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'He's got a golden opportunity': LSU football fans greet new coach Brian Kelly

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BATON ROUGE, La. — Kenny Fogg started attending LSU football games when tickets cost $1 in the south end zone at Tiger Stadium.
Fogg later …

BATON ROUGE, La. — Kenny Fogg started attending LSU football games when tickets cost $1 in the south end zone at Tiger Stadium. Fogg later relocated to the press box, where he’s kept game stats since 1972. “I’ve been around a bunch of different coaches and seen them all,” Fogg said. Fogg had a new coach to meet on Tuesday. Alongside by his wife Lynn, Kenny drove from Denham Springs to the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport to meet new LSU coach Brian Kelly. “This is probably the most exciting hire that I’ve seen,” Fogg said. “I’m more excited about Coach Kelly than I’ve been any other hire we’ve ever made. He’s got a great resume. He hasn’t won a national championship but this is the place to do it. LSU hired Kelly away from Notre Dame on Monday, ending a six-week search to replace Ed Orgeron, who reached a separation agreement with the school on Oct.17. After a final team meeting Tuesday morning at Notre Dame, Kelly arrived in Baton Rouge around 3:15 p.m. He will be introduced at a press conference on Wednesday. Kelly is getting a 10-year contract that will pay him at least $9.5 million per year, according to a school release.

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