.Paolo Uggetti, ESPNSep 1, 2024, 11:45 PM ETLAS LAS VEGA-- Brian Kelly pounded his remaining clenched fist down on the press conference table thus difficult his canteen nearly toppled over.After No. 13 LSU held a four-point lead with just under 6 minutes left in its own season opener and also lost 27-20 to No. 23 USC on Sunday evening, Kelly really did not hold back when explaining his frustrations." Our experts had some guys play their butts off tonight and also we're sitting listed here once more, we're sitting here again referring to the exact same factors!" Kelly claimed as he banged the dining table. "About certainly not polishing when you possess an opponent in a placement to put all of them away. However what our company're doing on the subsidiary is actually feeling like the video game mores than." Kelly stated this is actually the first time during the course of his LSU tenure that he has been actually "furious" at his team as well as included that it was without a "great reaction."" I'm so irritated about it that I've reached find a solution for it. I'm not doing an adequate job as a train," Kelly pointed out. "I have actually come to train them a lot better because it is actually unacceptable for our team not to have actually discovered a technique to gain this soccer activity. It is actually foolish. It is actually ridiculous." Despite amounting to 421 gardens of offense and managing the time of property through six mins, Kelly's staff failed to capitalize. Their 1st ride of the activity traveled 74 yards on thirteen plays in over 7 minutes, but it caused zero points. Though they trailed for a lot of the 1st half, LSU was able to get hold of the lead two times in the 3rd quarter.Editor's Picks2 Connected" Regrettably, it's crystal clear that, when we get out of bed in an activity, our company carry out not recognize how to handle ourselves," Kelly mentioned. "You've reached put staffs away. Our experts possessed a possibility to place this crew away. Our company receive complacent, our experts make additional blunders when we are actually in advance as opposed to possessing a, you know, better concentration as well as a cold-blooded eyed deadly reaction. That is actually unsatisfying." To Kelly's aspect, the Tigers possessed 10 penalties for 99 gardens to the Trojans' 6, and a handful of occurred in crucial moments. On USC's game-winning ride, a targeting penalty on LSU put the Trojans inside the red region, where they without delay scored with eight few seconds left.It wasn't simply fines that place LSU in a position to follow up quick. The Tigers' ground game also strained. Previously in the week, LSU objectionable electrician Will definitely Campbell had actually said the Tigers would certainly jog the sphere against the Trojans." That is actually certainly not one thing our experts're making an effort to always keep quiet," Campbell claimed Tuesday. "I am actually telling everybody now. Our team're visiting manage the regulation football." Due to the end of the evening, nevertheless, LSU had merely 117 gardens on the ground and needed to depend on quarterback Garrett Nussmeier to sustain the outburst. Nussmeier almost did, tossing for over 300 yards as well as 2 touchdowns, yet after counting the green light TD in the 3rd one-fourth, LSU's outburst slowed as well as made it possible for USC's new-look defense under coordinator D'Anton Lynn to keep the Trojans in the activity with a number of crucial third-down deters." They had every right to be positive," USC trainer Lincoln Riley stated of LSU's repulsive line. "But so did our experts. Our company merely didn't talk about it in the media." Of the 13 third downs the Tigers dealt with, they changed a to begin with down merely five opportunities. After they scored an okay touchdown in the 3rd one-fourth, the next 4 LSU drives resulted in pair of punts, a basket as well as an interception by Nussmeier that sealed the result." For us to be the kind of soccer group I prefer, our experts need to remove the senseless blunders," Kelly mentioned. "Lastly, our team have to have the ability to play off of each other much better.".