Glitch prevented Brian Kelly from entering LSU football facility Sunday morning
By Andrew Olson
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LSU rocked the college football world with its Sunday evening decision to fire Brian Kelly, but the coach ran into a bad omen about his status hours before the big announcement.
A recent article from John Talty of CBS Sports includes the amusing tidbit that Kelly was unable to enter the LSU football facility when he arrived for work on Sunday morning. Per Talty, a glitch was to blame for Kelly’s fingerprint not unlocking the facility door.
When Brian Kelly arrived at LSU football facility Sunday morning, he couldn't get in. His fingerprint didn't work.
— John Talty (@JTalty) October 28, 2025
It felt like a weird omen but still a glitch. By the time of the day, it was real. Kelly was out.
More on the end of Kelly and LSU: https://t.co/k5ePriJDaJ pic.twitter.com/HRBTePs1sq
Kelly’s inability to open the door calls to mind the viral clip of Jamal Adams being unable to enter the New York Jets facility. The Adams clip is frequently used on social media when fans joke about a coach getting fired. In the case of Kelly, any fan who used the Adams clip on Saturday night during the Tigers’ meltdown against Texas A&M was accurately predicting what happened to the LSU coach on Sunday morning.
The whole situation was reminiscent of a famous clip involving former LSU Tiger Jamal Adams and the New York Jets. pic.twitter.com/d0bQY5kVZR
— John Talty (@JTalty) October 28, 2025
The glitch is just a brief anecdote from Talty’s post mortem on what went wrong for Kelly at LSU, including his staff decisions, recruiting approach, CEO delegation, golfing and more.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
