Brian Kelly: Grambling Week (Opening Statement)

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00:00 We moved to Grambling, excited about a home game, obviously,

00:03 and playing in front of our home fans.

00:05 Clearly, an HBCU school like Grambling,

00:11 one of the historic programs in college football,

00:14 we all would identify Grambling with the great history

00:20 of titles and national titles and certainly great players

00:25 in Buchanan and Doug Williams and certainly

00:29 the great Eddie Robinson.

00:31 So Hall of Famers and Willie Brown, I could go on and on.

00:36 This is exciting.

00:37 I know for anybody that follows college football,

00:41 to top it off, it's a school in state as well.

00:45 So I know our team is excited about getting back out there

00:49 and playing the game the way it's

00:52 intended to be played for four quarters, not for two quarters.

00:57 Hugh Jackson, I think, is an NFL head coach

01:02 that has had great experience now coming

01:04 into the college ranks, well-respected.

01:07 I respect what he's been able to do.

01:10 This is a reworking of his roster in one year.

01:13 This is a totally different looking football team.

01:18 They lost to Hampton in a really good match,

01:21 and Hampton's a good football team.

01:22 So he's got a club that's going to be much improved

01:27 over last year, and they do some really good things.

01:30 Some nice players, the Crawley kids,

01:32 a transfer from Alabama State.

01:36 He had over 300 yards.

01:38 They've got some guys on their roster from Baton Rouge

01:42 in their two deep, some guys from Louisiana

01:45 that will be undoubtedly anxious to get into Tiger Stadium

01:49 and play.

01:51 Matthews on defense.

01:52 They've got some nice defensive linemen

01:54 that can rush the quarterback.

01:57 So it'll be an exciting opportunity for us

02:00 to take care of what we need to take care of,

02:03 and that's play this game the right way.

02:07 As I said, winning's hard, and you've

02:09 got to do all the things necessary to make sure

02:13 that you represent the LSU brand and the history

02:22 of this program the right way, and we'll get that going.