When Brian Kelly jumped to LSU from Notre Dame in 2021, the expectations were simple– win a national championship, just like LSU’s three previous coaches. Less than four years in, with a 34-14 record, that ship has drowned. Unfortunately, with it, quarterback Garrett Nussemeier has also gone down, along with the current Syracuse backup QB, Rickie Collins.

“We’re gonna get two more guys off the portal, and we’ve got a really good high school kid coming in. We’ve gotta get some guys that are ready to come in and play right away,” Syracuse head coach Fran Brown said on Cuse Sports Talk , essentially writing Collins’ Syracuse obituary before the season even ended.

After flipping from Purdue, Collins came to Baton Rouge as a highly-touted four-star recruit in hopes of eventually running

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