.Paolo Uggetti, ESPNSep 1, 2024, 11:45 PM ETLAS LAS VEGA-- Brian Kelly hammered his left first adverse the news conference table so difficult his water bottle nearly knocked down over.After No. 13 LSU kept a four-point lead along with merely under six moments left in its time opener and also shed 27-20 to No. 23 USC on Sunday night, Kelly failed to hold off when covering his stress." Our company had some fellas play their butts off tonight and our company're resting listed below again, our company are actually resting listed below again discussing the same things!" Kelly pointed out as he hammered the dining table. "Regarding certainly not finishing when you have a challenger in a posture to place them away. Yet what our experts are actually doing on the sideline is seeming like the activity is over." Kelly mentioned this is the very first time in the course of his LSU tenure that he has actually been actually "mad" at his team as well as included that it was without a "fantastic reaction."" I am actually therefore irritated about it that I've got to do something about it. I'm refraining a good enough job as a train," Kelly said. "I have actually come to coach all of them much better since it is actually unacceptable for us certainly not to have actually discovered a means to win this soccer activity. It is actually ridiculous. It's outrageous." Despite totting 421 backyards of offense as well as handling the moment of assets by six mins, Kelly's team stopped working to take advantage of. Their first drive of the activity journeyed 74 gardens on 13 plays in over seven minutes, yet it led to absolutely no factors. Though they tracked for a lot of the very first half, LSU managed to nab the top two times in the 3rd quarter.Editor's Picks2 Associated" Unfortunately, it is actually very clear that, when our team stand up in an activity, our experts perform certainly not know how to manage our own selves," Kelly pointed out. "You have actually come to place staffs away. Our team possessed an opportunity to place this crew away. Our company get obsequious, we create even more errors when our team're ahead instead of possessing a, you recognize, far better focus as well as a steely eyed awesome reaction. That's frustrating." To Kelly's point, the Tigers had 10 charges for 99 lawns to the Trojans' six, as well as a couple of developed in crucial moments. On USC's game-winning travel, a targeting penalty on LSU placed the Trojans inside the reddish area, where they without delay racked up with 8 few seconds left.It wasn't merely charges that put LSU in a position ahead up quick. The Tigers' ground video game likewise strained. Previously in the week, LSU annoying electrician Will certainly Campbell had actually mentioned the Tigers would certainly jog the ball versus the Trojans." That is actually not something we're making an effort to always keep quiet," Campbell said Tuesday. "I am actually informing everybody now. Our experts're mosting likely to operate the football." By the end of the evening, having said that, LSU possessed merely 117 backyards on the ground and must rely on quarterback Garrett Nussmeier to sustain the outburst. Nussmeier virtually performed, throwing for over 300 gardens as well as two touchdowns, but after recording the green light TD in the 3rd quarter, LSU's offense slowed and also permitted USC's new-look self defense under planner D'Anton Lynn to maintain the Trojans in the activity along with a number of key third-down deters." They possessed every right to be positive," USC train Lincoln Riley said of LSU's annoying line. "However so did our company. Our experts only really did not discuss it in the media." Of the 13 third downs the Tigers faced, they converted a to begin with down just five times. After they slashed a permission goal in the 3rd quarter, the upcoming four LSU drives caused two punts, a basket as well as an interception through Nussmeier that sealed off the end result." For our team to be the sort of regulation football staff I yearn for, our company must do away with the silly errors," Kelly stated. "Ultimately, our team have to have the ability to play off of one another far better.".