On the morning of the anniversary of the most legendary single moment in LSU sports history — Billy Cannon’s Halloween night punt return against Ole Miss in Tiger Stadium — a group of LSU officials met with reporters Friday at that same stadium to try to describe how the athletic program moves forward from perhaps the wildest week in its history.

Football coach Brian Kelly : fired Sunday.

Athletic director Scott Woodward : parted ways with LSU on Thursday. It’s also a firing, but we’ll play along with the official verbiage.

Rarely, historically, have such diverse events intersected. Cannon’s run — a moment for the college football world to still marvel at — and the Kelly/Woodward double play — a moment for the world to again have a laugh at Louisiana’s expense.

Two things can be

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