BATON ROUGE — Brian Kelly barely flinched at any of the verbal abuse that awaited him, staring blanky ahead as if in a daze as he briskly made his way down the LSU tunnel to a chorus of “Fire Kelly” chants and more than a few additional choice words hurled his way.
The 64-year-old, Saturday was his birthday actually, has been in college football since 1983 and been a head coach since ’91. He understands the postgame environment after a loss better than most, and he willingly signs up to do it each season for reasons that are much more ingrained than just his multimillion-dollar salary.
