Brian Kelly’s recent viral NIL thoughts have been dissected enough. I come not to offer further comment on whether or not LSU is a broke boy program or if Kelly is anti-NIL. Neither are true. What is worth examining is the aftermath, not of Kelly’s comments, but the results of LSU’s inaction in the spring transfer portal window. Despite obvious needs at defensive tackle and in the secondary, the Tigers weren’t willing to pay the market rate for either overpriced commodity, and now the question is did the Tigers’ transfer portal whiffs cost them a chance to make the College Football Playoff in …
