.Paolo Uggetti, ESPNSep 1, 2024, 11:45 PM ETLAS LAS VEGA-- Brian Kelly pounded his remaining first adverse the press conference dining table so difficult his canteen almost knocked down over.After No. thirteen LSU held a four-point lead with merely under 6 mins left in its season opener and shed 27-20 to No. 23 USC on Sunday night, Kelly failed to keep back when discussing his disappointments." Our team possessed some fellas play their butts off tonight as well as our company're sitting right here again, our team're sitting here again referring to the exact same things!" Kelly said as he slammed the table. "Concerning certainly not finishing when you have a challenger in a position to put all of them away. But what our company're doing on the sideline is actually thinking that the video game mores than." Kelly mentioned this is actually the very first time throughout his LSU tenure that he has been actually "irritated" at his staff and also incorporated that it did not have a "great impulse."" I'm thus angry regarding it that I have actually reached throw down the gauntlet. I am actually refraining from doing an adequate work as a train," Kelly pointed out. "I have actually reached coach them better because it is actually unacceptable for our company certainly not to have actually discovered a means to succeed this volleyball video game. It's outrageous. It is actually crazy." In spite of completing 421 yards of outburst and also handling the amount of time of things through six minutes, Kelly's group neglected to exploit. Their initial drive of the video game traveled 74 lawns on 13 plays in over 7 minutes, yet it led to zero aspects. Though they routed for most of the initial half, LSU had the capacity to take hold of the top two times in the third quarter.Editor's Picks2 Related" Unfortunately, it is actually crystal clear that, when our company get up in an activity, our company perform certainly not recognize how to handle our own selves," Kelly claimed. "You have actually come to place groups away. We had an opportunity to put this group away. Our company get contented, our experts create more oversights when our experts're ahead instead of possessing a, you know, far better focus as well as a cold-blooded eyed deadly impulse. That is actually disappointing." To Kelly's factor, the Tigers possessed 10 fines for 99 gardens to the Trojans' six, and also a few developed in crucial moments. On USC's game-winning drive, a targeting charge on LSU put the Trojans inside the red region, where they immediately racked up with 8 seconds left.It wasn't only fines that place LSU in a setting to find up short. The Tigers' ground video game also battled. Earlier in the full week, LSU annoying lineman Are going to Campbell had mentioned the Tigers would dash the ball against the Trojans." That is actually not one thing our company're trying to maintain silent," Campbell stated Tuesday. "I am actually telling everyone right now. Our company are actually mosting likely to manage the football." By the edge of the evening, nevertheless, LSU had simply 117 gardens on the ground and also must rely on quarterback Garrett Nussmeier to fuel the outburst. Nussmeier nearly performed, throwing for over 300 gardens and also two goals, yet after counting the okay TD in the third fourth, LSU's outburst delayed and also made it possible for USC's new-look defense under coordinator D'Anton Lynn to always keep the Trojans in the activity along with a number of crucial third-down quits." They possessed every right to become confident," USC instructor Lincoln Riley mentioned of LSU's outrageous line. "But so did our team. Our team simply failed to refer to it in the media." Of the thirteen third downs the Tigers faced, they changed an initially down only five times. After they scored a permission goal in the 3rd quarter, the next four LSU drives led to 2 punts, a basket as well as an interception through Nussmeier that closed the end result." For our company to be the type of regulation football crew I want, our company have to do away with the foolish mistakes," Kelly stated. "Finally, we must be able to participate in off of one another much better.".