Year one under Brian Kelly as Head Coach of the LSU Tigers went as well as the LSU faithful had hoped for. LSU defeated Alabama, won a bowl game, and made it to the 2022 SEC Championship game in Atlanta against the Georgia Bulldogs. Given the track record of the LSU Tigers Athletics Department in 2023, Coach Kelly and his coaching staff have the LSU Football program ready for a National Championship run of their own as a new season approaches.

Coach Brian Kelly faced a barrage of questions from the media during his timeslot on the podium during the Monday session of the 2023 SEC Media Day. With one message, in particular, looming large over the LSU Football program. Head Coach Brian Kelly made it clear that is LSU Tigers were coming for the thrown in 2023 and would be prepared to do whatever is necessary to bring LSU Football back to the conversation of potential National Championship contenders.

LSU last won the National Championship during the 2019 season when Coach O and Joe Burrow dominated Clemson in the New Orleans Superdome to give the LSU faithful another deliverance to the promised land of college football.

Like the 2019 LSU Tigers that won the National Championship, the 2023 LSU Tigers have what Coach Brian Kelly calls ” Natural Progression.” According to Coach Kelly, his 2023 LSU Tigers have the potential to be one of the best teams he has ever coached during his long career in college football. Coach Kelly mentioned in the same breath that if his Tigers didn’t get it done this year by winning a National Championship, then his recruiting classes to come would bridge the gap for the Tigers by year three of the Brian Kelly era in Baton Rouge.

However, for Coach Brian Kelly, the difference for the Tigers in 2023 could come from the offensive side of the ball with the improvements of starting quarterback Jayden Daniels and the Tight End grouping. Coach Kelly mentioned that he and his coaching staff had poured an extra focus into the Tight Ends at LSU, preparing them for a breakout 2023 season.

Not to mention, LSU might have one of the best defensive players in the Southeastern Conference in Harold Perkins Jr. Perkins Jr will be given more responsibilities during the 2023 season, with LSU losing so much from the 2022 defensive units. Coach Kelly mentioned having Matt House as the defensive coordinator for the Tigers; the impact Coach House will have on the Southeastern Conference is hard to describe, as many fear he could produce the top Southeastern Conference defensive units.

LSU will open the season on September 3rd in a revenge game against Florida State in Orlando, Florida. Last season, Florida State stunned LSU 24-23 in front of a pro-LSU crowd in New Orleans, Louisana.