The Tigers coach is 5–9 against ranked opponents over the last four seasons after a throttling by Alabama, creating a crisis of confidence.

LSU coach Brian Kelly was disgusted following the Tigers' 42-13 blowout loss to Alabama, a setback that ends his team's College Football Playoff hopes and goal of reaching the SEC Championship. LSU is 2-6 in its last eight games under Kelly against ranked competition. This one stung more than the rest given the lopsided result.

LSU football has had two games with huge implications. In both, Brian Kelly and his Tigers crumbled and a College Football Playoff spot seems a no go.

LSU football suffered its third loss on the season and the CFP is now almost an afterthought. Here's what bowl projection says for the Tigers now.

Defensive struggles continue to rear their heads for the Tigers, and Garrett Nussmeier is in a battle with the turnover bug as the offense sputters in LSU's most consequential games of the year. Those issues, Kelly said, start with the staff's preparation.

Alabama game was briefly delayed in the third quarter when fans began throwing debris onto the field at Tiger Stadium.

Tiger Rag’s Glenn Guilbeau offered a fiery message on LSU head football coach Brian Kelly’s future in Baton Rouge; sprinkling in a libertarian-based judgment on the massive deal AD Scott Woodward handed Kelly that keeps him in charge for another seven years.

Brian Kelly mad about Alabama playing football is everything that's wrong with the mentality of the sport nowadays, and he should be embarrassed for complaining about the Tide's defense at the end of LSU's 42-13 loss.