LSU tops Clemson in top-10 showdown, snaps Brian Kelly’s losing streak in openers: Takeaways

sports • 8/31/2025

The streak is over, and Brian Kelly has a validating win, one of the biggest of his four-year LSU tenure.

CLEMSON, S.C. — Brian Kelly put everything into this game. He embraced the pressure for LSU to win an opener for the first time in six years. He did it despite the risk, despite how hard it would be to end that streak Saturday with a win at No. 4 Cle... [7154 chars]