LSU fired football coach Brian Kelly earlier this week, and four days later, the man who did it, athletic director Scott Woodward, was gone, too. Both moves appeared to have heavy influence from Republican Gov.

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said Thursday he won't choose who LSU hires to replace former football coach Brian Kelly.

“It’s the second most ridiculous thing he said this week. The first was standing on campus and saying he wanted to put a statue of somebody that doesn’t represent the people of Louisiana, doesn’t rep...