Inside an area of the home locker room designated for the head coach, Brian Kelly met with top LSU athletic officials after a 49-25 loss to Texas A&M to discuss the future of the team. They asked what changes Kelly would make on offense after losing three of the previous four games, the latest a second-half collapse that emptied out Tiger Stadium.

Afterward, they agreed to meet again Sunday inside Kelly's office at the practice facility. Entering the day, several people connected to the program expected LSU to make offensive staff changes, most likely the firing of offensive coordinator Joe Sloan . But by the end of the meeting, LSU had made a decision on Kelly himself.

There was a sense among officials that Kelly could not turn around the team, and sources involved in the decision s

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