Brian Kelly says LSU not the team ‘I thought we were’ following blowout loss to Florida State

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Brian Kelly entered Sunday’s season opener against No. 8 Florida State as confident as a coach could be. 

He left Orlando, Florida, questioning what kind of football team he has in LSU after a 45-24 loss to the Seminoles.

LSU Tigers head coach Brian Kelly talks with Jayden Daniels, #5, during a timeout in the first quarter against the Florida State Seminoles at Camping World Stadium on Sept. 3, 2023 in Orlando, Florida. (Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)

"Congratulations to Florida State. They played a great second half," Kelly said in his postgame press conference. "They were the better football team tonight. We certainly are not the football team that I thought we were." 

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"I take full responsibility for not having our team playing the type of football I thought they would," he continued. "And our players have to make a decision that, ya know, they have to get back to the practice field and double down on their efforts and their attention to details and their focus, and the things they need to do as well. But this is a total failure from a coaching standpoint and a player standpoint that we have to obviously address and we have to own. 

"I know adversity is always going to strike at some time in this game, and this is our first real piece of adversity that we have to address. I'm confident our guys and our coaches will rally in the manner that they need to."

The Tigers entered Sunday’s game as the No. 5 team in the country after winning a surprising 10 games in Kelly’s first season as head coach in Baton Rouge. 

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