Brian Kelly talks accents and food at SEC media day

New LSU head coach Brian Kelly has definitely experienced his fair share of the country throughout his coaching journey. The Massachusetts native has been a head ball coach at Grand Valley State, Central Michigan, Cincinnati, and Notre Dame; and at SEC media say he was asked about his new “southern” accent.

“Understand, I’ve got a Boston, Midwestern and Louisiana accent now. It’s three dialects into one. So it’s no longer ‘fay-muh-lee.’ I got like all kinds of stuff to throw at ya, so just be ready,” Kelly said.

Kelly was also asked what his favorite food was since moving to Baton Rouge.

“The best? You know it’s probably the crawfish étouffée, I mean I don’t know how you top that,” Kelly said. “I would say also the grilled oysters, if you haven’t had grilled oysters try that. That’ll get your cholesterol level up really high quickly, that’s pretty good too.”

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Kelly ate up the competition during his tenure at Notre Dame, finishing with a 92-39 record while at the helm for the Fighting Irish. Hopefully, his winning pedigree can translate in the notoriously competitive South Eastern Conference

Brian Kelly clears the air on state of NIL, LSU collective funds

New LSU Tigers head coach Brian Kelly had to clear the room of some assumptions regarding the program’s NIL collective on Monday, day one of SEC Media Days. A reporter asked Kelly how the program competes when LSU doesn’t have “as much funds” as other programs, a notion that the former Notre Dame coach denied. 

“First of all, I don’t know that we don’t have as many funds,” Kelly said. “Nobody has given me any kind of documentation that we’re behind. I feel very comfortable, quite honestly, as I stand here talking to you that what we’re doing relative to NIL is as competitive as anybody else.”

The reporter also asked Kelly if he and the Tigers had lost out on any recruits due to “out-bidding.” It’s the type of question head coaches, especially in the SEC, have gotten used to by now.

“I don’t feel like we’re being out-bid by anybody, I don’t think that’s the place of NIL anyway,” Kelly said. “So, if we’re being out-bid, then we’re going to be out-bid if we have $50 million in our collective. I don’t feel hamstrung by that. I want to continue to educate with NIL and use the resources wisely to promote Name, Image and Likeness and have that available for student-athletes when the time comes.”

On3’s Nikki Chavanelle contributed to this report.