For Brian Kelly. Sunday was a busy day in Baton Rouge. Meetings. Phone calls. Zooms. Even a drafted resolution for a multi-million-dollar buyout for the school’s 64-year-old, fourth-year head coach. Shall I put it in south Louisiana terms?

“Coach Kelly gave me an opportunity to come here,” Freeman said, via Mike Beradino of the South Bend Tribune. “I’m always rooting for him. But it’s also the profession we’ve chosen. We know that can be a result of choosing this profession.” Freeman said he hated to see Kelly lose his job, knowing that it would affect families and players.

After last weekend’s loss at No. 17 Vanderbilt to fall to 5-2 (2-2), the pressure is back on Brian Kelly down in Baton Rouge. That makes, at least to some, this weekend’s matchup, a night game against No.

Kelly’s seat continues to get hotter as things head in the wrong direction in his fourth season as Tigers head coach.