LSU Wire Roundtable: Predicting winner of Week 1 matchup vs. Florida State

Who will come out on top in the first game of the Brian Kelly era?

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If you’re an LSU fan reading this, you survived another offseason despite having to wait a day longer than most of the rest of the country. The Tigers — who are looking for their first season-opening win since 2019 — begin the [autotag]Brian Kelly[/autotag] era on Sunday night with a matchup against the Florida State Seminoles in New Orleans under the lights in prime time.

It’s not the usual Group of Five or FCS cupcake many SEC teams start the season out with, though the Seminoles have struggled quite a bit over the last few seasons. LSU is the favorite, albeit only slightly.

Here’s how our staff at LSU Wire expects Kelly’s debut in the purple and gold to go, including score predictions.