Paul Finebaum spotlights 'hot mess' LSU: Brian Kelly 'is in a really bad spot'

Paul Finebaum couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw the hot mess that is LSU football under Brian Kelly.

The Tigers fell to 6-4 on the season following a 27-16 loss to Florida on the road. With the struggles of the latter squad, LSU fell down in the dumps.

Finebaum went as far to say Kelly’s team is ripe for the picking if you’re searching for a win.

“Now, you just said you don’t want to play Kansas if you’re another team. You do want to play LSU,” Finebaum said on The Matt Barrie Show. “I talk to you every Monday after I talk to Brian Kelly, there’s something that came about two years ago, and, you know, we really enjoyed the relationship. And in the last few weeks, it’s just downright, you know, like riding a roller coaster at Six Flags, because it’s almost indescribable what a hot mess LSU is at the moment.” 

It’s not just on the field. The sideline interactions are getting worse by the week and Kelly seems out of his element currently.

“I mean, you see Kelly yelling at players, them yelling back at him, you see the Notre Dame fans chirping, especially if they get through the next two weeks and make the playoffs and he is suddenly in a really bad spot, because this season has blown up on him,” Finebaum said. “And, He had the number one quarterback in the country committed, and now that’s about to become a bidding war with Michigan, of which we have never seen before. And if he doesn’t get that guy, I don’t know what next year looks like for him.” 

Despite winning 10 games in each of his first two seasons, it’s not looking good for Kelly at LSU.

“It’s bad because LSU fans, they have no basement,” Finebaum said. “I mean, they just go from beating Alabama a week ago to maybe getting to the SEC Championship game, into the playoffs. To now: the season is over, and they have a home game next week against Vanderbilt. I doubt the enthusiasm level in the parking lot is going to be, it’s going to be close to comatose. 

“And then the final game of the year is against Oklahoma, which won’t be any better. And Kelly, who I really believe is an elite coach, somehow, has just watched this thing blow up on him. A number of injuries happened, and who knows what else? Garrett Nussmeier cannot get out of his own shadow. And I think, depending on how the season ends I mean Kelly’s going to be facing maybe the coldest winter of any SEC coach.”