Have Brian Kelly and Lincoln Riley been worth the investment for LSU, USC?

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November 12, 2024

By Richard Johnson, CBS Sports: Almost three years ago to the day, and within 48 hours of each other, Brian Kelly and Lincoln Riley sent a seismic shift throughout college football. It was unthinkable that the current coaches of either Notre Dame or Oklahoma would voluntarily leave their jobs for another college team … but that’s exactly what they did. With 20 years and $200 million pledged to both of them, what has the return been on all that investment?

At LSU and USC, respectively, Kelly and Riley made their conference championship games in Year 1 and coached Heisman Trophy winners. And yet both sit in Year 3 having fallen short of expectations. They have both been felled by bad defenses and stuck their foot in their mouths to varying degrees publicly. Overall, Riley is 23-13 and Kelly is 26-10. Good, but not great.

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