.Paolo Uggetti, ESPNSep 1, 2024, 11:45 PM ETLAS LAS VEGA-- Brian Kelly banged his nigh side first adverse the news conference table thus hard his canteen almost fell over.After No. thirteen LSU kept a four-point top with just under six moments left behind in its own period opener and also shed 27-20 to No. 23 USC on Sunday evening, Kelly didn't hold off when explaining his stress." We had some people play their butts off tonight and our team're sitting right here once more, our team're resting here once again talking about the very same things!" Kelly stated as he banged the table. "About not polishing when you have a challenger in a posture to put them away. Yet what we're carrying out on the side project is actually seeming like the activity is over." Kelly stated this is actually the first time throughout his LSU period that he has actually been "upset" at his crew and included that it was without a "fantastic intuition."" I'm so upset concerning it that I have actually reached throw down the gauntlet. I'm not doing an acceptable project as a coach," Kelly claimed. "I've come to instructor them a lot better since it's undesirable for us certainly not to have actually found a method to gain this soccer game. It's ludicrous. It is actually crazy." Despite completing 421 backyards of offense as well as managing the time of possession through six minutes, Kelly's group stopped working to exploit. Their 1st drive of the game took a trip 74 lawns on 13 plays in over 7 moments, however it caused no factors. Though they trailed for many of the 1st one-half, LSU managed to nab the top two times in the third quarter.Editor's Picks2 Related" However, it is actually very clear that, when our company get out of bed in a game, our experts perform not know exactly how to handle ourselves," Kelly stated. "You have actually reached place groups away. Our company possessed a chance to put this staff away. Our company receive unconcerned, our company create even more errors when our team're in advance rather than possessing a, you recognize, far better focus and a steely eyed killer inclination. That's disappointing." To Kelly's factor, the Tigers possessed 10 penalties for 99 lawns to the Trojans' 6, and also a couple of occurred in crucial moments. On USC's game-winning drive, a targeting charge on LSU put the Trojans inside the reddish zone, where they immediately racked up along with 8 few seconds left.It had not been simply fines that put LSU in a placement to come up brief. The Tigers' ground game likewise strained. Earlier in the week, LSU offending lineman Will Campbell had pointed out the Tigers would certainly run the sphere against the Trojans." That's certainly not one thing we are actually trying to always keep peaceful," Campbell said Tuesday. "I'm telling everybody at this moment. We're mosting likely to run the football." By the edge of the night, having said that, LSU possessed merely 117 lawns on the ground and also must depend on quarterback Garrett Nussmeier to feed the outburst. Nussmeier nearly performed, throwing for over 300 lawns and two goals, yet after recording the permission TD in the 3rd fourth, LSU's offense delayed and also allowed USC's new-look defense under planner D'Anton Lynn to maintain the Trojans in the game with many vital third-down stops." They possessed every right to be self-assured," USC instructor Lincoln Riley claimed of LSU's outrageous line. "But so did our team. Our company simply failed to discuss it in the media." Of the thirteen 3rd downs the Tigers dealt with, they turned a first down just five opportunities. After they scored a go-ahead goal in the 3rd fourth, the next 4 LSU drives caused pair of punts, a basket as well as an interception by Nussmeier that sealed the end result." For us to be the kind of football team I wish, our team have to deal with the crazy oversights," Kelly stated. "Ultimately, we have to have the ability to participate in off of one another better.".