Those who celebrated a little too much after Brian Kelly’s firing might want to wait a bit. LSU is now questioning whether his termination was even official, claiming that then–athletic director Scott Woodward may not have had the authority to fire him in the first place. Now, if LSU succeeds in that argument, it could directly impact Kelly’s massive buyout claim.

Less than three weeks after his firing, the former Tigers’ head coach filed a 48-page lawsuit in Louisiana’s 19th Judicial District Court, accusing the university of trying to avoid paying his $54 million buyout. This happened just after LSU representatives dropped a shocker on him, saying Kelly was never “formally terminated.” Now, they are trying to argue that they fired him “for cause,” a move that would allow them to avo

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