There is one streak left that the head man for Texas A&M needs to break this year: the losing skid in Baton Rouge. Some will say that the Aggies haven't won there in 30 years, which is true, but misleading: after 1994, LSU canceled the series because of A&M's dominance, and the two didn't play in Red Stick again until 2013.

Brian Kelly showed us who he was at Notre Dame. LSU didn’t believe him. It bought that Kelly could be something he’d never proven to be: a shark suited for the SEC's ruthless waters. And now that Kelly’s continued to be exactly who he’s always shown he is — a steady winner who consistently loses the big games — whose fault is that?

Arizona State head coach Kenny Dillingham has been one of the names to regularly come up when the coaching vacancies at LSU, Penn State and Florida are discussed.