LSU wanted its coach gone. It could cost them $54 million.

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Another powerhouse college football program whose high expectations have gone awry has decided to fire its coach — and dole out potentially north of $50 million to make him go away. LSU has fired Brian Kelly midway through his fourth season after the Tigers, who harbored preseason ambitions of a deep College Football Playoff run, fell to 5-3, according to the university. The firing has turned what looked like perhaps an outlier event — firing a head coach despite the pain of a massive buyout —

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