.Paolo Uggetti, ESPNSep 1, 2024, 11:45 PM ETLAS VEGAS-- Brian Kelly hammered his remaining hand adverse the press conference dining table so hard his water bottle nearly pitched over.After No. thirteen LSU kept a four-point top along with merely under six minutes left in its time opener and lost 27-20 to No. 23 USC on Sunday night, Kelly really did not hold off when covering his disappointments." Our company possessed some guys play their butts off tonight and also our experts're sitting listed here again, our company are actually resting right here once again speaking about the exact same things!" Kelly said as he pounded the dining table. "Regarding certainly not finishing when you possess an opponent in a posture to put all of them away. However what we are actually doing on the subsidiary is actually feeling like the activity ends." Kelly claimed this is actually the very first time during his LSU period that he has actually been actually "mad" at his crew as well as included that it lacked a "awesome instinct."" I'm therefore upset about it that I have actually come to find a solution for it. I'm not doing an adequate job as a coach," Kelly pointed out. "I have actually got to coach them a lot better due to the fact that it's unacceptable for us certainly not to have actually discovered a means to succeed this volleyball activity. It's foolish. It's ridiculous." Regardless of amounting to 421 lawns of outburst as well as controlling the amount of time of possession by six moments, Kelly's staff stopped working to exploit. Their 1st drive of the video game journeyed 74 yards on 13 plays in over 7 moments, however it resulted in no points. Though they trailed for a lot of the very first half, LSU managed to order the lead twice in the 3rd quarter.Editor's Picks2 Related" Sadly, it is actually very clear that, when our experts rise in an activity, our company carry out certainly not understand just how to handle our own selves," Kelly claimed. "You have actually got to put crews away. Our experts possessed an opportunity to place this team away. Our company acquire unconcerned, our team create more mistakes when our company are actually in advance instead of having a, you understand, better focus as well as a cold-blooded eyed great inclination. That's unsatisfactory." To Kelly's aspect, the Tigers had 10 charges for 99 backyards to the Trojans' six, and a few happened in crucial moments. On USC's game-winning travel, a targeting fine on LSU put the Trojans inside the reddish area, where they without delay scored with eight secs left.It wasn't simply fines that place LSU in a position to follow up short. The Tigers' ground activity likewise struggled. Earlier in the full week, LSU offensive lineman Will Campbell had actually pointed out the Tigers would dash the ball versus the Trojans." That is actually not something our team're making an effort to maintain peaceful," Campbell stated Tuesday. "I am actually informing everybody today. Our experts are actually heading to operate the football." Due to the edge of the night, however, LSU possessed simply 117 gardens on the ground as well as needed to rely on quarterback Garrett Nussmeier to sustain the outburst. Nussmeier virtually performed, tossing for over 300 backyards and pair of touchdowns, yet after recording the green light TD in the third quarter, LSU's outburst slowed and also allowed USC's new-look protection under organizer D'Anton Lynn to keep the Trojans in the video game with many essential third-down stops." They had every right to be confident," USC trainer Lincoln Riley said of LSU's offending line. "Yet so performed our team. Our experts simply didn't discuss it in the media." Of the 13 3rd downs the Tigers encountered, they transformed a to begin with down simply five opportunities. After they slashed an okay goal in the third one-fourth, the upcoming 4 LSU pushes resulted in pair of puntings, a field goal and an interception through Nussmeier that secured the outcome." For our team to be the type of regulation football group I desire, our company have to do away with the half-witted oversights," Kelly pointed out. "Lastly, our team need to manage to participate in off of each other much better.".