.Paolo Uggetti, ESPNSep 1, 2024, 11:45 PM ETLAS VEGAS-- Brian Kelly slammed his nigh side first down on the press conference dining table so challenging his canteen virtually toppled over.After No. thirteen LSU held a four-point lead along with just under 6 moments left behind in its own season opener and also dropped 27-20 to No. 23 USC on Sunday night, Kelly didn't keep back when discussing his aggravations." We possessed some fellas play their buttocks off tonight as well as our experts're sitting listed below again, our team are actually sitting right here once more talking about the exact same traits!" Kelly stated as he hammered the dining table. "About not polishing when you have a challenger in a position to place all of them away. But what our company're performing on the side project is actually believing that the video game ends." Kelly mentioned this is the first time during his LSU period that he has actually been "furious" at his team as well as incorporated that it did not have a "fantastic instinct."" I am actually so angry concerning it that I've got to find a solution for it. I am actually not doing a sufficient job as a trainer," Kelly pointed out. "I have actually got to trainer all of them a lot better because it's unwanted for our company not to have found a method to win this football game. It's foolish. It's ridiculous." Regardless of totaling 421 yards of outburst as well as managing the time of belongings by 6 moments, Kelly's crew failed to take advantage of. Their 1st drive of the video game journeyed 74 gardens on thirteen plays in over 7 minutes, however it led to zero factors. Though they tracked for a lot of the initial fifty percent, LSU managed to grab the top two times in the 3rd quarter.Editor's Picks2 Associated" Regrettably, it's crystal clear that, when we rise in a video game, our team carry out not understand just how to manage ourselves," Kelly mentioned. "You've got to place crews away. Our team had an opportunity to put this crew away. Our experts obtain contented, our team create additional errors when our experts're ahead instead of having a, you recognize, much better emphasis and also a steely eyed fantastic intuition. That's unsatisfactory." To Kelly's factor, the Tigers possessed 10 penalties for 99 backyards to the Trojans' 6, and a few took place in turning points. On USC's game-winning drive, a targeting fine on LSU put the Trojans inside the red region, where they immediately scored with 8 secs left.It wasn't simply penalties that put LSU in a placement to come up quick. The Tigers' ground video game also battled. Earlier in the full week, LSU offending electrician Are going to Campbell had actually claimed the Tigers would certainly dash the ball against the Trojans." That's certainly not one thing our company are actually making an effort to maintain quiet," Campbell claimed Tuesday. "I'm saying to everybody at this moment. Our experts're going to operate the soccer." By the edge of the night, having said that, LSU possessed simply 117 yards on the ground as well as must rely upon quarterback Garrett Nussmeier to feed the outburst. Nussmeier almost performed, throwing for over 300 gardens and two goals, yet after counting the okay TD in the third one-fourth, LSU's offense stalled and made it possible for USC's new-look defense under coordinator D'Anton Lynn to maintain the Trojans in the video game along with many crucial third-down stops." They possessed every right to be self-assured," USC train Lincoln Riley stated of LSU's offensive line. "Yet so did our team. Our company just didn't refer to it in the media." Of the 13 3rd downs the Tigers experienced, they converted an initially down only five times. After they scored a permission touchdown in the third quarter, the following four LSU drives caused two punts, a basket and also an interception through Nussmeier that sealed the end result." For us to be the sort of regulation football group I really want, our company need to remove the foolish blunders," Kelly mentioned. "Lastly, we have to be able to participate in off of each other far better.".