LSU's Challenging Season Opener Against Clemson Analyzed

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00:00He's 0-3 in Week 1, all high-profile games, the openers for LSU.

00:05He has not won one.

00:06They lost two games to Florida State, and then last year he lost that opener

00:10against USC in Vegas.

00:12So what has he got in store this year?

00:15Clemson on the road at Death Valley, Week 1, LSU and Clemson,

00:20a Saturday night game in the opening weekend.

00:23Let's just say Kelly has had this game circled.

00:25But we've also been 0-3 in openers at LSU under my watch,

00:32and we needed to do some things differently this year,

00:36and that is embrace this opener and embracing it in a manner that this is a big game

00:44and it's a tangible goal for our football team to want to be 1-0.

00:49It's not let's warm up into the season.

00:52Let's get – we want to be ready for this football game.

00:55And so we're doing everything in our power to give our players the opportunity for that success.

01:01You know, the problem is that they're playing Club Nick,

01:05and they're playing in Death Valley, and they're playing at night on national television,

01:10and I don't care who they got or how much money they got.

01:13That's just a brutal road game.

01:14And you're going up against Davo, who's every bit the coach you are.

01:18So, let's face it.

01:20Do you realize it's six SEC titles, three Big Ten titles, two in a row by the Big Ten,

01:26and the only other two times that it's happened in college football, Clemson won both titles.

01:35So you're talking about a guy that wins championships,

01:37that you're going into his den of iniquity at Death Valley at Clemson, South Carolina,

01:42at night against a quarterback, Club Nick's every bit better than Nussmeyer,

01:49or whatever his name is, this hack at LSU that he just said was the greatest quarterback that ever lived.

01:54He just said he was as good as Jaden Daniels is what I heard.

01:57And so I'm telling you, I won't be surprised at all they lose again.

02:01And you know what's amazing to me?

02:02This guy keeps losing down there, and nothing ever happens to him.

02:05He just keeps losing.

02:07I think he's plastered 1-0 all over the locker rooms, the weight rooms.

02:12He's really digging into this starting the season with a win.

02:16Clemson is three-point favorites for that opening night game, that Saturday night game.

02:22I'm not surprised.

02:23That's just a brutal place to play.

02:25They come running down that hill, they hit that rock, and they're half crazy.

02:29Like, have fun with that.

02:30Yeah.

02:31Yeah, certainly do.

02:33It's every bit as bad as their Death Valley in Baton Rouge.

02:36You play under the lights there on a Saturday night, you lose.

02:39You play at Death Valley in Clemson under the lights on National TV, you lose.

02:44Here's the LSU numbers for the season, by the way.

02:47I'm trying to do this with some of the teams that we talked about.

02:49Their win total is 8.5, 17-1 to win the title, 7-1 to win the SEC,

02:53plus 134 to make the college football playoff.

02:56The Brian Kelly LSU numbers for this year.

02:58I mean, can you imagine that their number is 8.5?

03:03That's like just spinning on it.

03:05They have a tough schedule.

03:08Their schedule's real tough.

03:10Aside from that Clemson game, they got some heavy hitters throughout that thing.

03:14What a shame.

03:15Woo.

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