Anthony Bradford explains the biggest difference fans will see in LSU after Week 1

Excitement is in the air surrounding the LSU football facilities. New head coach Brian Kelly has his guys riled up and ready to kick some tail in the SEC West after getting a little beat up in the couple years since their championship season. One of those guys, offensive lineman Anthony Bradford, sat down with our Bengal Tiger podcast to explain some of the changes the team has made under Kelly and what to expect from LSU when they run out of the gates this fall.

“I feel like we have the chance to shock a lot of people,” Bradford said. After two seasons as a doormat for SEC West rivals, the 2022 LSU group is ready to flip the narrative. A return to winning is imminent, per Bradford.

“The way that Brian Kelly came in…” Bradford continued. “I’m excited,” he said. Bradford also claimed the new head coach rejuvenated the entire team after the locker room had fallen tired by the end of the Ed Orgeron era. “Everybody excited,” Bradford added regarding the mindset of the team during summer workouts.

LSU faced heavy criticism last fall for its lack of excitement on the field. It just wasn’t a team you felt was playing with their highest level of energy. Especially by the second half of the season, with most of the good players down with injury and the losses piling up — LSU sort of gave up on the year, more or less. Heck, Kentucky whipped them for three straight hours in Lexington.

Those sort of results are set to change with a heightened excitement level around Tigers football this fall.

Bradford opens up about his offseason goals, team environment

Bradford was also asked about the team environment as a whole on the podcast. “Everybody’s in a good attitude,” he said of summer workouts. That, “surprisingly” the summer workouts have “been fun” according to the big fella. It’s a jolly group under coach Kelly. Which Bradford explained is one of the coaches goals. He said Kelly and the whole team are trying to create a team environment, where the players are connected to one another. LSU is establishing chemistry early in the first year under a new head coach.

Bradford also said he has some of his own personal goals he’s locked in on during workouts this summer. He says, “the big goal for me is getting into shape,” with a focus on improving his endurance. Bradford said he wants to “get my endurance up” so that he’s “able to attack the assignment every play during the season.”

He should be in for a career year.