In a battle between the interim head coaches, the LSU Tigers defeated the Arkansas Razorbacks by a score of 23-22 on Saturday afternoon. LSU now moves to 6-4 overall and 3-4 in SEC play this season. For a program that entered the 2025 season with National Championship aspirations, reaching bowl eligibility wasn’t supposed to be this much of an accomplishment. But after such a tumultuous season, reaching six wins brings some much-needed positivity to the LSU Football program.
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Associate head coach and running backs coach Frank Wilson took over for Brian Kelly on an interim basis following Kelly’s firing on October 26. After falling to Alabama 20-9 last week, Wilson was still searching for his first LSU win heading into Saturday’s matchup against Arkansas. After LSU fell behind in the first half, the Tigers were able to squeak out a 23-22 victory in an emotional win for Wilson.
Frank Wilson gets emotional first win as LSU’s interim head coach
A New Orleans native, Wilson has been engrained in Louisiana football for his entire life. He is in his second stint at LSU, as he first came to Baton Rouge as the running backs coach and recruiting coordinator from 2010-15. When Brian Kelly was hired in 2021, Wilson returned to the Tigers as the associate head coach and running backs coach. He got the opportunity to lead the program on an interim basis when Kelly was fired…