“The national narrative is going to be, 'What’s wrong with LSU?' And I get that, I do,” he said. “But this wasn’t a fluke. We didn’t run one trick play. We ran zero gimmicks on offense, defense and special teams. We played big-boy ball. We ran the football, played great defense and were solid in special teams. We’ve got good players. We’ve got a few NFL players, and we earned that victory. That needs to be noted: We earned that victory.”
And it’s that fact -- that Troy had a better and better-coached football team than LSU -- that will make Neal Brown one of the hottest names on the coaching market.