Brian Kelly critical after LSU Tigers”unacceptable” loss

Brian Kelly slammed his left hand into the table at the news conference to the point the water bottles were on the verge of to falling over, as the number. 13 LSU Tigers fell 27-20 against USC Trojans, the no. 23 USC Trojans on Sunday in Las Vegas.

By Paolo Uggetti

Sep 02, 2024 03:45 AM

Las Vegas LAS VEGAS Brian Kelly slammed his left fist against the table at the news conference with such force that his water bottle almost tipped over.

After the loss of No. thirteen LSU maintained a lead of four points, with just six minutes left in their first game of the season. They lost 27-20 to the number. 23 USC on Sunday night. Kelly was not afraid to speak out from talking about his defeat.

“We were watching some of our players have their hearts out tonight and, now that we’re back and we’re talking about the same topics! ” Kelly stated as he struck the tables. “About not being finished when you’re in a position to take them down. What we’re doing in the corner is thinking that the game has ended. “

Kelly acknowledged that it is the only time during his career at LSU that he’s “angry” at his team and claimed that it was not equipped with the “killer instinct. “

“I’m so irritated by it that I’ve decided to act on it. I’m not doing an enough job at being a good coach” Kelly declared. “I’ve to get better at coaching, because it’s inexplicably for us to not thought of a plan for to win this soccer game. It’s insane. It’s a complete blunder. “

Despite having four21 offensive yards and limiting the length of possession for six minutes at the time it was over but his team couldn’t maximize the value of. The team’s first offensive game played through 74 yards over 13 plays, which lasted for longer than seven minutes and didn’t result in score. Although they were trailing by a large margin during the first half, LSU was able to gain a lead twice in the three quarters.

“Unfortunately, it’s clear that, when we get up in a game, we do not know how to handle ourselves,” Kelly declared. “You’ve to take care to eliminate teams. We had the chance to take this team out. We become complacent and commit more errors when in the lead instead of having more focus and a killer instinct. That’s disappointing. “

According to Kelly according to Kelly’s claim, the Tigers were penalized 10 times with 99 yards in contrast to the Trojans six. A number of them occurred at crucial times. On the final drive of the game of USC, an intentional foul against LSU made the Trojans into their red zone. They scored quickly just eight seconds into the game.

It wasn’t just penalties that put LSU in a difficult position to fail. The Tigers also played a ground-based game and was a struggle. In the earlier game, LSU offensive lineman Will Campbell had said that the Tigers would be playing the ball against their Trojans.

“That’s not something we’re trying to keep quiet,” Campbell said earlier on Tuesday. “I’m telling everyone right now. We’re going for the ball. “

The end of the night, LSU had only 117 yards of ground and was forced to count on upon quarterback Garrett Nussmeier to lead up the attack. Nussmeier was close to completing the task, throwing more than 300 yards while scoring a touchdown however, following the scoring of game’s winning touchdown during the 3rd quarter, the offense slowed down and allowed the revamped USC defense under the direction of D’Anton Lynch for the Trojans on the field, making many crucial defenses during third-down plays.

“They had every right to be confident,” Lincoln Riley said about the offensive line at LSU. “But we also did. But we didn’t talk about this in our media. “

In the thirteen third-downs that the Tigers faced, they converted the first down only 5 occasions. After scoring an important scoring touchdown in the third quarter, the next four LSU drives ended with two punts, an attempt at field goal and an interception by Nussmeier which ensured the victory.

“For us to be the kind of football team I want, we have to eliminate the foolish mistakes,” Kelly said. “Finally we must to be in a position to play off one another much more effectively. “