an LSU program with no shortage of resources.

On the quarterback competition

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One of this team’s biggest questions surrounds the starting quarterback battle between Myles Brennan, Jayden Daniels, Garrett Nussmeier and Walker Howard.

It didn’t take long for Kelly to be asked where things stand, and he offered praise for all four while reiterating that the spring was mostly about laying the foundation of the offense rather than tailoring it to any…

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