No. 6 Texas heads into its clash with No. 21 LSU in Baton Rouge on Saturday as one of the hottest teams in college football.
The Longhorns have won three straight, including a 31-3 beatdown of Mississippi State, along with ranked wins over then-No. 7 Ole Miss (34-27) and No. 18 Missouri (34-20). The Tigers, meanwhile, have watched their College Football Playoff odds plummet after a 31-13 loss at home to then-No. 5 Alabama last weekend, with just a 19% chance of making the postseason, according to ESPN’s Allstate Playoff Predictor.
But not everybody is convinced Texas should be the favorite against LSU, including former Tigers and Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly…