Brian Kelly shocked the world when he decided to leave Notre Dame for LSU to replace Ed Orgeron as head coach. Kelly has already been roasted for how he left South Bend and how he failed miserably to recruit his top assistants with him to Baton Rouge, with defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman ultimately taking his place as the next head coach of the Fighting Irish.
Well, Kelly is now being roasted again, this time for what appears to be a faked Southern accent at an LSU basketball game. Check out this sleuthing:
I decided to go super investigatory. Here’s Brian Kelly saying “family” two days ago at Notre Dame… and Brian Kelly saying “family” today at LSU. Some of my best work. pic.twitter.com/JTzuIA2s2n
— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) December 3, 2021
The jokes and memes came in hot and heavy:
This man is really faking a Southern accent 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/7zl4iiDymY
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 3, 2021
About 65 thousand ppl are leaving the Superdome & hearing Brian Kelly’s accent for the first time right now.
— chris long (@JOEL9ONE) December 3, 2021
I saw and heard the southern accent video last night. No comment. pic.twitter.com/vEEqeO7Buf
— Jessica Smetana (@jessica_smetana) December 3, 2021
me trying to inhale every tweet making fun of Brian Kelly’s accent pic.twitter.com/gQhWVXLPKy
— Jessica Smetana (@jessica_smetana) December 3, 2021
When you have beer 5 and feel like doing a little improv pic.twitter.com/2hS8lTWNr6
— Adam Kramer (@KegsnEggs) December 3, 2021
Brian Kelly [Bane voice]
Go Tigers.
— Adam Kramer (@KegsnEggs) December 3, 2021
Brian Kelly on the sidelines in September. pic.twitter.com/sNW1c5RjgM
— Kevin Clark (@bykevinclark) December 3, 2021
Brian Kelly on in-home visits in Louisiana, totally blending in, nobody suspecting anything pic.twitter.com/acdWPuSyk9
— Max Olson (@max_olson) December 3, 2021
Brian Kelly after two days at LSU pic.twitter.com/50oXBHBm0u
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) December 3, 2021
Brian Kelly two days after he moved to Louisiana @theofficetv pic.twitter.com/PYygokcUsQ
— Vanessa Richardson (@SportsVanessa) December 3, 2021
Brian Kelly, clearly trying to ingratiate himself with the LSU faithful!
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This is all in good fun, of course, and Notre Dame fans will have a field day with this. Meanwhile, LSU fans won't care as long as Kelly gets them back to powerhouse level. It was just two seasons ago that the Tigers won a national championship with Orgeron as the head coach, but things went south the past couple of seasons, resulting in this big change at head coach.
Kelly had a good amount of success at Notre Dame and is leaving a team that made the College Football Playoff last season and still has a chance to make the CFP this season. It's quite the bold move given Notre Dame's success and stature as a program, but LSU rolled up the Brink's truck and gave Kelly a whole lot of dough. It will be fascinating to see how this plays out.