When the governor of the state speaks, the state university listens.

Louisiana State University (LSU) has parted ways with Athletic Director Scott Woodward, just a day after Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry strongly criticized him, detailing Woodward’s past poor coaching hires and saying he would have no part in the hiring of LSU’s next coach.

On Sunday, Woodward fired LSU head coach Brian Kelly, the man he hired to resurrect the program in December of 2021, after an embarrassing 49-25 loss to Texas A&M.

The Texas A&M factor was not lost on Landry, who reminded people Wednesday that Woodward had hired Jimbo Fisher when he was athletic director at Texas A&M. Landry noted that A&M was forced to pay Fisher a monster, $76 million buyout when they parted ways with him. Now, as Landry put it, L

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