Urban Meyer defends Brian Kelly over spat with reporter following Florida game
By Luke Greco
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Following LSU’s 20-10 win over Florida last weekend, LSU head coach Brian Kelly was asked by a reporter about the offensive struggles LSU has had.
Kelly took exception to the question, calling it ridiculous and saying that LSU had played the game to win the game. The resulting spat became one of the storylines of the day for LSU and resulted in several talk show hosts offering their opinion on whether Kelly was right or wrong. Kelly eventually publicly apologized to the reporter.
On The Triple Option podcast earlier this week, former Florida and Ohio State coach Urban Meyer defended Kelly.
“I love it, I love it. I kind of snapped a few times, but he is saying what every coach probably wants to say, and then everybody’s got to listen to context. He’ll be much different today in his press conference,” Meyer said. “That was 15 minutes ago from walking out of the locker room, where he’s got a group of players that he spends more time with than his own family, and they just found a way to go win a big-time ball game. And then you get peppered right away.
Meyer continued, “So, yeah, I love it. Was that a bad question? I don’t know that. Sometimes you look and you go, ‘are you kidding me?’ But you just got to take it. I think it’s great.”
LSU’s offense ranks last in the SEC with 20 points per game and has only scored 5 touchdowns in 3 games so far this season.
The Tigers face Southeastern Louisiana on Saturday at 7:45 p.m. ET.
