BATON ROUGE, La. - Former LSU head coach Brian Kelly is suing the university, alleging that the university and its board of supervisors are now seeking to fire him "for cause," preventing the four-year coach from being paid his contract's full $54 million buyout.

The lawsuit says that when he was removed from his position as head coach on Oct. 26, Kelly was told by LSU officials that his firing was due to the football team's performance following LSU's home loss against Texas A&M. Kelly and his lawyers say that LSU now claims that other grounds for his termination existed.

If fired for cause, LSU would not have to pay Kelly his full buyout, which consists of 90% of his remaining salary and supplemental compensation to be paid through 2031.

The lawsuit does not specify the exact reason L

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