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ESPN star Ryan Clark tore into Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry on Thursday as the search to replace head coach Brian Kelly at LSU began<\/a> to really heat up.<\/p>\n

Clark criticized Landry for his decision to have the Board of Supervisors come up with a committee to search for a new coach instead of athletic director Scott Woodward. Clark, who played college football at LSU, said it was the “second most ridiculous thing” Landry said this week, pointing to Landry\u2019s support of a statue for the late conservative influencer Charlie Kirk as the first.<\/p>\n

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The Super Bowl champion went on an emotional rant on “First Take.”<\/p>\n

“First off, it\u2019s the second most ridiculous thing he said this week,” Clark said. “The first was standing on campus and saying he wanted to put a statue of somebody that doesn\u2019t represent the people of Louisiana, doesn\u2019t represent the players and the students at LSU, doesn\u2019t represent the executives that work there. That was the first dumb thing he said this week. This is the second dumb thing, amongst a lot of dumb things that he said.<\/p>\n

“Scott Woodward, for whatever he is, is a man who got Jay Johnson \u2013 last I checked, the 2025 Louisiana State University Tigers baseball team was in the White House \u2018getting the gat\u2019 recently. He was there in 2019 \u2013 it\u2019s one of the greatest college football teams of all time. He also was there when he said you know what, we\u2019ll go out there and get Kim Mulkey. She brings a championship to the school with Angel Reese<\/a> and Flau\u2019jae Johnson.”<\/p>\n

Clark continued, saying he didn\u2019t appreciate politicians getting involved in the athletics department at LSU.<\/p>\n

“To me, this is another situation of politicians poking their nose into things that they don\u2019t know about. I honestly believe it was so he can get in front of a microphone and say, \u2018Look at this connection I have to the president (Donald Trump<\/a>) and he likes to pick winners and he can placate to somebody he idolizes.\u2019 You don\u2019t know nothing about football,” he said. “There\u2019s enough going on in the state of Louisiana that needs to be fixed for its constituents. I don\u2019t need you tweeting on Saturday night about what\u2019s going on in Tiger Stadium. There\u2019s too many issues happening right there under your nose that ain\u2019t got nothing to do with sports.<\/p>\n

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“Scott Woodward is a good man. Scott Woodward is a man who cares about LSU. In the greatest times, back in the day, he understood what it was like to be a part of a winner and he\u2019s brought more winners back to the school. He didn\u2019t miss because Brian Kelly wasn\u2019t capable<\/a>. He missed because Brian Kelly was no longer willing. Brian Kelly was no longer tapped in. Brian Kelly didn\u2019t care if the people of Louisiana cared about him and he didn\u2019t care if the players knew that he didn\u2019t care about him. That\u2019s where it went wrong. Not in picking a man who was the winningest all-time coach in Notre Dame history. For me, it\u2019s emotional clearly, and it p—-s me off, but Scott Woodward deserves to pick the next head coach and the governor should stay out of it.”<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out Landry for comment on Clark\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n

Landry was on “The Pat McAfee Show” to talk about the head-coaching search at LSU. McAfee honed in on Landry\u2019s points about LSU\u2019s next head coach and their future contract. Kelly reportedly had a $54 million buyout option<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“The next coach that we hire is gonna have a patently different contract,” Landry said. “If that agent can\u2019t see what\u2019s coming down the (pike) \u2026 Look, these big name coaches are big names because they win. What are they afraid of? If you\u2019re the best, you shouldn\u2019t have to worry.<\/p>\n

“You say, \u2018Guess what? I\u2019m putting my reputation on the line. And when I win, this is how much money I want.\u2019 There\u2019s no guarantee.”<\/p>\n

Landry also lent his support for a Kirk statue to be erected on campus in honor of the conservative figure.<\/p>\n

“We’re gonna put a challenge out to the LSU board of supervisors to find a place to put a statue of Charlie Kirk<\/a> to defend freedom of speech on college campuses,” Landry said in a video posted to his social media.<\/p>\n

Landry was also at a Turning Point USA event at LSU<\/a>. He said more than 1,500 people attended the event, which also featured conservative best-selling author and podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey.<\/p>\n

Kirk was assassinated while at an event at the campus of Utah Valley University in September. His death sparked reactions across the sports world.<\/p>\n

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