Just shy of three years ago, Brian Kelly arrived in Baton Rouge for the first time as the coach of the LSU Tigers to a cacophony of fanfare. The onetime aspiring politician was treated as if he were a borderline conquering hero coming to the Bayou after a shocking departure from a successful stint with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
Up on the dais for the first time in purple-and-gold trimmings, he told his assembled constituency that being part of the SEC was both the opportunity and the challenge of a lifetime.
